Silent Movies

A group of men shows the 'before and after' physical effects of a journey upon the Mount Aspiring area. Mount Aspiring (9,960 ft.), known as the...

“Tai Chi II,” similarly to Elam’s “Tai Chi Bowling” and “Tai Chi,” focuses on movement. Through a sequence...

A man and a woman in a mountaineering tour on the Blackfoot Glacier in the Glacier National Park. They cross the glacier, negotiating big crevasses...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 8th, 1919.

Die Eiger-Nordwand is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Eiger. It was directed by Max Herrmann in 1936. It features Fritz Steuri,...

Second part of the film 'River of ice', a mountaineering tour on Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand. After spending the night in the Deficance Hut,...

Following an argument two roommates learn to forgive each other.

Elam turns in place while filming nature.

Digging in the woods.

A young woman wakes up to a new morning.

Released on August 10th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Adeline, a small mutt makes her enthusiasm for food and classic French cinema clear, specifically her love for Jean-Luc Godard films.

Death awaits the souls of those who perished and interviews them before they move on.

A group of students hatch a risky plan to steal their principal’s lunch, but nothing goes quite as expected.

A jar of Cheez Whiz careens wildly through a Treasure Island Foods at 3460 N. Broadway, Chicago, Illinois. Cheez Whiz was Norm Bruns' first film. It...

Elam records several men moving boxes and furniture as they track across her backyard.

A boy explains the various steps to making a bowl of cereal in a hilarious Charlie Chaplin-inspired scatter.