20th Century Movies

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

This short film shows an alpine march of the young fascists of the federal command of Belluno to the Mario Vazzoler refuge. From there, a group of...

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

Travelogue released on the 22nd of December, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Die Eiger-Nordwand is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Eiger. It was directed by Max Herrmann in 1936. It features Fritz Steuri,...

A film by Richard 'Dick' Leonard produced by the American Alpine Club about mountaineering in Sierra Nevada (California). Richard Manning Leonard was...

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

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on October 19th, 1919.

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

Travelogue released on the 5th of June, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on October 27th, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A man and a woman in a mountaineering tour on the Blackfoot Glacier in the Glacier National Park. They cross the glacier, negotiating big crevasses...

Travelogue released on the 6th of October, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Four men walk accross the upper part of the Mer de Glace Glacier. All they walk unroped and using ice axes as a cane. The shot belongs to a...

Released on October 26th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

The true story behind Arsène Lupin, a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc, first...

A group of mountaineers ascend the Grossvenediger in the Austrian Tyrol in winter. The group starts from the Krimmler waterfalls and the Warnsdorfer...

Travelogue released on the 29th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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