Short Documentary Movies

Released on July 30th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 21st, 1918.

A mountain guide and a young woman make an ascent to Mount Sebastopol in New Zealand's Southern Alps. The couple leave from Mount Cook's Hermitage...

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

A mountaineering tour on the Franz Josef Glacier, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. After leaving the Fox Glacier Hotel, two...

Travelogue released on December 18th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

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

Released on the 16th of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

Released on the first of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on August 7th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 15th, 1919.

Scenes: Royal Northwest Mounted Police in action; the commissioner; the prairies of Saskatchewan; glimpses of the Blackfoot Indian tribes; visiting...

The two guides Adrien and Félix Veillon with the customer Rotschild climb the Argentine ridge in the Swiss canton of Valais. The film was so...

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

Travelogue released on September 11th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the sixth of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...