1900s Movies

  • 1903
    Ski Racing Up and Down Hill

    Ski Racing Up and Down Hill

    Ski Racing Up and Down Hill

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    1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Ski Racing Up and Down Hill
  • 1926
    Mountain Climbing in Glacier National Park

    Mountain Climbing in Glacier National Park

    Mountain Climbing in Glacier National Park

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    A man and a woman climbing the Grinnell Point in Glacier National Park. They start from the Many Glacier Hotel and progress on an easy terrain first...

    Mountain Climbing in Glacier National Park
  • 1907
    Railway Panorama: Damascus to Beirut

    Railway Panorama: Damascus to Beirut

    Railway Panorama: Damascus to Beirut

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    1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Railway Panorama: Damascus to Beirut
  • 1906
    Winter Sports: Ski Manoeuvres by Austrian Military

    Winter Sports: Ski Manoeuvres by Austrian Military

    Winter Sports: Ski Manoeuvres by Austrian Military

    01906HD

    Austrian military detachment out for Ski practice, showing how the Ski may be used in crossing snow-covered and ice hardened surfaces with great...

    Winter Sports: Ski Manoeuvres by Austrian Military
  • 1903
    Market Day in Berne

    Market Day in Berne

    Market Day in Berne

    01903HD

    Tuesdays are days of great excitement in the quiet old town of Berne, when the whole population is bent on getting very much for very little.

    Market Day in Berne
  • 1907
    Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907

    Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907

    Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907

    01907HD

    1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907
  • 1903
    Panorama on the St. Gotthard Railway

    Panorama on the St. Gotthard Railway

    Panorama on the St. Gotthard Railway

    01903HD

    The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.

    Panorama on the St. Gotthard Railway
  • 1935
    Rêve éternel

    Rêve éternel

    Rêve éternel

    71935HD

    The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his...

    Rêve éternel
  • 1922
    L'arête de l'Argentine

    L'arête de l'Argentine

    L'arête de l'Argentine

    01922HD

    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...

    L'arête de l'Argentine
  • 1918
    On the Beach at Waikiki

    On the Beach at Waikiki

    On the Beach at Waikiki

    01918HD

    Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 27th, 1918.

    On the Beach at Waikiki
  • 1937
    A la conquête des cimes

    A la conquête des cimes

    A la conquête des cimes

    01937HD

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

    A la conquête des cimes
  • 1917
    Colorful Ceylon

    Colorful Ceylon

    Colorful Ceylon

    01917HD

    It is not often that your patrons will get a chance to take a trip through a veritable Garden of Eden. On his trip Burton Holmes will show them many...

    Colorful Ceylon
  • 1918
    A Trip to the Jenolan Caves of Australia

    A Trip to the Jenolan Caves of Australia

    A Trip to the Jenolan Caves of Australia

    01918HD

    Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 14th, 1918.

    A Trip to the Jenolan Caves of Australia
  • 1907
    Railway Panorama: Kaifa to Damascus

    Railway Panorama: Kaifa to Damascus

    Railway Panorama: Kaifa to Damascus

    01907HD

    1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Railway Panorama: Kaifa to Damascus
  • 1916
    Climbing the Austrian Alps

    Climbing the Austrian Alps

    Climbing the Austrian Alps

    01916HD

    Travelogue released on August 28th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

    Climbing the Austrian Alps
  • 1928
    Way Up and Back

    Way Up and Back

    Way Up and Back

    01928HD

    "During the 1927, AGM Geddes on behalf of the Huts Committee, gave the report on the progress made on the completion of the Club's first hut, the Fay...

    Way Up and Back
  • 1909
    Ice Racing at St. Moritz

    Ice Racing at St. Moritz

    Ice Racing at St. Moritz

    01909HD

    1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Ice Racing at St. Moritz
  • 1907
    Winter Sports: Fun with Jack Frost

    Winter Sports: Fun with Jack Frost

    Winter Sports: Fun with Jack Frost

    01907HD

    Opening with sledge loads of holiday makers leaving the hotel shown afterwards careering along the roadway through beautiful winter landscape....

    Winter Sports: Fun with Jack Frost
  • 1904
    Tourists Riding Donkeys

    Tourists Riding Donkeys

    Tourists Riding Donkeys

    01904HD

    1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Tourists Riding Donkeys
  • 1917
    With the Kandy Elephants

    With the Kandy Elephants

    With the Kandy Elephants

    01917HD

    Travelogue released on the 14th of May, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

    With the Kandy Elephants