Alps Movies

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

We follow Dan to the Italian alps where he tries to snowboard, or - as it was originally called - snurf. Watch:...

The ascent of Mont Blanc in four Pathe Baby reels. The film is a short version of the 1907 'L'ascension du Mont Blanc'. It shows the ascent of Mont...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The Tyrolean David Lama has climbed an 8a route already at the age of ten, and he has become several times Youth World Champion and European Youth...

1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Austria and the Alps is the title of a 18 minutes travelogue by Burton Holmes produced to be distributed by the Paramount. The travelogue consisted...

Denis Urubko is one of the strongest Himalayan climbers of all time: he has climbed all 8000 meter peaks without supplemental oxygen, establishing...

"L'ascension du Mont Pelvoux" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by André Bayard in 1922 and...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

"A series of films taken during a difficult and dangerous ascent of the Jungfrau;, showing views of the climbers at an height of over 13,000 feet....

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

"Sur Les Traces De Premier De Cordée", a color documentary from 1952 which will be released the same year as the eponymous photo book...

A former Fascist takes his son and escapes across the border into France, where he tries to avoid being recognized and having to pay for his wartime...

After a Zurich gene clinic is robbed, it's time for a new kind of hero: ISMUS, a "real security guy" who's engaged to Marianne, his boss's daughter....

In 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short...

In the French Alps, an out-of-control street-painter's wagon sprays a stripe of white paint atop a female cat's back. Enter Pepé Le Pew.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.