Charles Urban Trading Company Movies
- 1904
Constantinople
Constantinople01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1903
Reichenbach Falls
Reichenbach Falls01903HD
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...
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- 1909
Alpine Sports
Alpine Sports01909HD
1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1903
Musical Chairs
Musical Chairs01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1903
Schwyz Castle
Schwyz Castle01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1904
Switzerland Series
Switzerland Series01904HD
Distributed under the title of ‘Switzerland’ or ‘Playground of Europe’, the film consists of a collection of scenes filmed in...
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- 1903
Cervino 1901
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On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn....
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- 1909
Animated Cotton
Animated Cotton5.51909HD
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...
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- 1907
Diabolo Nightmare
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A clerk, unable to stop playing the game of Diabolo, strays in and out of precarious situations while playing with the toy.
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- 1906
Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers
Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers01906HD
Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...
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- 1907
Motoring Over the Alps
Motoring Over the Alps01907HD
1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1906
Winter Sports: Ski Manoeuvres by Austrian Military
Winter Sports: Ski Manoeuvres by Austrian Military01906HD
Austrian military detachment out for Ski practice, showing how the Ski may be used in crossing snow-covered and ice hardened surfaces with great...
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- 1903
Cheese Mites
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A gentleman is here shown partaking of a little lunch of bread and cheese, and occasionally is seen to glance at his morning paper through a reading...
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- 1903
Cattle Crossing Grindelwald Eismeer
Cattle Crossing Grindelwald Eismeer01903HD
A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.
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- 1904
Piraeus and Athens (Greece), Hoisting Cattle on Steamer
Piraeus and Athens (Greece), Hoisting Cattle on Steamer01904HD
1. Mooring Cattle on Barges. Preparatory to shipping them to Constantinople. 2. Taking Cattle off to the Steamer. Towing the laden barges through the...
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- 1907
The Matterhorn from the Viège-Zermatt Railway
The Matterhorn from the Viège-Zermatt Railway01907HD
1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1904
Snow Avalanche on the Schreckhorn
Snow Avalanche on the Schreckhorn01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1905
Cortina Villagers Leaving Church
Cortina Villagers Leaving Church01905HD
Showing the peasants in their quaint costumes, which are only donned on Sundays and Festivals.
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- 1903
Tobogganing on the Cresta
Tobogganing on the Cresta01903HD
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...
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- 1904
Life Aboard the Steam Yacht Argonaut
Life Aboard the Steam Yacht Argonaut01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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