20th Century Movies

Released in December of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Four roped men jump a crevasse and ascend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace using long ice axes. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes that...

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This...

A group of men shows the 'before and after' physical effects of a journey upon the Mount Aspiring area. Mount Aspiring (9,960 ft.), known as the...

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

Klettern im Fels (in English, "Rock Climbing") is a German silent documentary about rock climbing. It was directed by the cameraman Hermann Schadock...

At the heart of the eastern Alps, in the Niedere Tauern massif that rises in the Austrian state of Salzburg, soldiers undertake the tortuous ascent...

The mountain guide Andreas loves Marie, the hotelier's daughter whom a guest from the city, Alfred, is courting. He thinks about getting rid of his...

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...

An alternative version of the film 'Southern Peaks', shortened in this case to be included in an episode of the series 'Glimpses of New Zealand'....

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 'Full-day exercise in the Bernina area' by mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. At two o'clock, 130 men broke up in...

Vers les Cimes is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in the Bernese Alps. It was directed by Charles-Georges Duvanel in 1940 and produced...

An old film about the mountains of I Denti della Vecchia, a mountain group in the Lugano Pre-Alps, between Switzerland (Val Colla) and Italy...

Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Les Charmoz is a documentary about mountaineering that takes place on Aiguille Des Grands Charmoz. Produced in 1924.

Short version of the film 'Eingeschneit in Lager IV', released for the home market. The film shows images of the 1938 German expedition to Nanga...

"During the 1927, AGM Geddes on behalf of the Huts Committee, gave the report on the progress made on the completion of the Club's first hut, the Fay...

Released on April 1st, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.