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Four roped men jump a crevasse and ascend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace using long ice axes. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes that...

Demonstrations of methods that can be employed to scale to great heights. A Pathe Baby film showing footage from different films of the Pathe...

Released in 1901

In 1910, the Parisian Albert Chapon and the Genevan Louis Arlaud filmed the ascent of Portjengrat (3,654 m) in the Penine Alps. The resulting film...

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

Alpinist Michi Wohlleben’s ambition is hard to contain. He performs at the top of his game and is completely enthralled by mountaineering. Until...

Marcel Ichac captures the mountain warfare of the French Alps in World War II, the highest battles to take place during the war. The film also...

Four men walk accross the upper part of the Mer de Glace Glacier. All they walk unroped and using ice axes as a cane. The shot belongs to a...

"A mountaineering expedition in search of the victims of an Alpine tragedy, in which two well known climbers lost their lives. A beautifully pathetic...

"Accident dans les Alpes" is a documentary about alpinism. It was produced in 1908.

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

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...

Documentary featuring the ascent of the Matterhorn (Cervino) completed in 1911 by Mario Piacenza along the guides of Valtournenche Joseph Gaspard and...

Released in 1901

In the harsh Alps, a young golden eagle battles for survival after being driven from his territory. This film follows his journey from chick to ruler...

An adventure, an investigation, a quest ? Matthieu, mountain leader, continues his trekking experience with the Via Alpina, an 8 countries-crossing...

A party of six hires a mountain guide to take them over increasingly vertical terrain in this one-reel short subject. When one of the men on the...

The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1901