Short Documentary Movies
- 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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- 1918
A Mountaineering Memory
A Mountaineering Memory01918HD
A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.
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- 1917
Catching and Canning Oregon Salmon
Catching and Canning Oregon Salmon01917HD
Released on the 23rd of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1904
Constantinople
Constantinople01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1917
With the Kandy Elephants
With the Kandy Elephants01917HD
Travelogue released on the 14th of May, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1931
New Skyscrapers for Old
New Skyscrapers for Old01931HD
Mountain climbing with all its thrills near Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. The film begins on a busy street in Toronto with...
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- 1922
L'arête de l'Argentine
L'arête de l'Argentine01922HD
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...
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- 1917
Canning Time in California
Canning Time in California01917HD
Released on the 10th of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1918
Wellington and the North Island of New Zealand
Wellington and the North Island of New Zealand01918HD
Travelogue released on July 22nd, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1917
A Journey Through Java
A Journey Through Java01917HD
Travelogue released on the 28th of May, 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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- 1926
Crags and Crevasses
Crags and Crevasses01926HD
A man and a woman in a mountaineering tour on the Blackfoot Glacier in the Glacier National Park. They cross the glacier, negotiating big crevasses...
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- 1916
The Lowlands of Luzon
The Lowlands of Luzon01916HD
Released on the 24th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1926
Mountain Climbing in Glacier National Park
Mountain Climbing in Glacier National Park01926HD
A man and a woman climbing the Grinnell Point in Glacier National Park. They start from the Many Glacier Hotel and progress on an easy terrain first...
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- 1903
Fun on a Grimmi Alp Goat Farm
Fun on a Grimmi Alp Goat Farm01903HD
"This shows the flock of goats being brought home -or rather following the shepherds home from the hillside Then the milking of the goats In the...
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- 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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- 1918
A Summer Day in Skagway
A Summer Day in Skagway01918HD
Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 18th, 1918.
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- 1919
The White Elephant Militant
The White Elephant Militant01919HD
Released on the 9th of November, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1946
A Cragsman's Day
A Cragsman's Day01946HD
Rock climbing on the "Cobbler". Awarded first prize by Michael Powell in the 1948 Scottish Amateur Film Festival
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- 1919
London Plays Ball
London Plays Ball01919HD
Released on February 23rd, 1919.
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