Silent Movies

1920 travelogue.

Vers les Cimes is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in the Bernese Alps. It was directed by Charles-Georges Duvanel in 1940 and produced...

We look first at Westminster Abbey and the Towers of Parliament. And the sight-seeing only starts there as it continues to all the famous buildings...

Peter Hutton's New York trilogy. An act of urban archaeology, a chronicle of indelible impressions of the city.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 20th, 1919.

Expeditions in the Western Canadian Arctic

Government travelogue depicting New Zealand's West land's scenery: Lake Manapouri, Fox Glacier Hotel, and Franz Josef Glacier. From the Fox Glacier...

This silent film from 1948 "The Creation of Life" briefly demonstrates how a fetus forms and graphically shows different types of births. It was made...

Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.

Released on March 28th, 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

A man contacts the dead.

Released on March 9th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Prym ad by Pinschewer.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 27th, 1919.

Released on July 20th, 1919.

Released on July 6th, 1919.

After being brutally murdered, the spirit of a traumatized mother embarks on a desperate quest to protect the child she left behind, only to discover...