1900s Movies

This is the story of last years of Leo Tolstoy's life at his mansion in Yasnaya Polyana. He is surrounded by his family, friends, acquaintances and...

Much nerve is required by those who participate in this sport as some of the curves of the course are most acute and dangerous, especially at the...

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

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

A wonderfully successful film taken in Switzerland and showing experts in the great annual competition. In three parts: 1. Jumping from a stage 2....

Known also as 'The Crystal Ascension', the film chronicles an exploration of Mount Hood and its glaciers by a mountain-climbing party who explore the...

The great Ossetian poet, Kosta Khetagurov, returns from exile to his native village of Nar. Yet the joy of coming back to his homeland is...

Released on July 27th, 1919.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Rare documentary footage from around 1900 depicts the mood of life in Berlin at the turn of the century.

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

Sally Meyer, a young Berliner, persuades his Doctor to convince his wife that he is ill, so that he is able to take a holiday in the Austrian Alps.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Taken from the front of a descending car, the track and the way in which the fertile valleys open out on either side, with the huge snow-capped...

Released on the 10th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...