1910s Movies

The story takes place in the Belgrade mental hospital on Guberevac during the WWI, where notable Serbian writer Petar Kočić spends his last...

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This...

Released on the 8th of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Quite possibly the first student film, a whimsical romance shot in 1916 by law students from Washington University in St. Louis.

Views of a party making the actual ascent of this famous mountain have a much greater interest than the usual scenic film. Commencing with the...

Released on the 24th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Rudolf Diesel, one of history’s greatest inventors, vanished into thin air on the eve of World War I. His revolutionary invention, the Diesel...

Released on July 30th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A compilation of British newsreels and films taken from the BFI National Archive; dating from 1913 to 1917, the footage charts the development of the...

Korea, 1910s: documentary footage filmed in Seoul, at the now-destroyed site of Donuimun (the Great West Gate of the city), and the port of Chemulpo,...

Released on August 17th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

This film records the vast public response to the early death of Vera Kholodnaya, the first star of Russian cinema.

The famous ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky struggles with rehearsing his newest choreography - the revolutionary Rite of Spring.

Released on March 25, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on April 1st, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"While The Salvation Army on the Job is listed in film databases without a full plot summary, it is closely associated with the 1919 short comedy A...

Hats are modelled, then lingerie.

Documentary made for the University of York, UK, and DMDA exhibition New Fashion for the New Woman 1900-1950. Footage filmed by University of York...