Short Doc Movies

The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...

Views of a party making the actual ascent of this famous mountain have a much greater interest than the usual scenic film. Commencing with the...

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

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

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

Released in July of 1902. Produced by William Nicholas Selig.

Released on October 26th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on July 30th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A mountain guide and a young woman make an ascent to Mount Sebastopol in New Zealand's Southern Alps. The couple leave from Mount Cook's Hermitage...

A Gaumont Mirror newsreel showing a party of climbers setting out to climb the Great Gable. They appear drinking from a mountain stream and climbing...

"This picture shows a party of ten, tied together with a rope, with their spiked shoes biting into the treacherous icy path, mounting slowly upward...

Released on March 25, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on April 1st, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on August 31st, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Tourists leaving the Bear Hotel, Kandersteg, to cross the Gemmi. Many ladies of the party are seen mounting the hardy ponies at the hotel front, and,...

Released on December 14th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A winter vintage ascent to Mount Ruapehu by a large group of mountaineers composed of about 11 men and women. Mount Ruapehu, 2797 meters high, is an...