Documentary Film Movies

A short film documenting the dying tradition of Holmie Day, where islanders on Papa Westray, in Orkney, sail across to the nearby uninhabited island...

Released on October 2nd, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in 1922.

When the world shut down, a Cuban band in Los Angeles turned up on a stage at a Cuban-Latin American restaurant. Their music became a beacon light...

Circus Tuomento is a documentary about Finland's most famous tightrope walker, Antti Tuomento (b.1968). After the tragic break of his circus career,...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 28th, 1918.

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 23rd, 1919.

Released on October 20th, 1918. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

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

Travelogue released on October 9th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A mountain guide and a young woman make an ascent to Mount Sebastopol in New Zealand's Southern Alps. The couple leave from Mount Cook's Hermitage...

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

When a devout Evangelical and staunch Republican has a life-altering encounter in an overlooked inner-city neighborhood, he begins to unravel the...

A short film exploring the joy and importance of Morris dancing for a group of young people.

"This noted place is due to rank high in history as the proving grounds of America's pluck. Every American man, woman and child should see this."...

This experimental short documentary displays a series of different ".avi" videos found on YouTube, mostly published by accident in the early days of...

A rope of two mountaineers surveys the Argentière glacier making their way through crevasses and seracs. A film by René Moreau,...

For his third picture in his series, Mr. Holmes takes his audience on a visit to our National Military Academy at West Point, there to study the...

Excursion from the Catinaccio group, across the Alpe di Siusi, to the Sassolungo and to the Sella group. The Dolomites, less impressive in appearance...