Early 20th Century Movies

Released on the 13th of October, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

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

The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on September 28th, 1919.

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on December 28th, 1919.

Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on September 14th, 1919.

Released on December 25th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 10th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on the first of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The two guides Adrien and Félix Veillon with the customer Rotschild climb the Argentine ridge in the Swiss canton of Valais. The film was so...

At the heart of the eastern Alps, in the Niedere Tauern massif that rises in the Austrian state of Salzburg, soldiers undertake the tortuous ascent...

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This...

Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope,...

Released on the 19th of February, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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,...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 7th, 1918.

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