1900s Movies

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released on November 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.

Vancouver is a veritable metropolis, a beautiful cosmopolitan city; perhaps the most English in all the entire Dominion of Canada. It is famous for...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 7th, 1918.

The climbers Jean Jacques and André Lambert, accompanied by the photographer Jean Lozeron, climb the great ridge of Salève, in...

A group of men shows the 'before and after' physical effects of a journey upon the Mount Aspiring area. Mount Aspiring (9,960 ft.), known as the...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on September 14th, 1919.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Scenes: Royal Northwest Mounted Police in action; the commissioner; the prairies of Saskatchewan; glimpses of the Blackfoot Indian tribes; visiting...

A pretty feature of life at the Handeck Inn on the renowned Grimsel route.

Released on the 8th of December, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The first section shows the "crew" bestriding the bob-sledge and starting same down bill. The second section includes pictures of many sledge...

Travelogue released on September 18th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 20th of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.

The well-dressed Edwardian ladies and gents of the county tour the annual agricultural show.

Travelogue released on the 28th of May, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A student, a railway worker and a peasant go on a trip to the Julian Alps and meet people on their way.