Americas Movies

"This picture shows a party of ten, tied together with a rope, with their spiked shoes biting into the treacherous icy path, mounting slowly upward...

Could you sit down hard on a glacier eighty feet thick - and smile? The sweet young mountain climber in this picture has her own methods for getting...

Released on the 13th of August, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 16th of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Examining theories about the discovery of America long before Christopher Columbus' 1492 voyage by explorers from such places as China, Japan, Wales...

Released on the 23rd of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...

Released on the sixth of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on July 6th, 1919.

The ranger's activity mainly centered on mapping the national forests, creating safe trails, giving out cattle and sheep permits, and protecting the...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 18th, 1918.

Released on the 10th of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Tractor Harvesters at work in the San Joaquin Valley. A visit to Hopi House at the Grand Canyon.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Huntley Film Archives film 1001785.

For his third picture in his series, Mr. Holmes takes his audience on a visit to our National Military Academy at West Point, there to study the...

Released on March 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The negative affects from ingesting "The Spirit of Wine" are demonstrated here through experiments on the Students of Northwestern University Medical...

Nice looking Travelogue takes us to the Northeast corner of Wyoming as we visit Yellowstone National Park.

Released on the 20th of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.