Short Documentary Movies

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

At the center of attention is a female character - a prostitute - who stands in contrast to the "mother figure," a symbolic image established in the...

Released on the 24th of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on the third of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released on January 12th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A grand series of exciting and unique pictures, photographed in the United States of America, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.

1905, 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,...

A record of the ascent of the Jungfrau by Frederick Burlingham accompanied by four mountain guides. The film starts with panoramics of the Eiger...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 3rd, 1918.

Quebec stands 200 feet above the lower town, dominating the entire landscape. Along Duffern Terrace there runs the toboggan slide, which at night is...

"This shows the flock of goats being brought home -or rather following the shepherds home from the hillside Then the milking of the goats In the...

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,...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

For his third picture in his series, Mr. Holmes takes his audience on a visit to our National Military Academy at West Point, there to study the...