Documental Movies

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

Three rock climbing ascents in Val Bregaglia, Italy by Karl Freimann and Philipp Wieland, who made the first ascent of Fiamma in 1936. The film...

Travelogue released on November 2nd, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 9th of November, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Vancouver is a veritable metropolis, a beautiful cosmopolitan city; perhaps the most English in all the entire Dominion of Canada. It is famous for...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on October 5th, 1919.

A short version of the film 'A la conquête des cimes' by René Moreau released for the domestic market in two Pathe Baby big reels. In...

Travelogue released on November 27th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 23rd, 1919.

A tour of Granada offers glimpses into the daily life of the 70,000 Granadans who once inhabited the city. Crossing the city from the Alhambra hill,...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released on the 28th of February, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A thrilling incident showing a climber ascending a cleft or chimney by hanging on with his finger tips and pushing his back and knees into opposite...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Two climbers progress on an alpine glacier and reach the top of a mountain by climbing a long and steep slope of snow and ice. They also have to...

Travelogue released on the 8th of July, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Mountain climbing with all its thrills near Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. The film begins on a busy street in Toronto with...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Four roped men descend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace. One of them falls and has to be hoisted. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes...