Documental Movies

A rope of two mountaineers surveys the Argentière glacier making their way through crevasses and seracs. A film by René Moreau,...

Released on March 9th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A crowd of a hundred boys rushing the position of another crowd, storming their adversaries with volleys of snowballs, finally driving the enemy from...

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

Interlaken, as its name implies, is dependent to a large extent on the two beautiful lakes for much of its popularity. An interesting short panorama...

This includes the arrival of the old stage, the mail coach and diligence, and a motor car.

Opening with sledge loads of holiday makers leaving the hotel shown afterwards careering along the roadway through beautiful winter landscape....

Released on April 1st, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Luis, a gnome, is having a mental crisis due to his last jobs and failed relationships. At school, he has many tasks to achieve while he is trying to...

A pioneering mountaineering film made by Frank Ormiston-Smith for the Warwick Trading Company in 1902. Ormiston-Smith himself led and filmed an...

Released in February of 1922. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Austrian military detachment out for Ski practice, showing how the Ski may be used in crossing snow-covered and ice hardened surfaces with great...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 18th, 1918.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 25th, 1919.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith