Short Doc Movies

Travelogue released on the 12th of June, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 9th of November, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The train leaving the Schiedegg station and entering the Eiger tunnel en route for the station Eigerwand.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

"Taken from the Swiss side of the St. Bernard Pass, 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, giving a magnificent view of the far-famed Hospice, which...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 15th, 1919.

This exciting and somewhat dangerous sport has attained a popularity at all the Swiss winter resorts that is really remarkable. The film depicts in a...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 7th, 1918.

A great variety of the Swiss snow sports are here shown. Commencing with toboganning round a steep circular descent, and next in increasing numbers...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A thrilling incident showing a climber ascending a cleft or chimney by hanging on with his finger tips and pushing his back and knees into opposite...

Travelogue released on October 30th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The negative affects from ingesting "The Spirit of Wine" are demonstrated here through experiments on the Students of Northwestern University Medical...

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

A crowd of a hundred boys rushing the position of another crowd, storming their adversaries with volleys of snowballs, finally driving the enemy from...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...

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