20th Century Movies

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...

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

Released on the 13th of August, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on October 27th, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In the second half of the 20th century, a class of students prepare for the 40th anniversary of the Pioneer Organization in the old palace of Shah....

A rock climbing in the Bavarian Allgäu Alps in Germany. The camera follows two mountaineers on a climb. We see all stages of the ascent, from...

Released on August 17th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on October 30th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Depicts the life of Sidi Lakhdar Ben Khlouf, an eminent symbolic figure who is part of the memory of Algerian poetry and popular fight. Sidi Lakhdar...

Nice looking Travelogue takes us to the Northeast corner of Wyoming as we visit Yellowstone National Park.

Travelogue released on October 9th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps,...

"A pioneering Norweigan climbing film. The filming was made in 1918 by film photographer Gunnar Nilsen Vik. The film begins with some pictures of Ola...