1900s Movies

Rare documentary footage from around 1900 depicts the mood of life in Berlin at the turn of the century.

A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless...

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

In 1923, André Sauvage produced his first film La Traversée du Grépon. Dedicated to mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif,...

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his...

A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the famous Swiss mountain guide Edward Feuz accompanied by his...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In the early 1900s, the fictional Catfish Row section of Charleston, South Carolina serves as home to a black fishing community. Crippled beggar...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in February of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Travelogue released on November 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

After a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering the peak that has defeated his father. But his...

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A diminutive twentysomething 'Soso' (a nickname given to him by his mother) leads a group of revolutionaries in a massive bank heist to rob the...

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...

This Oscar-nominated animated short tells the story of a dapper young remittance man who is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith