Short Documentary Movies

Released on February 23rd, 1919.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on October 19th, 1919.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The climbing of the Fiamma, the famous rock needle in the Bergell, with minimal equipment and technique. A must for lovers of mountain sports. A...

"While The Salvation Army on the Job is listed in film databases without a full plot summary, it is closely associated with the 1919 short comedy A...

A climbing expedition by a mountain guide and a woman to the summit of Mount Wedgwood, on a training climb in preparation for an attempt to scale...

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...

Two climbers progress on an alpine glacier and reach the top of a mountain by climbing a long and steep slope of snow and ice. They also have to...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Opening with sledge loads of holiday makers leaving the hotel shown afterwards careering along the roadway through beautiful winter landscape....

This exciting and somewhat dangerous sport has attained a popularity at all the Swiss winter resorts that is really remarkable. The film depicts in a...

Released on the 13th of August, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.