Short Documentary Movies

"Taken from the Swiss side of the St. Bernard Pass, 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, giving a magnificent view of the far-famed Hospice, which...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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

From Jaipur to Agra and Calcutta is a wonderful trip, and Burton Holmes shows some of the quaintest and queerest sights in the world, among them the...

Kandersteg, the highest mountain village on the Gemmi route is a delightful spot and the center of fine excursions in the mountain regions of the...

Quebec stands 200 feet above the lower town, dominating the entire landscape. Along Duffern Terrace there runs the toboggan slide, which at night is...

Released on the third of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in June of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Nice looking Travelogue takes us to the Northeast corner of Wyoming as we visit Yellowstone National Park.

Travelogue released on the 15th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A group of tourists, including five women, cross the Mauvais Pas, a rocky passage equipped with a railing, next to the Mer de Glace Glacier. One of...

From the shores of Lake Huron to the prairie capital of Manitoba is an interesting trip. Scenes shown are motorboating amid the Thirty Thousand...

Released on August 21st, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.