Short Documentary Movies

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Through an intimate memory shaped by ritual and inherited belief, Aavasam traces the quiet transformation of everyday customs and spaces as fluid...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Britain's first complete rock climbing film, by Stanley Watson. A film about climbing in the Lakes. Norah Johnstone, a teacher at Keswick Grammar...

Including several views of main streets with traffic, market scenes, steam tramways in Marientheresiaustrasse.

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The world-famed Simmenthal cattle, bred by Herr Rebmann, are seen leaving the valley for the summer pastures on the Grimmalp. The herds are...

Documentary on one of the first editions of the Trofeo Mezzalama, the highest ski mountaineering race in Europe, at more than 4,200 meters above sea...

The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.

Travelogue released on the first of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1904, 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...