America Movies

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

A look at three U.S. cities, which were part of many communities that violently forced African American families to flee in post-reconstruction...

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

Tractor Harvesters at work in the San Joaquin Valley. A visit to Hopi House at the Grand Canyon.

Released on the 23rd of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...

Released on December 17th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Nice looking Travelogue takes us to the Northeast corner of Wyoming as we visit Yellowstone National Park.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 18th, 1918.

Set on a university campus in 1975, this film follows the lives of Q (a Black adoptee), her roommate Jam (the daughter of former Black Panthers), and...

A cinematic essay interweaving private archive images and a mixture of reflective, speculative and poetic intertitles that, like “an old movie...

After 53 consecutive years of touring and over 5,000 electrifying performances, the iconic duo of 'America' privately says goodbye to a lifetime...

The ranger's activity mainly centered on mapping the national forests, creating safe trails, giving out cattle and sheep permits, and protecting the...

Profile focusing on the life and work of the American realist painter, Edward Hopper. His subject is the face of America - haunting, unforgettable...

Shot in 1941, this black-and-white instructional film (featuring actor Alan Ladd) serves as a veritable time capsule on the history of the sport,...

For his third picture in his series, Mr. Holmes takes his audience on a visit to our National Military Academy at West Point, there to study the...

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...

Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Above the Clouds in Rainier National Park shows a two-day climb from Paradise Inn to the summit of Mt. Rainier. The film was produced by the Kodak...