1900s Movies
- 1916
Motoring in England
Motoring in England01916HD
Travelogue released on September 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1941
The Basic Principles of Skiing
The Basic Principles of Skiing01941HD
Shot in 1941, this black-and-white instructional film (featuring actor Alan Ladd) serves as a veritable time capsule on the history of the sport,...
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- 1916
Going to Halifax
Going to Halifax01916HD
Travelogue released on December 18th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1935
Rêve éternel
Rêve éternel71935HD
The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his...
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- 1916
A Day with a West Point Cadet
A Day with a West Point Cadet01916HD
For his third picture in his series, Mr. Holmes takes his audience on a visit to our National Military Academy at West Point, there to study the...
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- 1916
Climbing the Austrian Alps
Climbing the Austrian Alps01916HD
Travelogue released on August 28th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1918
Fiji Does Its Bit
Fiji Does Its Bit01918HD
Released on October 20th, 1918. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1903
Free and Easy Skating on Bear Rink
Free and Easy Skating on Bear Rink01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 2004
Isaac's Storm
Isaac's Storm62004HD
The story of meteorology Isaac Cline and the 1900 hurricane that destroyed Galveston, Texas, killing 6,000 people. Based on the book by Erik Larson
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- 1934
Rock Climbing
Rock Climbing01934HD
Klettern im Fels (in English, "Rock Climbing") is a German silent documentary about rock climbing. It was directed by the cameraman Hermann Schadock...
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- 1916
The Lower Nile
The Lower Nile01916HD
Travelogue released on December 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1929
River of Ice
River of Ice01929HD
A mountaineering tour on the Franz Josef Glacier, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. After leaving the Fox Glacier Hotel, two...
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- 1941
Of Snow, Soldiers and Avalanches
Of Snow, Soldiers and Avalanches01941HD
A winter ascent of Piz Bernina by Swiss mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. The film also shows images of avalanche research,...
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- 1919
Lawmakers of the Philippines
Lawmakers of the Philippines01919HD
Released on October 26th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1938
Liesels schönste Kletterfahrt
Liesels schönste Kletterfahrt01938HD
The film is presented as a climbing film from Tirol's mountain world based on an idea by Kurt Maix, and it's a touristical film of the series 'Bilder...
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- 1918
The Mountain Guide
The Mountain Guide01918HD
The mountain guide Andreas loves Marie, the hotelier's daughter whom a guest from the city, Alfred, is courting. He thinks about getting rid of his...
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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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- 1936
The Eiger North Face
The Eiger North Face01936HD
Die Eiger-Nordwand is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Eiger. It was directed by Max Herrmann in 1936. It features Fritz Steuri,...
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- 1917
In the High Sierras
In the High Sierras01917HD
Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1904
Camel Transport on Nile Banks
Camel Transport on Nile Banks01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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