20th Century Movies

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands...

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

"In this film of the 'Vagabond Adventure Series', Tom Terris takes us to New Zealand in a kind of travelogue film. We accompany a client and a...

At the crossroads of Black literary consciousness and political struggle, the ideas of Claude McKay, Jamaican poet and novelist, laid the foundations...

An ascent of 'The Tooth' via the South-east Face. The film was made by Burge Bickford and Lyman Boyer. It features Jim Crooks leading Fred Beckey on...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

Released in 1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Showing the peasants in their quaint costumes, which are only donned on Sundays and Festivals.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Vers les Cimes is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in the Bernese Alps. It was directed by Charles-Georges Duvanel in 1940 and produced...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...

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...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.