Early 1900s Movies

In 1901, Argentine naval officer José María Sobral joins Otto Nordenskjöld’s Swedish scientific expedition to Antarctica....

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Austrian military detachment out for Ski practice, showing how the Ski may be used in crossing snow-covered and ice hardened surfaces with great...

A group of tourists, including five women, cross the Mauvais Pas, a rocky passage equipped with a railing, next to the Mer de Glace Glacier. One of...

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

The ascent of the Wetterhorn by Frank Ormiston-Smith accompanied by the guide Christian Bergener, Rev. H. J. Heard, Mr. E Burchell-Rodway from the...

1. Jaffa from the Sea. The Port of Jerusalem. 2. Through the Rocks and Surf. The Syrian boatmen shooting the narrows. 3. The Landing Stage. Showing...

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

Including several views of main streets with traffic, market scenes, steam tramways in Marientheresiaustrasse.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A pioneering mountaineering film made by Frank Ormiston-Smith for the Warwick Trading Company in 1902. Ormiston-Smith himself led and filmed an...

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...

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.