Documental Movies

Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...

Released on the 24th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on March 19th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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

Released on the first of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on November 27th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Kandersteg, the highest mountain village on the Gemmi route is a delightful spot and the center of fine excursions in the mountain regions of the...

Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands...

In September 1932, a party of climbers composed of Bruno Detassis, Gino Corrà and Nello Bianchini completed the first ascent of the Paganella...

Released on December 17th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Bioscoped from a motor. The center of fashion and society in the Bernese Oberland. The rendezvous of the most cosmopolitan crowd in Europe.

Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on October 2nd, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A mountaineering tour on a glacier in the Alps. The film follows a group of mountaineers as they leave the hostel. Then they climb up fixed ladders...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on August 7th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 3rd, 1918.

Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.