Early 20th Century Movies

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released on August 3rd, 1919.

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

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 September 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue documenting extremely isolated areas in Switzerland between Bernese Alps and the Rhone River.

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

Ceylon is the land of perpetual and exceeding beauty, her people picturesque in dress and quaint in personality, often amusing and always...

A travelogue set in the jungles of Borneo.

Released in January of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Expert mountain-guide Maciste lives in the Dolomites. He dotes on his young nephew Hans, the illegitimate son of his sister, who died of a broken...

Travelogue released on the 8th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

In the mountains, Diotima meets Karl and fall in love and have an affair. Karl's friend Vigo mistakenly believes she's in love with him, causing...

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on the 10th of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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...

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

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in March of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.