Short Documentary Movies

A man and a woman in a mountaineering tour on the Blackfoot Glacier in the Glacier National Park. They cross the glacier, negotiating big crevasses...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

Released in 1922.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

We have our poor people and the east has its starving millions; even in far-away Ceylon there are many kind hearts beating beneath dark skins, and it...

The climbing of the Fiamma, the famous rock needle in the Bergell, with minimal equipment and technique. A must for lovers of mountain sports. A...

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

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 11th, 1919.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Travelogue released on October 16th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 28th, 1918.

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

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.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on August 31st, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The chief event of the day at Grimsel Hospice.

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...