1910s Movies

Rudolf Diesel, one of history’s greatest inventors, vanished into thin air on the eve of World War I. His revolutionary invention, the Diesel...

Released on October 26th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on the 29th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A compilation of British newsreels and films taken from the BFI National Archive; dating from 1913 to 1917, the footage charts the development of the...

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 the first of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A short musical film that imagines the experience of a teacher and students who witnessed the great fire at the Quaker Oats factory in 1916 from...

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

This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of Russian cinema.

Released on the 19th of February, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Korea, 1910s: documentary footage filmed in Seoul, at the now-destroyed site of Donuimun (the Great West Gate of the city), and the port of Chemulpo,...

Released on April 1st, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

At the heart of the eastern Alps, in the Niedere Tauern massif that rises in the Austrian state of Salzburg, soldiers undertake the tortuous ascent...

Released on March 25, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on December 14th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Hats are modelled, then lingerie.

The famous ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky struggles with rehearsing his newest choreography - the revolutionary Rite of Spring.

Documentary made for the University of York, UK, and DMDA exhibition New Fashion for the New Woman 1900-1950. Footage filmed by University of York...

First film by a woman and the first film directed at a child audience in Argentina

Released on August 31st, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.