Early 1900s Movies

This film gives a fine panoramic view of this wonderful railway track through immense gorges and cuttings and snow baulks of from 15 to 20 feet high...

Showing hundreds of boys, girls and adults on skis descending a steep snow-covered bank.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Tuesdays are days of great excitement in the quiet old town of Berne, when the whole population is bent on getting very much for very little.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A quiet village scene of pleasing restfulness, permitting us to see how the Swiss villagers maintain their reputation as regular Churchgoers. The old...

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

In spring, the Swiss herdsman collects his cattle and drives the herds up the mountains to higher pasture. Here is shown a quiet valley, with...

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1905, featuring Eduard Spelterini, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Four roped men descend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace. One of them falls and has to be hoisted. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes...

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...

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...

Grimsel was the scene of the Austrian-French conflict of 1799. It is now one of the most popular passes in the Alps.