1900s Movies

  • 1953
    The Kidnappers

    The Kidnappers

    The Kidnappers

    6.71953HD

    After losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in Scotland to live with their grandmother and...

    The Kidnappers
  • 1909
    Children Tobogganing in Switzerland

    Children Tobogganing in Switzerland

    Children Tobogganing in Switzerland

    01909HD

    1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Children Tobogganing in Switzerland
  • 1906
    Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers

    Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers

    Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers

    01906HD

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

    Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers
  • 1909
    Alpine Sports

    Alpine Sports

    Alpine Sports

    01909HD

    1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Alpine Sports
  • 1923
    Wonder Spa of the Alps

    Wonder Spa of the Alps

    Wonder Spa of the Alps

    01923HD

    1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    Wonder Spa of the Alps
  • 1970
    Rina, l'angelo delle Alpi

    Rina, l'angelo delle Alpi

    Rina, l'angelo delle Alpi

    01970HD

    Released in 1917.

    Rina, l'angelo delle Alpi
  • 1938
    Skye High

    Skye High

    Skye High

    01938HD

    A travelogue film on the Isle of Skye by Stanley Watson, including some mountaineering and rock climbing. Stanley Watson is a keystone in the history...

    Skye High
  • 2007
    Sunday Light

    Sunday Light

    Sunday Light

    5.92007HD

    The small Asturian village of Cenciella, Spain, at the beginning of the twentieth century. The quiet life of Urbano and Estrella, a kind and naive...

    Sunday Light
  • 1932
    The Doomed Battalion

    The Doomed Battalion

    The Doomed Battalion

    91932HD

    Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...

    The Doomed Battalion
  • 1904
    Life Aboard the Steam Yacht Argonaut

    Life Aboard the Steam Yacht Argonaut

    Life Aboard the Steam Yacht Argonaut

    01904HD

    1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Life Aboard the Steam Yacht Argonaut
  • 1921
    Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn

    Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn

    Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn

    01921HD

    The ascent of the Zinalrothorn filmed by Frederick Burlingham in September 1916. Burlingham, known at the time as 'The man who kinematographed the...

    Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn
  • 1922
    L'arête de l'Argentine

    L'arête de l'Argentine

    L'arête de l'Argentine

    01922HD

    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...

    L'arête de l'Argentine
  • 1924
    Down the Crater of Vesuvius

    Down the Crater of Vesuvius

    Down the Crater of Vesuvius

    01924HD

    1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    Down the Crater of Vesuvius
  • 1945
    Unusual Occupations - Mountain Climbing

    Unusual Occupations - Mountain Climbing

    Unusual Occupations - Mountain Climbing

    01945HD

    The 'Unusual Occupations' series of theatrical short subjects was produced by Jerry Fairbanks Studios and released by Paramount Pictures from 1937...

    Unusual Occupations - Mountain Climbing
  • 1943
    Comrades under Edelweiss

    Comrades under Edelweiss

    Comrades under Edelweiss

    7.51943HD

    This rare documentary was filmed with the participation and personal camera of Wolfgang Gorther, a German military cinematographer of the 1st mining...

    Comrades under Edelweiss
  • 1903
    Reichenbach Falls

    Reichenbach Falls

    Reichenbach Falls

    01903HD

    The peculiarity of this waterfall, with its narrow funnel-shaped opening, from which, on to the jagged rocks the torrent dashes, is here portrayed in...

    Reichenbach Falls
  • 2007
    The Shadow Within

    The Shadow Within

    The Shadow Within

    5.12007HD

    Little Maurice Dumont lives with his mother in a village in the mountains. His twin brother Jacques died at birth. But Maurice told that he could...

    The Shadow Within
  • 1921
    Bath, the Famous British Spa

    Bath, the Famous British Spa

    Bath, the Famous British Spa

    01921HD

    Released in 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    Bath, the Famous British Spa
  • 1904
    Constantinople

    Constantinople

    Constantinople

    01904HD

    1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Constantinople
  • 1920
    The Jungfrau Railway

    The Jungfrau Railway

    The Jungfrau Railway

    01920HD

    Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    The Jungfrau Railway