1900s Movies

Released in 1917.

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...

Epic documentary about the German expeditions to Nanga Parbat up to 1937. After a first unsuccessful attempt in 1932 and the tragic second expedition...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 27th, 1919.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...

A record of the second British Everest expedition showing the journey from Darjeeling to Tibet, activities of the Tibetans, and the climb itself. The...

Released on February 9th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

From the shores of Lake Huron to the prairie capital of Manitoba is an interesting trip. Scenes shown are motorboating amid the Thirty Thousand...

The ascent of the Matterhorn by the Hornli Ridge, filmed in July 1913 by Frederick Burlingham. The team, composed of Burlingham and four mountain...

After finding some relics in an open grave, two young siblings share an up-close experience with death at the cause of their own hand.

The great Ossetian poet, Kosta Khetagurov, returns from exile to his native village of Nar. Yet the joy of coming back to his homeland is...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Story of Annette Kellerman, the international swimming vaudeville and silent screen star whose life story inspired the MGM classic Million Dollar...

Rare documentary footage from around 1900 depicts the mood of life in Berlin at the turn of the century.

Several bouts are shown in this picture, and as the contestants frequently lift each other into mid air, and then throw, the effect is exciting and...

Showing the peasants in their quaint costumes, which are only donned on Sundays and Festivals.

Released on March 9th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.