Short Doc Movies

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 25th, 1919.

This opens with a view of the upper falls and great viaduct of the mountain railway, showing ascending and descending cars, and then a close view of...

Views of a party making the actual ascent of this famous mountain have a much greater interest than the usual scenic film. Commencing with the...

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released on April 1st, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on February 24th, 1918.

The ascent of the Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc Massif by the ridge of the Moine. Two climbers, the mountain, and the rope. No plot, no tragedy,...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Travelogue of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Sailing distance to Glacier National Park, Montana. Vimy Mountain overlooks National Parks on...

We have our poor people and the east has its starving millions; even in far-away Ceylon there are many kind hearts beating beneath dark skins, and it...

Travelogue released on the first of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

From the shores of Lake Huron to the prairie capital of Manitoba is an interesting trip. Scenes shown are motorboating amid the Thirty Thousand...

Released on August 3rd, 1919.

Rock climbing on the "Cobbler". Awarded first prize by Michael Powell in the 1948 Scottish Amateur Film Festival

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in January of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

We look first at Westminster Abbey and the Towers of Parliament. And the sight-seeing only starts there as it continues to all the famous buildings...