1900s Movies

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

David Gordon is in love and engaged to be married to Kate Nugent. But the sinister figure of Austen Hawke, Gordon's rival, threatens to eclipse the...

This exciting and somewhat dangerous sport has attained a popularity at all the Swiss winter resorts that is really remarkable. The film depicts in a...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Sound version of the silent picture 'Climbing Mount Tupper.' William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

The most picturesque spot of all Canada is, without doubt, Lake Louise. From Banff Mr. Holmes asks you to go with him through a scenic wonderland...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A biographical film about Finnish singer J. Alfred Tanner and his path through a failed career as a construction master to become a highly successful...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Three rock climbing ascents in Val Bregaglia, Italy by Karl Freimann and Philipp Wieland, who made the first ascent of Fiamma in 1936. The film...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Grimsel was the scene of the Austrian-French conflict of 1799. It is now one of the most popular passes in the Alps.

To commemorate the Anniversary of the Unspunnen Fete of 1815, held at Unspunnen, near Interlaken. Order of the Procession : 1-Twenty-two girls in...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Along New Zealand’s South Islands runs the mighty chain of the Southern Alps, where large and beautiful glaciers and Ice-falls abound among the...

The chief event of the day at Grimsel Hospice.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.