Short Documentary Movies

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.

1. Jaffa from the Sea. The Port of Jerusalem. 2. Through the Rocks and Surf. The Syrian boatmen shooting the narrows. 3. The Landing Stage. Showing...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released on March 30th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...

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

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Along New Zealand’s South Islands runs the mighty chain of the Southern Alps, where large and beautiful glaciers and Ice-falls abound among the...

Account of the first French expedition to the Himalayas, which attempted to climb the hidden peak (Gasherbrum I) in 1936, from the preparations for...

Frederick Burlingham visits Vesuvius and climbs down into the crater accompanied by two Italian guides. Contains some nice actuality of Pompeii and...

A Gaumont Mirror newsreel showing a party of climbers setting out to climb the Great Gable. They appear drinking from a mountain stream and climbing...

Above the Clouds in Rainier National Park shows a two-day climb from Paradise Inn to the summit of Mt. Rainier. The film was produced by the Kodak...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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