Alpine Movies

1905
Surmounting the Summit of Finsteraarjoch
Surmounting the Summit of Finsteraarjoch
01905HD
1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
1924
Memories of the Alpine Republic
Memories of the Alpine Republic
01924HD
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
1924
The Ascent of the Aiguilles Ravanel and Mummery
The Ascent of the Aiguilles Ravanel and Mummery
101924HD
"The ascent of the Aiguilles Ravanel and Mummery", climbed by young guides in cycling pants: The brothers Armand Charlet and Georges Charlet, Arthur...
1970
Fury of the Mountains
Fury of the Mountains
01970HD
This is a film drama, apparently based on real events, that depicts a mountaineering accident. A husband and wife are climbing in the Tyrolean Alps...
1938
The Challenge
The Challenge
6.31938HD
During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The...
1930
The Knights of the Mountain
The Knights of the Mountain
91930HD
The mountain guide and ski instructor Hans Turri has been hired by the tourist Gregory Milacz to make a route in the mountains. Both are caught by a...
1920
The Jungfrau Railway
The Jungfrau Railway
01920HD
Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
1934
The Game is Up
The Game is Up
01934HD
Sound version of the silent picture 'Climbing Mount Tupper.' William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the...
1924
An Alpine Ride Up the Strasserhorn
An Alpine Ride Up the Strasserhorn
01924HD
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
1931
The Burning Mountains
The Burning Mountains
101931HD
Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...
1902
The Ascent of Mont Blanc
The Ascent of Mont Blanc
01902HD
A pioneering mountaineering film made by Frank Ormiston-Smith for the Warwick Trading Company in 1902. Ormiston-Smith himself led and filmed an...
1932
The Doomed Battalion
The Doomed Battalion
91932HD
Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...
1941
Peaks
Peaks
01941HD
Cimes is a drama about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by Jean Vernet in 1941 and produced by Films de Cavaignac. It...
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,...
1916
Climbing the Austrian Alps
Climbing the Austrian Alps
01916HD
Travelogue released on August 28th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.
1927
The Great Leap
The Great Leap
5.11927HD
A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.
1921
Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier
Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier
01921HD
Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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...
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...
1942
Rocciatori ed Aquile
Rocciatori ed Aquile
01942HD
Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...