Alpine Movies

1904
Difficult Ascent of a Rock Peak
Difficult Ascent of a Rock Peak
01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
1913
The Ascent of the Matterhorn
The Ascent of the Matterhorn
01913HD
The ascent of the Matterhorn by the Hornli Ridge, filmed in July 1913 by Frederick Burlingham. The team, composed of Burlingham and four mountain...
1918
Facing Death on the Blumlisalp
Facing Death on the Blumlisalp
01918HD
...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...
1897
Passage dangereux au Mont-Blanc
Passage dangereux au Mont-Blanc
01897HD
1897, directed by Georges Melies.
1933
Happy Altitudes in New Zealand's Southern Alps
Happy Altitudes in New Zealand's Southern Alps
01933HD
Along New Zealand’s South Islands runs the mighty chain of the Southern Alps, where large and beautiful glaciers and Ice-falls abound among the...
1924
Memories of the Alpine Republic
Memories of the Alpine Republic
01924HD
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
1934
The Aiguille Verte
The Aiguille Verte
01934HD
The ascent of the Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc Massif by the ridge of the Moine. Two climbers, the mountain, and the rope. No plot, no tragedy,...
1921
Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier
Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier
01921HD
Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
1945
Monte Miracolo
Monte Miracolo
81945HD
An engineer struggles with his rival to receive the order to carry out an important construction in the Valle d'Aosta. Both opponents embark on a...
1939
Fiamme Verdi
Fiamme Verdi
01939HD
The film shows training maneuvers by the 'Fiamme Verdi' (Green Flames) brigade, instructed by the mountaineering military school of Aosta. The...
1937
L'Aspra Meta
L'Aspra Meta
01937HD
The ascent of the spectacular needle Guglia Rudatis (2.202 meters), in the Italian Dolomites by a group of rock climbers. A group of six men leave a...
1924
An Alpine Ride Up the Strasserhorn
An Alpine Ride Up the Strasserhorn
01924HD
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
1918
Scrambles in the High Alps
Scrambles in the High Alps
01918HD
Documentary on mountain climbing in the Swiss and Italian Alps.
1948
Mountain Rescue Training at Wilder Kaiser
Mountain Rescue Training at Wilder Kaiser
01948HD
Internationale Bergrettungstagung in Tirol 1948 is a documentary about mountain rescue that takes place in the Ötztal Alps. It was produced in...
1902
An Alpine Incident on the Great Schreckhorn
An Alpine Incident on the Great Schreckhorn
01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
1924
An Arctic Hike on the Great Aletsch Glacier
An Arctic Hike on the Great Aletsch Glacier
01924HD
Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...
1947
Jean des Bossons
Jean des Bossons
101947HD
Jean des Bossons is a documentary-fiction which recounts the activities of a high mountain guide in 1947. Around Chamonix Mont-Blanc, the guide Jean...
1941
Champions on the Snow
Champions on the Snow
01941HD
A documentary illustrating the mountain sports activities of the university students of the GUF (Gruppi universitari fascisti) in Val Gardena,...
1947
Climbing the Matterhorn
Climbing the Matterhorn
71947HD
Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight...
1902
Panorama, Descending Mt. Blanc
Panorama, Descending Mt. Blanc
01902HD
Released in July of 1902. Produced by William Nicholas Selig.