Short Documentary Movies

A group of men shows the 'before and after' physical effects of a journey upon the Mount Aspiring area. Mount Aspiring (9,960 ft.), known as the...

It is not often that your patrons will get a chance to take a trip through a veritable Garden of Eden. On his trip Burton Holmes will show them many...

A game of ice-hockey in progress in the Alps.

1906, produced by Charles Urban, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Government travelogue depicting New Zealand's West land's scenery: Lake Manapouri, Fox Glacier Hotel, and Franz Josef Glacier. From the Fox Glacier...

Released on the 13th of October, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on November 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on August 21st, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 17th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Surabaya, Java, is the busiest headquarters of the Dutch in the Far East. Here the white-clothed man from Holland has established the commercial...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on December 7th, 1919.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A winter vintage ascent to Mount Ruapehu by a large group of mountaineers composed of about 11 men and women. Mount Ruapehu, 2797 meters high, is an...

Kandersteg, the highest mountain village on the Gemmi route is a delightful spot and the center of fine excursions in the mountain regions of the...

Travelogue released on the 14th of May, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

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...

Travelogue released on the 22nd of December, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 20th, 1918.

A mountaineering tour on a glacier in the Alps. The film follows a group of mountaineers as they leave the hostel. Then they climb up fixed ladders...