Documental Movies

1905, featuring Eduard Spelterini, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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 second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Bioscoped from a motor. The center of fashion and society in the Bernese Oberland. The rendezvous of the most cosmopolitan crowd in Europe.

Released on the 8th of December, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

This gives a panorama of the Village of Isebwald and entrance to Interlaken from the deck of a steamer on Lake Brienz. The famous Geissbach falls...

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

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.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on August 28th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on October 5th, 1919.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 27th, 1918.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released on the 9th of November, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.