The Lambs' All-Star Gambol
Released in June of 1914.
High Hazard
Britain's first complete rock climbing film, by Stanley Watson. A film about climbing in the Lakes. Norah Johnstone, a teacher at Keswick Grammar School and later Watson's wife, starred as a Victorian climber. The film includes footage of Stanley Watson himself climbing Kern Knotts blindfolded and a young girl, Vivian Verity, whose first climb at aged 9 was up Napes Needle. Stanley Watson is a keystone in the history of British climbing. He established the British Mountain Guides Organisation in 1930.
Monkey Land
A travelogue set in the jungles of Borneo.
Lovely Lucerne
1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
White Marathon
Documentary on one of the first editions of the Trofeo Mezzalama, the highest ski mountaineering race in Europe, at more than 4,200 meters above sea level, which takes place on the glaciers of Monte Rosa, from Breuil to Gressoney-La-Trinité, crossing the summits of Castor (4,199 meters) and Nez du Liskamm (4,100 meters). The film recounts the last hours of feverish preparation before the start, the teams preparing for the race linked in ropes, then follows the stages of the competition by following the groups of skiers from a plane. Created in 1933, the Trofeo Mezzalama was contested until 1938, before falling into oblivion during the war. A second version was organized from 1970 to 1973. A third biannual version has been organized since 1997.
Pelican Island
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
Fruitful Florida
"We have only one really tropic state in the good old U.S.A., and that is Florida, and so, just returning from the tropics of the Far East, Mr. Holmes suggests taking up his travels in his own country with what we have to compare with the sunny lands of the Orient. Therefore, it is to the place from which alligators, oranges, grapefruit and many of our cigars come from that he will take your patrons in this delightful tropical journey. While the little journeyette introduces them to many unusual sights in Florida there is one we are holding in reserve."
Alpine Sports
1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
GREEN
A young woman and a young man—lifelong friends—reflect on love through someone else's story, without realizing that love might be closer than they think.
Mediterranean Scenes
Released in March of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.
Wildest Wales
Released in January of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.
In Switzerland
Released on September 4th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
Night Shift
A scooter cab driver goes through a night of unexpected events that may cost him his life when his past catches up with him.
Southern Italy
Travelogue released on October 16th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
Snowbound
Released on April 11, 1920. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.
Mont Blanc
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
Climbing Mount Tupper
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 daughter and another man. The party of three climb roped up to a height of 7000 feet.From there, the two men continue without the woman to face the final part of the climb, 'a naked shaft of rock rising sheer and high'. The two men finally reach the summit and later, on the descent, they meet the woman, who was still waiting for them. The film was sonorized and re-released in 1934 under the title of 'The game is up'. The film was produced by the National Parks of Canada to promote tourism travel to the Canadian Rockies.
Bonnie Scotland
Travelogue released on September 25th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
Beautiful Banff
...From its terrace one gets a magnificent view down the Valley of the Bow River. The natural bathtub at the Hot Springs, the Government pool, free for all; Sun Dance Canyon, scene of Ralph Connor's story of similar name, are shown, together with beautiful cloud scenes; bison, buffalo, mountain goats and yaks. H.R.H. the Princess Patricia of Connaught and her father, the Duke of Connaught, third son of Queen Victoria, are seen, with the survivors of "Princess Patricia's Own Regiment," which was nearly annihilated in Flanders. One of the veterans is wearing a watch charm made from the bullet which caused him to be invalided home. A corporal tells his adventure; three times he was buried in craters created by shell explosions: was invalided home, blind, deaf and dumb, and then run over by an auto and his sight, hearing and speech instantly restored.
Surrender
With Hindu nationalism on the rise, a 16-year-old girl in Lucknow, India has to choose between the biggest exam of her life and the biggest puja (ritual worship) of her family's life. Meanwhile, her father gets slowly radicalised, tearing their close-knit family apart.