Documental Movies

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...

The ascent of Mont Blanc in four Pathe Baby reels. The film is a short version of the 1907 'L'ascension du Mont Blanc'. It shows the ascent of Mont...

"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 June 14th, 1918.

The great glacier of the Selkirks in the Canadian Switzerland is equivalent to thirty Switzerlands of the Overseas. In this picture you are...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Four roped men jump a crevasse and ascend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace using long ice axes. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes that...

Released on April 18th, 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on April 25th, 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on May 2nd, 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on May 9th, 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on May 30th, 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in December of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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...

Travelogue released on December 18th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 24th of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Ancient documentary that presents the ascent of Higher and Lower Cathedral Spires in Yosemite Valley by a party of three climbers from the Sierra...

Released on November 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on August 7th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.