Alps Mountain Range Movies

Released in February of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight...

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

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The stalls with their keepers and stores of laces are being inspected by English and American tourists, who no doubt takeaway with them a goodly...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The film is a kind of docu-fiction about a boy who enrolls in a battalion of young mountain troops. The film follows his daily life in the military...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The ascent of the Matterhorn by the Hornli Ridge, filmed in July 1913 by Frederick Burlingham. The team, composed of Burlingham and four mountain...

The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.

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

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Distributed under the title of ‘Switzerland’ or ‘Playground of Europe’, the film consists of a collection of scenes filmed in...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn....