20th Century Movies
- 1904
Piraeus and Athens (Greece), Hoisting Cattle on Steamer
Piraeus and Athens (Greece), Hoisting Cattle on Steamer01904HD
1. Mooring Cattle on Barges. Preparatory to shipping them to Constantinople. 2. Taking Cattle off to the Steamer. Towing the laden barges through the...
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- 1916
Old and New Manila
Old and New Manila01916HD
Released on the third of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1918
Today in Samoa
Today in Samoa01918HD
Travelogue released on June 10th, 1918. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1904
Fusillade of Rocks in the Alps
Fusillade of Rocks in the Alps01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1942
Ski Equipment
Ski Equipment01942HD
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...
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- 1916
Beautiful Bavaria
Beautiful Bavaria01916HD
Travelogue released on the 10th of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1942
Piccoli Alpini
Piccoli Alpini01942HD
The film is a kind of docu-fiction about a boy who enrolls in a battalion of young mountain troops. The film follows his daily life in the military...
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- 1903
Panorama on the St. Gotthard Railway
Panorama on the St. Gotthard Railway01903HD
The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.
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- 1924
Mont Blanc
Mont Blanc01924HD
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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- 1970
Ascending Mt. Blanc
Ascending Mt. Blanc01970HD
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...
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- 1907
Firing Burmese Temple
Firing Burmese Temple01907HD
1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1907
The Tyrol: Austrian Alps
The Tyrol: Austrian Alps01907HD
Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1904
Boating on the Nile
Boating on the Nile01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1932
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada
Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada01932HD
A film by Richard 'Dick' Leonard produced by the American Alpine Club about mountaineering in Sierra Nevada (California). Richard Manning Leonard was...
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- 1938
I Denti della Vecchia
I Denti della Vecchia01938HD
An old film about the mountains of I Denti della Vecchia, a mountain group in the Lugano Pre-Alps, between Switzerland (Val Colla) and Italy...
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- 1903
Reichenbach Falls
Reichenbach Falls01903HD
The peculiarity of this waterfall, with its narrow funnel-shaped opening, from which, on to the jagged rocks the torrent dashes, is here portrayed in...
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- 1916
The Penal Colony of Palawan
The Penal Colony of Palawan01916HD
Travelogue released on the 12th of June, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1917
With the Stony Indians
With the Stony Indians01917HD
Released on the 19th of February, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1916
Alpine Vistas from the Zugspitze
Alpine Vistas from the Zugspitze01916HD
Austria and the Alps is the title of a 18 minutes travelogue by Burton Holmes produced to be distributed by the Paramount. The travelogue consisted...
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- 1947
Jean des Bossons
Jean des Bossons101947HD
Jean des Bossons is a documentary-fiction which recounts the activities of a high mountain guide in 1947. Around Chamonix Mont-Blanc, the guide Jean...
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