20th Century Movies

Sound version of the silent picture 'Climbing Mount Tupper.' William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the...

The ascent of Mont Blanc in four Pathe Baby reels. The film is a short version of the 1907 'L'ascension du Mont Blanc'. It shows the ascent of Mont...

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...

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

Views of a party making the actual ascent of this famous mountain have a much greater interest than the usual scenic film. Commencing with the...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 30th, 1919.

Released in 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in 1922.

The two guides Adrien and Félix Veillon with the customer Rotschild climb the Argentine ridge in the Swiss canton of Valais. The film was so...

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

Travelogue released on December 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 8th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"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...

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...

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This...

Travelogue released on November 27th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 24th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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