Short Doc Movies

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on June 10th, 1918. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in February of 1922. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Tuesdays are days of great excitement in the quiet old town of Berne, when the whole population is bent on getting very much for very little.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

The world-famed Simmenthal cattle, bred by Herr Rebmann, are seen leaving the valley for the summer pastures on the Grimmalp. The herds are...

"An early color film presented as 'Ascent to the Bernina Massif'. Two mountaineers break from the Forno hut and first climb the Punta Rasica and then...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The film is a kind of docu-fiction about a boy who enrolls in a battalion of young mountain troops. The film follows his daily life in the military...

Travelogue released on the first of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Austria and the Alps is the title of a 18 minutes travelogue by Burton Holmes produced to be distributed by the Paramount. The travelogue consisted...

Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Showing hundreds of boys, girls and adults on skis descending a steep snow-covered bank.