1920s Movies

Released in December of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Features underground film makers and stars Jack Smith, Charles Ludlum, and Bill Vehr. A satirical film, comprising a collection of vignettes of the...

The film is set on September 1th, 1923 , when a huge earthquake hits Tokyo . The quake caused buildings to collapse, and the city was reduced to...

This 10-minute short documentary exploring the shifting state of the American poultry industry was preserved in 2015 from an original nitrate print....

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A once-lost silent documentary from the late 1920s, “P. E. Harris & Company: An Aleutian Adventure” chronicles a journey to...

The film will tell the story of the campaign of antisemitism waged by automotive pioneer Henry Ford throughout the 1920s. It was in 1925 that Aaron...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Three mountaineers, including a woman, climb the l'Aiguille du Moine, in the Mont Blanc Massif departing from the Couvercle Shelter. Facing walls...

Documentary made for the University of York, UK, and DMDA exhibition New Fashion for the New Woman 1900-1950. Footage filmed by University of York...

Travelogue released in April of 1921. Written & produced by Burton Holmes.

Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...

Vignettes of the twenties showing some of the newer original gowns of the period Ava-Graph has acquired. In color.

A rope of two mountaineers surveys the Argentière glacier making their way through crevasses and seracs. A film by René Moreau,...

Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope,...

In a quiet 1920s home, a self-possessed woman invites a mysterious stranger inside for a drink, and through a charged encounter discovers that being...

An alternative version of the film 'Southern Peaks', shortened in this case to be included in an episode of the series 'Glimpses of New Zealand'....

A young, upstanding lumberjack heads to college, where he quickly becomes introduced to a world of hazing, pranks, and class camaraderie. Will his...

A young nurse is distressed about a fallen patient when she seeks help from her boss — an irritable director of nursing.