20th Century Movies

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

The chief event of the day at Grimsel Hospice.

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

A record of the ascent of the Jungfrau by Frederick Burlingham accompanied by four mountain guides. The film starts with panoramics of the Eiger...

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

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

"While The Salvation Army on the Job is listed in film databases without a full plot summary, it is closely associated with the 1919 short comedy A...

At the crossroads of Black literary consciousness and political struggle, the ideas of Claude McKay, Jamaican poet and novelist, laid the foundations...

Including several views of main streets with traffic, market scenes, steam tramways in Marientheresiaustrasse.

This is an excellent and spirited picture of fine quality depicting the international curling contests in Switzerland, showing the Scotch champion...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 8th, 1919.

Released in February of 1922. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on the 24th of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in 1953.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 7th, 1918.

The film shows a winter crossing attempt of the Bernina ridge by a team of Swiss military in a reconnaissance tour in April 1939. The commanders...

Close up we see pistons move up and down or side to side. Pendulums sway, the small parts of machinery move. Gears drive larger wheels. Gears within...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Two climbers progress on an alpine glacier and reach the top of a mountain by climbing a long and steep slope of snow and ice. They also have to...