1903 Movies

A wonderfully successful film taken in Switzerland and showing experts in the great annual competition. In three parts: 1. Jumping from a stage 2....

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...

The chief event of the day at Grimsel Hospice.

Departure of the steamer from Interlaken, and giving throughout its entire length, a film picture of exceptional beauty. The stereoscopic effect is...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Kandersteg, the highest mountain village on the Gemmi route is a delightful spot and the center of fine excursions in the mountain regions of the...

A game of ice-hockey in progress in the Alps.

The train leaving the Schiedegg station and entering the Eiger tunnel en route for the station Eigerwand.

Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...

Tourists leaving the Bear Hotel, Kandersteg, to cross the Gemmi. Many ladies of the party are seen mounting the hardy ponies at the hotel front, and,...