20th Century Movies

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Boško Tokin, the hero, was the first filmmaker in the Balkans and the first in the world to go to prison for it.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

"The Living Corpse" - Fedor Protasov is tormented by the thought that his wife Liza never really made a clear choice between him and Victor Karenin,...

The film is a kind of docu-fiction about a boy who enrolls in a battalion of young mountain troops. The film follows his daily life in the military...

Plot TBA; set against the backdrop of the Bedouin community in the early 20th century, a turbulent period in the region as it started consolidating...

Close up we see pistons move up and down or side to side. Pendulums sway, the small parts of machinery move. Gears drive larger wheels. Gears within...

The passionate story of the femme fatale, seductive and dangerous, a myth and a fantasy, through her representation in art.

On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn....

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

In the first decades of the 20th century, when life was being transformed by scientific innovations, researchers made a thrilling new claim: they...

1904, 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...