Short Doc Movies

The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.

Taken from the front of a descending car, the track and the way in which the fertile valleys open out on either side, with the huge snow-capped...

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

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...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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

Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in June of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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

Also showing Cortina mountain and general surroundings.

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

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In spring, the Swiss herdsman collects his cattle and drives the herds up the mountains to higher pasture. Here is shown a quiet valley, with...

This film gives a fine panoramic view of this wonderful railway track through immense gorges and cuttings and snow baulks of from 15 to 20 feet high...

Released on August 3rd, 1919.

This includes the arrival of the old stage, the mail coach and diligence, and a motor car.

Released on the 28th of February, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.