Burton Holmes

American traveler and filmmaker (1870–1958), founder of Burton Holmes Films, Inc.

Elias Burton Holmes was an American traveler, photographer and filmmaker credited with the invention of the "travelogue", though the term itself was apparently coined in 1898 by John Bowker. Travel stories, slide shows, and motion pictures were all in existence before Holmes began his career, as was the profession of travel lecturer; but Holmes was the first person to put all of these elements together into documentary travel lectures. He recorded the earliest known footage of Japan and Korea, in 1899.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 144 films (1905–1956) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 104 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1940	JOURNALISM ▶	Burton Holmes	11 min	16mm		Sound
1940	The Woodworker ▶	Burton Holmes Films, Inc.; Carl Mahnke; Vocational Guidance Films	375	16mm	B&W	sound
1940	Woodworker, The (1940) ▶	Burton Holmes Films, Inc.; Carl Mahnke; Vocational Guidance Films
1942	The Draftsman	Vocational Guidance Films; Carl Mahnke; Burton Holmes Films	3:50	16mm		sound
1943	Capacitance.	Burton Holmes Films Inc.	12:00	Filmstrip	B&W	Optical sound
1943	Radio Technician Training--Radio Shop Techniques	Burton Holmes School Films		16mm	B&W
1943	Radio Technician Training-Capacitance	Burton Holmes School Films	31 min	16mm	B&W	Sound
1943	Radio Technician Training-Inductance	Burton Holmes School Films		16mm	B&W
1944	Operation of the TCK transmitter.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	8:20	16mm		sound
1944	Radio Technician Training--Rcl	Burton Holmes School Films		16mm	B&W
1944	Radio Technician Training--Tube Tester Operation	Burton Holmes School Films		16mm	B&W
1944	Radio Technician Training--Volt Ohmmeter Operation	Burton Holmes School Films		16mm	B&W
1944	Radio Technician Training-Elem.Electricity-Current&Electromo	Burton Holmes School Films		16mm	B&W
1945	Amperes, volts and ohms.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	8 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	Bookkeeping and accounting.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	4:00	16mm		sound
1945	Signal generator operation.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	9 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1945	The Brick And Stone Mason.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	1 reel	16mm		sound
1946	Laundering and dry cleaning.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	4:00	16mm		sound
1946	Photography.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	4:00	16mm		sound
1946	The restaurant operator.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	390	16mm		sound
1946	Transportation (bus, truck, taxi).	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	4:00	16mm		sound
1947	Printing.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	4:00	16mm	B&W	sound
1947	Series And Parallel Circuits	Burton Holmes	11 min	16mm		sound
1948	Animals of the farm.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	375	16mm		sound
1948	Life Insurance Occupations.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	11 min.	16mm	B&W	sound
1951	Surprising South Africa.	Burton Holmes Travelogues	25 min.	16mm	Color	sound
1952	Andean Glimpses.	Burton Holmes Travelogues	11 min.	16mm	Color	sound
1954	Panama and Nicaragua	production, Park Films ; a Burton Holmes Picture ; script, William C. Park.	11	16mm	Color	sound
1956	Air transportation.	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	375	16mm		sound
	Boro Bodor and the Bromo	Burton Holmes	11 min	16mm	B&W	Silent
	Ethiopia	Burton Holmes	11 min	16mm	B&W	Sound & Silent
	HOLLAND - AND THE DUTCH	Burton Holmes Lectures Inc.	4:00	16mm	B&W	sound
	Javanese Crafts	Burton Holmes	15 min	16mm	B&W	Silent
	Making Batik in Java	Burton Holmes	12 min	16mm	B&W	Silent
	Our America the west : the Colorado River	Alexander Hammid \| Burton Holmes: Presenter	0:22:00	16mm	Color	sound
	Paris	Burton Holmes	11 min	16mm	B&W	Sound & Silent
	Polynesian Odyssey	Burton Holmes	13 min	16mm	B&W	Silent
	Printing (1947) ▶	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)
	Rcl	Burton Holmes Films		16mm		sound
	RCL (1943) ▶	Burton Holmes Films
	Restaurant Operator (1946) ▶	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)
	Seeing San Mareno	B. Holmes	14 min	16mm	B&W	Silent
	Seeing Yellowstone		16 min	16mm	B&W	Silent
	THE DOUBLE KEYBOARD PIANO	Burton Holmes Films (Chicago Ill.)	425	16mm	B&W	sound