Short Documentary Movies

Released on October 2nd, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Tractor Harvesters at work in the San Joaquin Valley. A visit to Hopi House at the Grand Canyon.

"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...

Travelogue released on the 29th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 27th, 1918.

1906, produced by Charles Urban, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on November 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands...

Released on November 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1921, written & produced by Burton Holmes.

From the Ganges to the Himalayas is the sort of a journey that no one ever forgets. The good ship "Burton Holmes" will take your patrons on an...

"As you loll comfortably on the deck, your steamer approaches the Suez Canal and you enter this interesting stretch of water at Port Said. You land...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 30th, 1919.

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

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

Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Rock climbing on the "Cobbler". Awarded first prize by Michael Powell in the 1948 Scottish Amateur Film Festival

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...

Released on December 14th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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...