River Movies

The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...

Emerging from the forest, a group of nomadic merchants march to the bank of the river they must traverse. Carrying their cargo on their backs, they...

When an artist discovers his wife is having an affair with their jungle guide, he lures them into posing for him in a radioactive jungle river.

A reflection on loss and nature’s quiet observance in a small nook of the Ozarks. 

Travelogue released on November 2nd, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.

Follows Martin Strel as he attempts to cover 3,375 miles of the Amazon River in what is being billed as the world's longest swim.

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 17th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

An observational documentary, shot on high-contrast black and white 16mm film, about a largely undeveloped river in southeastern North Carolina that...

A hovering camera exploration; The flow of a river becomes background and subject at the same time, movement creating fabric-like patterns of...

'Guadalquivir' is a feature length documentary directed by Joaquín Gutiérrez that features a fox, an animal that has adapted, living in...

Filmmaker Warren Harrison captures the memories and experiences of people who grew up as part of a unique community at Greatham Creek, a salt-marsh...

An analysis of the flow of water from mountain to aqueduct, city to sea. Shot at and around the Eastern Sierra Nevada, Owens Valley, Los Angeles...

The Grand Canal project was one of the key pledges of the former President Lee. He first said that he was carrying out a project to save the four...

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