20th Century Movies

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released on May 4th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

England 1905, a letter from Tzar Nicholas to Lord Bartlett recounts the Bloody Sunday Massacre in Saint Petersburg and becomes the catalyst for a...

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

Stephan, the son of an old-school mountain guide, is seduced by a city beauty. He leaves his mother, siblings, and girlfriend and travels to Zurich....

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.

The climbing of the Fiamma, the famous rock needle in the Bergell, with minimal equipment and technique. A must for lovers of mountain sports. A...

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Including several views of main streets with traffic, market scenes, steam tramways in Marientheresiaustrasse.

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his...

Released on August 3rd, 1919.

Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith