Early 20th Century Movies

"We have only one really tropic state in the good old U.S.A., and that is Florida, and so, just returning from the tropics of the Far East, Mr....

On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn....

Released on August 3rd, 1919.

Released on April 11, 1920. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

Sounded version of the 1928 film 'Der Kampf ums Matterhorn'. The added sound track included music composed by Schmidt-Boelckeb and dubbed dialogs by...

Released in June of 1914.

Released in 1917.

Travelogue released on September 25th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

In this trip Burton Holmes takes your patrons to Java, the richest island of the Dutch East Indies, and Batavia, its capital city, one of the most...

A travelogue set in the jungles of Borneo.

Travelogue released on the 31st of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in January of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released on September 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Helen Wynton, a society reporter, befriends Etta Stampa, who confesses that her heart is broken because her father has disinherited her because of a...

...From its terrace one gets a magnificent view down the Valley of the Bow River. The natural bathtub at the Hot Springs, the Government pool, free...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in March of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A film record of a Soviet expedition to Pamir, not to be confused with Krysha Mira, a different 1928 expedition film also about Pamir, directed by...

Sports enthusiast Ernest is to cover 6,000 kilometers on his motorcycle in 15 days, crossing Austria, Italy, Switzerland, the Balkans and...

Travelogue released on October 16th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.