Short Doc Movies

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 15th, 1919.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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...

In this trip Burton Holmes takes your patrons to Java, the richest island of the Dutch East Indies, and Batavia, its capital city, one of the most...

1904, 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...

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

Travelogue released on June 10th, 1918. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

This film gives a fine panoramic view of this wonderful railway track through immense gorges and cuttings and snow baulks of from 15 to 20 feet high...

Released on August 10th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on February 23rd, 1919.

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...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Tuesdays are days of great excitement in the quiet old town of Berne, when the whole population is bent on getting very much for very little.

The ranger's activity mainly centered on mapping the national forests, creating safe trails, giving out cattle and sheep permits, and protecting the...

"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...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A film being photographed from the front of the engine. A grand view of the snow-clad peaks of this fine range of mountains is depicted from an...

Travelogue released on the 5th of June, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.