Short Documentary Movies

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Austria and the Alps is the title of a 18 minutes travelogue by Burton Holmes produced to be distributed by the Paramount. The travelogue consisted...

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 18th, 1919.

"As you loll comfortably on the deck, your steamer approaches the Suez Canal and you enter this interesting stretch of water at Port Said. You land...

Released in 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 27th, 1919.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in March of 1921. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A documentary illustrating the mountain sports activities of the university students of the GUF (Gruppi universitari fascisti) in Val Gardena,...

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

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on March 28th, 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Klettern im Fels (in English, "Rock Climbing") is a German silent documentary about rock climbing. It was directed by the cameraman Hermann Schadock...

A Gaumont Mirror newsreel showing a party of climbers setting out to climb the Great Gable. They appear drinking from a mountain stream and climbing...