Alpine Movies

Documentary on mountain climbing in the Swiss and Italian Alps.

A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...

"In this film of the 'Vagabond Adventure Series', Tom Terris takes us to New Zealand in a kind of travelogue film. We accompany a client and a...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

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

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

This short film shows an alpine march of the young fascists of the federal command of Belluno to the Mario Vazzoler refuge. From there, a group of...

An alpine ascent Monte Rosa glacier by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group ascends from the Gabiet lake to...

An alpine ascent around the snow-covered area of Monte Cevedale by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group...

Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Showing lady and gentleman climbers with guides negotiating difficult situations until finally their progress is stopped by a cow in their path which...

The Tagliamento, known as the "King of the Alpine Rivers," is considered Europe's last untamed river. Its course stretches from the peaks of the...

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...

"4100 Ascension à ski de la face nord des Ecrins" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Barre Des Écrins. It was directed...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

One evening, Lalao, a lonely grumpy stoat, can't stand the constant hubbub of nature and his fellow animals. To escape, he set off in search of a new...