page_title: Frederick Burlingham
hierarchical_section_title: Frederick Burlingham
caption_attribution_description: English: Screenshot of photographic portrait of Frederick Burlingham published in Motion Picture News (New York), October 8, 1921, p. 1892; a bearded Burlingham depicted in quarter profile wearing a broad-brimmed hat, coat and necktie. The caption accompanying this image refers to "Dr. Frederick Burlingham". Unless Burlingham by 1921 received an honorary doctoral degree from some university, there is no evidence that he completed any academic work to obtain such a degree. More likely, he adopted the professional title "Dr." or accepted it in his introductions as a lecturer based on his years of practical experience studying the "natural wonders" and cultures he encountered and filmed in his travels.
context_page_description: Frederick Harrison Burlingham was an American journalist, explorer, cinematographer, and producer of numerous travelogues in the silent era. His most notable works are his films depicting Alpine landscapes and his mountain-climbing expeditions in Europe between 1913 and 1918, his explorations of Borneo in 1920, and his excursions to various sites in the United States and Canada in the early 1920s. He was also an accomplished still photographer and book author, publishing in 1914 How to Become an Alpinist, which is illustrated with his photographs. Burlingham initially produced films while working in London for the British and Colonial Kinematograph Company, but he later developed his films independently and released them under contract with licensed distributors.
context_section_description: Frederick Harrison Burlingham (January 18, 1877—June 9, 1924) was an American journalist, explorer, cinematographer, and producer of numerous travelogues in the silent era. His most notable works are his films depicting Alpine landscapes and his mountain-climbing expeditions in Europe between 1913 and 1918, his explorations of Borneo in 1920, and his excursions to various sites in the United States and Canada in the early 1920s. He was also an accomplished still photographer and book author, publishing in 1914 How to Become an Alpinist, which is illustrated with his photographs. Burlingham initially produced films while working in London for the British and Colonial Kinematograph Company, but he later developed his films independently and released them under contract with licensed distributors.
caption: Motion Picture News, 1921
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