1910s Movies

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Surabaya, Java, is the busiest headquarters of the Dutch in the Far East. Here the white-clothed man from Holland has established the commercial...

Released on the 16th of July, 1917. 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...

Released on March 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the 10th of April, 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 15th of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on November 2nd, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1910. There are too many stray dogs on the streets, so the government decides to deport thousands of them on a desert...

Released on the sixth of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on August 28th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

From Jaipur to Agra and Calcutta is a wonderful trip, and Burton Holmes shows some of the quaintest and queerest sights in the world, among them the...

Released on July 6th, 1919.

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

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...

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

Released on July 30th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on June 10th, 1918. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.