20th Century Movies

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

In this trip Burton Holmes takes your patrons to Java, the richest island of the Dutch East Indies, and Batavia, its capital city, one of the most...

Plot TBA; set against the backdrop of the Bedouin community in the early 20th century, a turbulent period in the region as it started consolidating...

Showing the peasants in their quaint costumes, which are only donned on Sundays and Festivals.

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...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on October 5th, 1919.

Travelogue released on October 30th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Brazilian architecture in the 20th century influenced generations of architects worldwide. But there was a time when choosing an architectural style...

Miha invites his fiancée Minka to the dance, but he's tempted by another big desire of his - climbing. Frustrated Minka insists on the...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Taking footage from the film 'A la conquete des cimes', this instructional film distributed for the home market as a Pathe Baby film in two reels,...

The chief event of the day at Grimsel Hospice.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In the spring of 1902, Viennese working-class daughter Marie König runs away from her beating father and is lured into a high-class brothel by...