1903 Movies

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The capital of Switzerland is an interesting town, and the national life is perhaps best seen in its streets.

The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...

The chief event of the day at Grimsel Hospice.

Taken from the front of a descending car, the track and the way in which the fertile valleys open out on either side, with the huge snow-capped...

"This shows the flock of goats being brought home -or rather following the shepherds home from the hillside Then the milking of the goats In the...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.

Departure of the steamer from Interlaken, and giving throughout its entire length, a film picture of exceptional beauty. The stereoscopic effect is...

Kandersteg, the highest mountain village on the Gemmi route is a delightful spot and the center of fine excursions in the mountain regions of the...

A game of ice-hockey in progress in the Alps.

Bioscoped from a motor. The center of fashion and society in the Bernese Oberland. The rendezvous of the most cosmopolitan crowd in Europe.

Showing hundreds of boys, girls and adults on skis descending a steep snow-covered bank.

This film gives a fine panoramic view of this wonderful railway track through immense gorges and cuttings and snow baulks of from 15 to 20 feet high...

This opens with a view of the upper falls and great viaduct of the mountain railway, showing ascending and descending cars, and then a close view of...

The first section shows the "crew" bestriding the bob-sledge and starting same down bill. The second section includes pictures of many sledge...

1. Lake steamer leaving Lucerne. 2. Panorama of Lucerne Lake front. 3. The picturesque Village Weggis. 4. The oldest Chalet at Trieb. 5. Brunnen -...

This gives a panorama of the Village of Isebwald and entrance to Interlaken from the deck of a steamer on Lake Brienz. The famous Geissbach falls...

Swiss lace is world famed, and much of the best of it is produced by the busy hands of the inhabitants of this pretty Swiss village.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith