Alps Movies
- 1906
Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers
Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers01906HD
Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...
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- 1909
Alpine Sports
Alpine Sports01909HD
1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1923
Wonder Spa of the Alps
Wonder Spa of the Alps01923HD
1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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- 1970
Rina, l'angelo delle Alpi
Rina, l'angelo delle Alpi01970HD
Released in 1917.
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- 1932
The Doomed Battalion
The Doomed Battalion91932HD
Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...
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- 1922
L'arête de l'Argentine
L'arête de l'Argentine01922HD
The two guides Adrien and Félix Veillon with the customer Rotschild climb the Argentine ridge in the Swiss canton of Valais. The film was so...
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- 1920
The Jungfrau Railway
The Jungfrau Railway01920HD
Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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- 1915
Alpine Heroism
Alpine Heroism01915HD
Released in 1915.
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- 1931
The Burning Mountains
The Burning Mountains101931HD
Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...
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- 2018
Murmeltiere
Murmeltiere02018HD
These peculiar and roughly rabbit-sized rodents enjoy great popularity at the Grossglockner in the Austrian Alps. Before the last ice age, marmots...
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- 1915
The Ascent of Mont Blanc
The Ascent of Mont Blanc01915HD
The ascent of Mont Blanc filmed by Frederick Burlingham in August 1915. A party composed by Burlingham's wife and several guides from Chamonix, climb...
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- 1918
Facing Death on the Blumlisalp
Facing Death on the Blumlisalp01918HD
...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...
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- 1900
Chamonix: Le mauvais pas
Chamonix: Le mauvais pas5.41900HD
A group of tourists, including five women, cross the Mauvais Pas, a rocky passage equipped with a railing, next to the Mer de Glace Glacier. One of...
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- 1902
Lady Skaters' Hockey Match on Bear Rink
Lady Skaters' Hockey Match on Bear Rink01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1903
Driving Cattle in the Alps
Driving Cattle in the Alps01903HD
In spring, the Swiss herdsman collects his cattle and drives the herds up the mountains to higher pasture. Here is shown a quiet valley, with...
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- 1921
Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier
Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier01921HD
Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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- 1907
Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907
Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 190701907HD
1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1903
Free and Easy Skating on Bear Rink
Free and Easy Skating on Bear Rink01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1947
Jean des Bossons
Jean des Bossons101947HD
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...
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- 1924
An Alpine Ride Up the Strasserhorn
An Alpine Ride Up the Strasserhorn01924HD
1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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