20th Century Movies

Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands...

Travelogue released on September 18th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on October 20th, 1918. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on the 6th of October, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in December of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

This gives a panorama of the Village of Isebwald and entrance to Interlaken from the deck of a steamer on Lake Brienz. The famous Geissbach falls...

Released in 1953.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 3rd, 1918.

Taken from the front of a descending car, the track and the way in which the fertile valleys open out on either side, with the huge snow-capped...

Travelogue released on December 18th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The stalls with their keepers and stores of laces are being inspected by English and American tourists, who no doubt takeaway with them a goodly...

Travelogue released on the 22nd of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

The two guides Adrien and Félix Veillon with the customer Rotschild climb the Argentine ridge in the Swiss canton of Valais. The film was so...

The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his...

A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released on the first of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

To commemorate the Anniversary of the Unspunnen Fete of 1815, held at Unspunnen, near Interlaken. Order of the Procession : 1-Twenty-two girls in...