Silent Movies

Released on August 10th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A young woman wakes up to a new morning.

A group of students hatch a risky plan to steal their principal’s lunch, but nothing goes quite as expected.

A film by Richard 'Dick' Leonard produced by the American Alpine Club about mountaineering in Sierra Nevada (California). Richard Manning Leonard was...

An interpretation of a recurring dream.

The film is presented as a climbing film from Tirol's mountain world based on an idea by Kurt Maix, and it's a touristical film of the series 'Bilder...

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...

Miha invites his fiancée Minka to the dance, but he's tempted by another big desire of his - climbing. Frustrated Minka insists on the...

Julian Eltinge appears in the cast.

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

A contemplative, seemingly timeless record of the years Hutton spent in Southeast Asia while working as a merchant seaman. Jon Jost writes, "The film...

Filmed during the 52nd National Convention of the American National Association of Letter Carriers in August 1980.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 1st, 1919.

A boy explains the various steps to making a bowl of cereal in a hilarious Charlie Chaplin-inspired scatter.

A teenager turns to filming their family after the loss of their mother.

An exceptional cinematographic document on Emilio Comici, shot in 1938 in Val Rosandra by a MGM operator. The documentary shows Comici with the...

Digging in the woods.

Second part of the film 'River of ice', a mountaineering tour on Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand. After spending the night in the Deficance Hut,...

Six years after the Berlin Wall fell and five years after German unification this documentary looks into the fast changes in architecture and street...