Short Documentary Movies
- 1917
Quaint Quebec
Quaint Quebec01917HD
Travelogue released on the 8th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1935
White Marathon
White Marathon101935HD
Documentary on one of the first editions of the Trofeo Mezzalama, the highest ski mountaineering race in Europe, at more than 4,200 meters above sea...
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- 1916
Bonnie Scotland
Bonnie Scotland01916HD
Travelogue released on September 25th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 2026
Finding Faith
Finding Faith02026HD
A short film contextualising the cultural significance of George Michael's Faith Tour via unheard interview voice-over, unseen images by Herb Ritts,...
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- 1920
Pyrenean Perspectives
Pyrenean Perspectives01920HD
Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1917
Curious Ceylon
Curious Ceylon01917HD
Ceylon is the land of perpetual and exceeding beauty, her people picturesque in dress and quaint in personality, often amusing and always...
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- 1918
Inson
Inson01918HD
Travelogue released on the first of December, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1903
Schwyz Castle
Schwyz Castle01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1921
Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn
Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn01921HD
The ascent of the Zinalrothorn filmed by Frederick Burlingham in September 1916. Burlingham, known at the time as 'The man who kinematographed the...
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- 1904
Constantinople
Constantinople01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1918
Facing Death on the Blumlisalp
Facing Death on the Blumlisalp01918HD
...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...
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- 1903
Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1916
Beautiful Bavaria
Beautiful Bavaria01916HD
Travelogue released on the 10th of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
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- 1970
Ascent of the Matterhorn
Ascent of the Matterhorn01970HD
Released in 1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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- 1915
Scaling the Jungfrau
Scaling the Jungfrau01915HD
A record of the ascent of the Jungfrau by Frederick Burlingham accompanied by four mountain guides. The film starts with panoramics of the Eiger...
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- 1904
Switzerland Series
Switzerland Series01904HD
Distributed under the title of ‘Switzerland’ or ‘Playground of Europe’, the film consists of a collection of scenes filmed in...
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- 1927
A la conquête des cimes - Pathe Baby
A la conquête des cimes - Pathe Baby01927HD
A short version of the film 'A la conquête des cimes' by René Moreau released for the domestic market in two Pathe Baby big reels. In...
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- 2026
Cure for Loneliness
Cure for Loneliness02026HD
A love letter to cinema and a personal reflection on loneliness. Segment from Fringe Hippo's anthology film "Elegy Apokalypto".
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- 1913
Descent into the Crater of Vesusvius
Descent into the Crater of Vesusvius01913HD
Frederick Burlingham visits Vesuvius and climbs down into the crater accompanied by two Italian guides. Contains some nice actuality of Pompeii and...
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- 1918
The Pilatus Railway
The Pilatus Railway01918HD
1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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