20th Century Movies

Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"This shows the flock of goats being brought home -or rather following the shepherds home from the hillside Then the milking of the goats In the...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

"While The Salvation Army on the Job is listed in film databases without a full plot summary, it is closely associated with the 1919 short comedy A...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on December 21st, 1919.

The passionate story of the femme fatale, seductive and dangerous, a myth and a fantasy, through her representation in art.

Travelogue released on the 6th of October, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

As the Vietnam War heats up, two sons of a widowed southern farmer choose divergent paths: the older son enlists and fights overseas, while the...

Jean des Bossons is a documentary-fiction which recounts the activities of a high mountain guide in 1947. Around Chamonix Mont-Blanc, the guide Jean...

Released in 1919, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Boško Tokin, the hero, was the first filmmaker in the Balkans and the first in the world to go to prison for it.

Documentary on mountain climbing in the Swiss and Italian Alps.

Released in February of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1903, 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...