Short Movies

A Gaumont Mirror newsreel showing a party of climbers setting out to climb the Great Gable. They appear drinking from a mountain stream and climbing...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 18th, 1918.

Views of a party making the actual ascent of this famous mountain have a much greater interest than the usual scenic film. Commencing with the...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 30th, 1919.

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...

Travelogue released on the 29th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 8th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"As you loll comfortably on the deck, your steamer approaches the Suez Canal and you enter this interesting stretch of water at Port Said. You land...

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...

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

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 23rd, 1919.

"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 released on the 22nd of December, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Against the backdrop of beautiful natural scenery, the film tells the story of a guide accused of killing a tourist and dramatically discovers the...

Travelogue released on the 6th of October, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

An alpine ascent around the snow-covered area of Monte Cevedale by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group...

Released in July of 1902. Produced by William Nicholas Selig.

A man dancing to a jazzy song

A young elementary school student saw a strange light at night and believed it was a UFO. However, his family and the neighbors thinks that what he'd...

The ascent of the Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc Massif by the ridge of the Moine. Two climbers, the mountain, and the rope. No plot, no tragedy,...