Silent Movies

A metallic cacophony resounds as Eric hunts for, and labours through, abandoned scrap. The sun beats down as his pick-up truck rumbles through the...

Dark, fast-paced symmetry in mixed weave of tones moving from oranges & yellows to blue-greens, then retreating (dissolves of zooming away) to both...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 25th, 1919.

Released on January 12th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Vers les Cimes is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in the Bernese Alps. It was directed by Charles-Georges Duvanel in 1940 and produced...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 11th, 1919.

A man wakes up in a forest with a mysterious mask stuck to his face and a note with a girl's face depicted.

Released on January 19th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

This silent film from 1948 "The Creation of Life" briefly demonstrates how a fetus forms and graphically shows different types of births. It was made...

Released on July 6th, 1919.

A woman attempts to save her relationship with a man by using an item from their past.

A girl sitting on an autumn leaf-filled sidewalk communicates with a mysterious figure across the street.

An interpretation of a recurring dream.

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

Three rock climbing ascents in Val Bregaglia, Italy by Karl Freimann and Philipp Wieland, who made the first ascent of Fiamma in 1936. The film...

Watch as Aiden Aleman creates his newest art piece “TRUTH” in the middle of Zilker Park.

Released in 1922.

William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the famous Swiss mountain guide Edward Feuz accompanied by his...

Released in December of 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.