1910s Movies

Scenes: Royal Northwest Mounted Police in action; the commissioner; the prairies of Saskatchewan; glimpses of the Blackfoot Indian tribes; visiting...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on November 30th, 1919.

Travelogue released on December 18th, 1916. 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...

A black comedy about a man impersonating a spy in the midst of World War I.

"A pioneering Norweigan climbing film. The filming was made in 1918 by film photographer Gunnar Nilsen Vik. The film begins with some pictures of Ola...

A television film about the life and times of Slovak emigrant Štefan Banič, who was granted a patent in the United States for the...

Released on the 24th of July, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A short musical film that imagines the experience of a teacher and students who witnessed the great fire at the Quaker Oats factory in 1916 from...

Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A compilation of British newsreels and films taken from the BFI National Archive; dating from 1913 to 1917, the footage charts the development of the...

The mountain guide Andreas loves Marie, the hotelier's daughter whom a guest from the city, Alfred, is courting. He thinks about getting rid of his...

A solitary railway station in northern Sweden on a bitter cold winter day 1914. Based on a short story from 1944.

"While The Salvation Army on the Job is listed in film databases without a full plot summary, it is closely associated with the 1919 short comedy A...

October reflects a general attempt in Russia to sustain the frenzy and dynamism of revolutionary fervour. This attempt increased in scale and...

Released on December 14th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.