Short Documentary Movies

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...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 14th, 1918.

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

Travelogue released on the 15th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on December 28th, 1919.

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

Four roped men jump a crevasse and ascend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace using long ice axes. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes that...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 23rd, 1919.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on the 17th of June, 1918.

Released on March 19th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Travelogue released on the 22nd of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

This gives a panorama of the Village of Isebwald and entrance to Interlaken from the deck of a steamer on Lake Brienz. The famous Geissbach falls...

Travelogue released on December 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

An alpine ascent Monte Rosa glacier by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group ascends from the Gabiet lake to...

Released on the 31st of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

In a country where over 60 million street dogs roam, often ignored, abused, and abandoned, hope emerges in Dharamshala, a small town nestled among...

Sound and shortened version of 'Im Kampf mit dem Berge', Arnold Fanck's second major mountaineering film, from 1921. The film follows two mountain...