Alpi Movies

A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.

Released in 1901

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Three rock climbing ascents in Val Bregaglia, Italy by Karl Freimann and Philipp Wieland, who made the first ascent of Fiamma in 1936. The film...

Showing hundreds of boys, girls and adults on skis descending a steep snow-covered bank.

Released in 1901

To commemorate the Anniversary of the Unspunnen Fete of 1815, held at Unspunnen, near Interlaken. Order of the Procession : 1-Twenty-two girls in...

The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1905, featuring Eduard Spelterini, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1901. Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1901

A game of ice-hockey in progress in the Alps.

Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...

The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...

A crowd of a hundred boys rushing the position of another crowd, storming their adversaries with volleys of snowballs, finally driving the enemy from...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.