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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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).