Silent Movies

A monster and his emperor scorpion are confined to a room.

Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope,...

Released in 1901

Dark, fast-paced symmetry in mixed weave of tones moving from oranges & yellows to blue-greens, then retreating (dissolves of zooming away) to both...

Released in December of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on January 19th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A short version of the film 'A la conquête des cimes' by René Moreau released for the domestic market in two Pathe Baby big reels. In...

Released on July 6th, 1919.

Elam films her close friend, Chuck Kleinhans.

Sprocket holes moving across the screen.

The three fat boys make the discovery that they are late for the barber school. There they ply their trade on various interesting customers.

A film by Richard 'Dick' Leonard produced by the American Alpine Club about mountaineering in Sierra Nevada (California). Richard Manning Leonard was...

Second part of the film 'River of ice', a mountaineering tour on Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand. After spending the night in the Deficance Hut,...

Die Eiger-Nordwand is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Eiger. It was directed by Max Herrmann in 1936. It features Fritz Steuri,...

A young woman wakes up to a new morning.

Events that took place in the capital of the Tajik SSR, the city of Dushanbe in 1929.

A man and a woman in a mountaineering tour on the Blackfoot Glacier in the Glacier National Park. They cross the glacier, negotiating big crevasses...

In an attempt to reignite their relationship, a couple goes on a vacation to a waterpark where they argue incessantly about even the most menial...

This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.