1900s Movies

  • 1900
    Chamonix - The Mer de Glace. Ascent

    Chamonix - The Mer de Glace. Ascent

    Chamonix - The Mer de Glace. Ascent

    01900HD

    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...

    Chamonix - The Mer de Glace. Ascent
  • 1907
    Winter Sports: Fun with Jack Frost

    Winter Sports: Fun with Jack Frost

    Winter Sports: Fun with Jack Frost

    01907HD

    Opening with sledge loads of holiday makers leaving the hotel shown afterwards careering along the roadway through beautiful winter landscape....

    Winter Sports: Fun with Jack Frost
  • 1903
    Ski Jumping Competition

    Ski Jumping Competition

    Ski Jumping Competition

    01903HD

    1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Ski Jumping Competition
  • 1903
    Panorama of the Alps

    Panorama of the Alps

    Panorama of the Alps

    01903HD

    1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

    Panorama of the Alps
  • 1916
    Beautiful Bavaria

    Beautiful Bavaria

    Beautiful Bavaria

    01916HD

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

    Beautiful Bavaria
  • 1916
    Among the Head Hunters

    Among the Head Hunters

    Among the Head Hunters

    01916HD

    Released on the 16th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

    Among the Head Hunters
  • 1917
    With the Stony Indians

    With the Stony Indians

    With the Stony Indians

    01917HD

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

    With the Stony Indians
  • 1942
    Ski Equipment

    Ski Equipment

    Ski Equipment

    01942HD

    An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

    Ski Equipment
  • 1903
    The Wintry Alps

    The Wintry Alps

    The Wintry Alps

    01903HD

    Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...

    The Wintry Alps
  • 1917
    An Oregonian Niagara

    An Oregonian Niagara

    An Oregonian Niagara

    01917HD

    Released on the 16th of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

    An Oregonian Niagara
  • 1917
    In Surabaya, the 'Busy Burg' of Java

    In Surabaya, the 'Busy Burg' of Java

    In Surabaya, the 'Busy Burg' of Java

    01917HD

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

    In Surabaya, the 'Busy Burg' of Java
  • 1931
    In the Realm of the Goldenhorn

    In the Realm of the Goldenhorn

    In the Realm of the Goldenhorn

    71931HD

    A student, a railway worker and a peasant go on a trip to the Julian Alps and meet people on their way.

    In the Realm of the Goldenhorn
  • 1905
    Mount Pilatus Railway

    Mount Pilatus Railway

    Mount Pilatus Railway

    01905HD

    Showing eight views of the most difficult portions of the railway, including the steepest gradients, practically, hanging on to the sides of the...

    Mount Pilatus Railway
  • 1929
    Snowdrift

    Snowdrift

    Snowdrift

    01929HD

    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...

    Snowdrift
  • 1945
    Monte Miracolo

    Monte Miracolo

    Monte Miracolo

    81945HD

    An engineer struggles with his rival to receive the order to carry out an important construction in the Valle d'Aosta. Both opponents embark on a...

    Monte Miracolo
  • 1917
    In Vancouver and Victoria

    In Vancouver and Victoria

    In Vancouver and Victoria

    01917HD

    Vancouver is a veritable metropolis, a beautiful cosmopolitan city; perhaps the most English in all the entire Dominion of Canada. It is famous for...

    In Vancouver and Victoria
  • 1917
    Fruitful Florida

    Fruitful Florida

    Fruitful Florida

    01917HD

    "We have only one really tropic state in the good old U.S.A., and that is Florida, and so, just returning from the tropics of the Far East, Mr....

    Fruitful Florida
  • 1916
    Felling Big Trees in California

    Felling Big Trees in California

    Felling Big Trees in California

    01916HD

    Released on March 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

    Felling Big Trees in California
  • 1903
    Lace Making at Muerren

    Lace Making at Muerren

    Lace Making at Muerren

    01903HD

    Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.

    Lace Making at Muerren
  • 1916
    The Lower Nile

    The Lower Nile

    The Lower Nile

    01916HD

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

    The Lower Nile