Early 20th Century Movies

In the mountains, Diotima meets Karl and fall in love and have an affair. Karl's friend Vigo mistakenly believes she's in love with him, causing...

A record of the second British Everest expedition showing the journey from Darjeeling to Tibet, activities of the Tibetans, and the climb itself. The...

Sounded version of the 1928 film 'Der Kampf ums Matterhorn'. The added sound track included music composed by Schmidt-Boelckeb and dubbed dialogs by...

Released in June of 1914.

Dr. Johannes Krafft climbs a 12,000-foot mountain over and over again to search for his wife, who was lost on their honeymoon. Another couple makes...

Released on August 3rd, 1919.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue documenting extremely isolated areas in Switzerland between Bernese Alps and the Rhone River.

Ceylon is the land of perpetual and exceeding beauty, her people picturesque in dress and quaint in personality, often amusing and always...

Released on April 11, 1920. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio...

On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn....

A film record of a Soviet expedition to Pamir, not to be confused with Krysha Mira, a different 1928 expedition film also about Pamir, directed by...

Released in March of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A travelogue set in the jungles of Borneo.

Released in January of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in November of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Expert mountain-guide Maciste lives in the Dolomites. He dotes on his young nephew Hans, the illegitimate son of his sister, who died of a broken...

Travelogue released on September 25th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.