1900s Movies

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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...

1905, featuring Eduard Spelterini, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

An alpine ascent around the snow-covered area of Monte Cevedale by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group...

Released in 1922.

A film being photographed from the front of the engine. A grand view of the snow-clad peaks of this fine range of mountains is depicted from an...

"This noted place is due to rank high in history as the proving grounds of America's pluck. Every American man, woman and child should see this."...

Travelogue released in April of 1921. Written & produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A student, a railway worker and a peasant go on a trip to the Julian Alps and meet people on their way.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A mountaineering tour on the Franz Josef Glacier, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. After leaving the Fox Glacier Hotel, two...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on November 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey from a crier boy from Liminga to an...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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