1920s Movies

In the 1920s, two names dominated the world's long-distance running rankings. Paavo Nurmi was a legend in his own lifetime, but Ville Ritola is...

A climbing expedition by a mountain guide and a woman to the summit of Mount Wedgwood, on a training climb in preparation for an attempt to scale...

In 1920, a young African-American woman sets off to Africa to find a tree that promises eternal life.

A film that evokes the period between the end of the First World War and the Great Depression of 1929. For some, it was the golden age of pleasure...

A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.

The prohibition is in full swing and Egypt Hagen, a new woman, is the constant subject of controversy in her religious small town. After a scandalous...

A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are...

A walk through the landscapes of the province of Salamanca, Spain, as well as a testimony of the daily life and customs of its inhabitants.

Three mountaineers, including a woman, climb the l'Aiguille du Moine, in the Mont Blanc Massif departing from the Couvercle Shelter. Facing walls...

1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

WWI veterans on Harsens Island square off against the infamous 'Purple Gang' over illegal liquor in the 1920s.

Finnish filmmaker and artist Sami van Ingen is a great-grandson of documentary pioneer Robert Flaherty, and seemingly the sole member of the family...

William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the famous Swiss mountain guide Edward Feuz accompanied by his...

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1921, written & produced by Burton Holmes.

When the communists decide to renovate the city and try to demolish a badly positioned church, the religious citizens decide to fight for what is...

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...

A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

The film was shot on the occasion of the Italian Geographical Expedition to Karakorum, conceived in 1926 and held in May-August 1929, under the...