Charles Urban Trading Company Movies

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The peculiarity of this waterfall, with its narrow funnel-shaped opening, from which, on to the jagged rocks the torrent dashes, is here portrayed in...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Distributed under the title of ‘Switzerland’ or ‘Playground of Europe’, the film consists of a collection of scenes filmed in...

On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn....

Tuesdays are days of great excitement in the quiet old town of Berne, when the whole population is bent on getting very much for very little.

It might not take you long to cotton on to the trick of this film, but the results are still impressive. Though the various strings, wools and...

A clerk, unable to stop playing the game of Diabolo, strays in and out of precarious situations while playing with the toy.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...

A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The 280 different views comprising this series depict sights along a route over the most important thoroughfares of London, not merely showing street...

Much nerve is required by those who participate in this sport as some of the curves of the course are most acute and dangerous, especially at the...