Documental Movies

Taken from the front of a descending car, the track and the way in which the fertile valleys open out on either side, with the huge snow-capped...

This gives a panorama of the Village of Isebwald and entrance to Interlaken from the deck of a steamer on Lake Brienz. The famous Geissbach falls...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 18th, 1919.

Travelogue released on the 22nd of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The ascent of the spectacular needle Guglia Rudatis (2.202 meters), in the Italian Dolomites by a group of rock climbers. A group of six men leave a...

Travelogue of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Sailing distance to Glacier National Park, Montana. Vimy Mountain overlooks National Parks on...

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

Excursion from the Catinaccio group, across the Alpe di Siusi, to the Sassolungo and to the Sella group. The Dolomites, less impressive in appearance...

It commemorates the centenary of the tragic flash flood of August 30, 1926, in the municipality of Polán (Toledo), caused by the overflowing...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on the 29th of December, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A climbing expedition by a mountain guide and a woman to the summit of Mount Wedgwood, on a training climb in preparation for an attempt to scale...

1. Jaffa from the Sea. The Port of Jerusalem. 2. Through the Rocks and Surf. The Syrian boatmen shooting the narrows. 3. The Landing Stage. Showing...

This exciting and somewhat dangerous sport has attained a popularity at all the Swiss winter resorts that is really remarkable. The film depicts in a...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

"An early color film presented as 'Ascent to the Bernina Massif'. Two mountaineers break from the Forno hut and first climb the Punta Rasica and then...

The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

A thrilling incident showing a climber ascending a cleft or chimney by hanging on with his finger tips and pushing his back and knees into opposite...

Released on July 13th, 1919.