Way Down Upon the Suwanee River
Released in February of 1922. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.
Felling Big Trees in California
Released on March 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
In Glacier Park
Released on December 17th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
How California Harvests Wheat
Tractor Harvesters at work in the San Joaquin Valley. A visit to Hopi House at the Grand Canyon.
International Winter Sports
A grand series of exciting and unique pictures, photographed in the United States of America, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland.
The Snows of Many Years
Known also as 'The Crystal Ascension', the film chronicles an exploration of Mount Hood and its glaciers by a mountain-climbing party who explore the snowfields of the Eliot Glacier, the largest glacier on Mount Hood. It shows excellent close views of mountain glaciers and strange ice formations. The film was produced by Robert Cameron Bruce for the Education Films Corporation of America as part of the Bruce Scenic Series.
The Beneficent Reprobate
The negative affects from ingesting "The Spirit of Wine" are demonstrated here through experiments on the Students of Northwestern University Medical School.
Summer Days Near San Diego, California
Released on the sixth of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
Everywhere at Once
A symphony of found footage scenes, each shot loosely connected to the one before.
The Grand Canyon
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 Tovar Hotel, disgorging its human freight. Before the descent of the Canyon trails is made the audiences are taken to various celebrated Lookout points, from which the more notable views of this gigantic marvel of Nature may be viewed to the best advantage. The Grand Canyon is over a mile deep, twelve miles wide and two hundred and seventeen miles long. Through its lowest depths, the Colorado river still cuts its twisting path, carrying with it thousands of tons of silt and other matter, thus continuing its work of making the Canyon deeper and deeper as the centuries roll on. The travelers then begin the perilous descent of the Canyon, which is more than 6,000 feet deep. Down to the very rapids of the muddy Colorado, Mr. Holmes takes his party, there to stand on the shore and watch the frightful power of the river...
Across the Grand Canyon
1921, written & produced by Burton Holmes.
The Silent Barrier
Helen Wynton, a society reporter, befriends Etta Stampa, who confesses that her heart is broken because her father has disinherited her because of a love story she had some years ago. Sent to St. Moritz for a story, Helen focuses on finding Etta's father, a Swiss mountain guide, to reconcile with her daughter. On the other hand, chasing Helen in St. Moritz is Mark Bower, an unscrupulous man. Aware of Bower's trip, Charles Spencer, who is in love with Helen, arrives in time to save Helen from Bower's evil intentions on the top of a mountain.
Going Some in San Francisco
Released on the 20th of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
Canning Time in California
Released on the 10th of December, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
Geysers of the Yellowstone
Nice looking Travelogue takes us to the Northeast corner of Wyoming as we visit Yellowstone National Park.
Wonders of Yellowstone
Released on the 13th of August, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
A Day with a West Point Cadet
For his third picture in his series, Mr. Holmes takes his audience on a visit to our National Military Academy at West Point, there to study the daily life of Uncle Sam's Cadets, the future generals who in after years will lead the armies of the United States. Mr. Holmes' series of West Point pictures show all the phases of our Cadets' lives of study, drill and play. They also give a knowledge of the beautifully situated military academy itself, its fine buildings for study. Its drill halls, its mess hall, the parade grounds. Flirtation Walk, the old historic reminiscences of Revolutionary days, and even glimpses of the serving room, during the Sunday dinner hour, when hundreds of roast chickens and gallons upon gallons of ice cream are served to the young soldiers. Building of pontoon bridges, daring artillery and cavalry drilling, target practice, mounted and dismounted, infantry drill, dress parade, guard mount, all these features of life at West Point are interestingly depicted.
Climbing Mt. Washington
"This picture shows a party of ten, tied together with a rope, with their spiked shoes biting into the treacherous icy path, mounting slowly upward during terrific storm to the summit of Mt. Washton. A single misstep would have meant death to these adventurers and the daring cameraman, but they all returned alive." "The ascent of Mount Washington is part of the Edison's 'Conquest Pictures' series. This series were a series of films released since 1917 by the Edison company in an effort to diminish expenditures during World War I, when the company lost the European Markets. They were made also, in response to many influential groups, which called for heightened moral purity and cleanliness. These programs were meant to provide 'cleaner and more wholesome films, which could be exhibited with safety before any member of the family.' The results proved disappointing."
Catching and Canning Oregon Salmon
Released on the 23rd of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.
Crags and Crevasses
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 and progressing by cutting steps using the ice axe. The two finally reach reach the summit of a rocky peak. The film belongs to a series of two films made to promote tourism travel to the Glacier National Park. The couple in the film are Dorothy Pilley, the prominent British mountaineer, and her husband Ivor Armstrong Richards, who traveled to the Glacier National Park in 1926 where they scaled 25 peaks in 19 days, together with Hans Reiss from Norway and Count Rinkie Donnersmark from Germany.