1900s Movies

"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....

The first picture of the new Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel pictures recount Mr. Holmes' motor trip of the summer of 1913 through the more...

Travelogue released on July 22nd, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Mountain climbing with all its thrills near Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. The film begins on a busy street in Toronto with...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on February 24th, 1918.

A great variety of the Swiss snow sports are here shown. Commencing with toboganning round a steep circular descent, and next in increasing numbers...

The story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey from a crier boy from Liminga to an...

Quebec stands 200 feet above the lower town, dominating the entire landscape. Along Duffern Terrace there runs the toboggan slide, which at night is...

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.

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

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 1st, 1919.

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

Released on July 13th, 1919.

A thrilling incident showing a climber ascending a cleft or chimney by hanging on with his finger tips and pushing his back and knees into opposite...

Released on the 13th of August, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The two guides Adrien and Félix Veillon with the customer Rotschild climb the Argentine ridge in the Swiss canton of Valais. The film was so...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...