Short Movies

We look first at Westminster Abbey and the Towers of Parliament. And the sight-seeing only starts there as it continues to all the famous buildings...

An early De Forest Phonofilm performance short exhibited as part of a sound-film presentation at Riesenfeld's Rivoli Theatre in New York.

Two puppets meet on a blind date, and it's hate at first sight. But for their dutiful human puppeteers, the sparks fly instantly. What happens when a...

"Great Maia" is an extra-special film of the "Dinosauria Animated Series", it is set in the Two Medicine Formation during the Late Cretaceous and...

Filmed in the Colorado Rockies, this film portrays the dangerous sport of mountain climbing and shows special equipment needed, together with its...

Sound short featuring comedian Benny Rubin.

In the aftermath of a devastating civil war and amid the ruins of a fractured America, a father risks everything to protect his daughter from an...

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...

Two climbers progress on an alpine glacier and reach the top of a mountain by climbing a long and steep slope of snow and ice. They also have to...

Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...

Mara and Juno are trying to save their favorite punk bar, The Rusty Needle, only to discover that the real enemy isn't a villain; it's apathy.

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

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

An ascent of 'The Tooth' via the South-east Face. The film was made by Burge Bickford and Lyman Boyer. It features Jim Crooks leading Fred Beckey on...

A young sailor, after returning from a long voyage, remembers his homeland, now dry and empty, just as it once was: with ponds full of water and a...

In an alpine ascent with two customers, a mountain guide hears a distress call from another roped party. After guiding the couple he accompanies to...

An early silent color film of Glacier National Park and Mount Rainier. The film is part of the 'Our Colorful World' series, produced by Bell &...

Two best friends walk in the woods, discussing a mysterious stranger. When they encounter the subject of their conversation, they are forced to...

Released on March 9th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A short early-sound comedy featuring the character Cohen speaking over the telephone.