1900s Movies

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Canada, 1901. Willie MacLean is a 10-year-old boy with a love for horses and liking to school to cape the difficult times his...

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship ‘Hans Egede’. He received a hero’s welcome as...

Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression.

"4100 Ascension à ski de la face nord des Ecrins" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Barre Des Écrins. It was directed...

A French silent film serial which follows the exploits of the archvillain Fantômas, who commits crimes while eluding Inspector Juve's tireless...

Seven people waiting for their death. A group of assasins - three men and two women - and Gypsy thief spend their time in prison to be tucked up.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The peculiarity of this waterfall, with its narrow funnel-shaped opening, from which, on to the jagged rocks the torrent dashes, is here portrayed in...

Frederick Burlingham visits Vesuvius and climbs down into the crater accompanied by two Italian guides. Contains some nice actuality of Pompeii and...

The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

After a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering the peak that has defeated his father. But his...

An elderly man pieces together his childhood memories after finding his diary from 1900, which he wrote when he was 13 years old.

In 1923, André Sauvage produced his first film La Traversée du Grépon. Dedicated to mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif,...

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

This Oscar-nominated animated short tells the story of a dapper young remittance man who is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909.

At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of growing up, with some loving help and guidance...

Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner...

Released on April 11, 1920. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.