20th Century Movies

A biographical drama ispired by late Bahrain leader Shaikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa who led his country through an immense period of change over the...

Percy Wyn-Harris' filmic record of the 1933 expedition, led by Hugh Ruttledge. It features comprehensive footage of the 1933 Mount Everest...

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

Depicts the life of Sidi Lakhdar Ben Khlouf, an eminent symbolic figure who is part of the memory of Algerian poetry and popular fight. Sidi Lakhdar...

Marvels of modern science, including the U.S. Army's latest tanks; pretty models demonstrate massage and exercise machines.

In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian...

At Arcata, California, testing technology for landing planes in fog. Also: a high-tech barber shop in Westwood Village, California; manufacture of...

Released in March of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Russell revisits the life of composer Edward Elgar, using his own music as the score and featuring evocative, visually rich scenes, often set in the...

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

Constance, the young widow of a wealthy American, gets a love letter from the Engadine region, signed by the famous guide Toni Anewater she had met...

Lancelot is sent through time by Merlin to protect young Arthur before he becomes King of Camelot, but by accident, they both end up in present day...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

The third installment in the Kesari film series. Plot TBA, but said to be focused on Sikh General Hari Singh Nalwa.

Marcel Ichac accompanied the mountaineer Armand Charlet, in 1943, in the repetition of the first crossing of the Aiguilles du Diable that the guide...

L'Appel Des Cimes, directed by Alain Pol, is a documentary commissioned by the CAF and the various French ministries on the practice of post-war...

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Follows the personal and professional evolution of Giorgio Armani, who passed away in September 2025, aged 91, and is widely regarded to be among the...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.