Short Doc Movies

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

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...

Released on the 16th of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Showing eight views of the most difficult portions of the railway, including the steepest gradients, practically, hanging on to the sides of the...

A winter vintage ascent to Mount Ruapehu by a large group of mountaineers composed of about 11 men and women. Mount Ruapehu, 2797 meters high, is an...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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

"We have only one really tropic state in the good old U.S.A., and that is Florida, and so, just returning from the tropics of the Far East, Mr....

Released on March 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.

Travelogue released on December 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on October 19th, 1919.

Cimes is a drama about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by Jean Vernet in 1941 and produced by Films de Cavaignac. It...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Travelogue of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Sailing distance to Glacier National Park, Montana. Vimy Mountain overlooks National Parks on...

Travelogue released on the 15th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 1st, 1919.

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.