Documental Movies

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

Vancouver is a veritable metropolis, a beautiful cosmopolitan city; perhaps the most English in all the entire Dominion of Canada. It is famous for...

Taken from the front of a descending car, the track and the way in which the fertile valleys open out on either side, with the huge snow-capped...

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

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 14th, 1918.

Showing lady and gentleman climbers with guides negotiating difficult situations until finally their progress is stopped by a cow in their path which...

The train leaving the Schiedegg station and entering the Eiger tunnel en route for the station Eigerwand.

Tractor Harvesters at work in the San Joaquin Valley. A visit to Hopi House at the Grand Canyon.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 6th, 1918.

Released in 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Departure of the steamer from Interlaken, and giving throughout its entire length, a film picture of exceptional beauty. The stereoscopic effect is...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 27th, 1918.

Travelogue released on July 22nd, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope,...