Documental Movies

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Ceylon is the land of perpetual and exceeding beauty, her people picturesque in dress and quaint in personality, often amusing and always...

Released in March of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn....

What is the middle class? Is it a set of encyclopedias, the tupper ware in the freezer, tha family vacation, working as a babysittter? Is it...

This rare documentary was filmed with the participation and personal camera of Wolfgang Gorther, a German military cinematographer of the 1st mining...

Travelogue released on the 31st of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A travelogue set in the jungles of Borneo.

Travelogue released on the 10th of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on October 16th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in January of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Documentary on one of the first editions of the Trofeo Mezzalama, the highest ski mountaineering race in Europe, at more than 4,200 meters above sea...

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

Travelogue released on the 8th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Travelogue released on September 25th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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