Alpine Movies

  • 1900
    Chamonix: the Mer de Glace. Descent.

    Chamonix: the Mer de Glace. Descent.

    Chamonix: the Mer de Glace. Descent.

    31900HD

    Four roped men descend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace. One of them falls and has to be hoisted. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes...

    Chamonix: the Mer de Glace. Descent.
  • 1933
    Happy Altitudes in New Zealand's Southern Alps

    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...

    Happy Altitudes in New Zealand's Southern Alps
  • 1942
    30 Jours au-dessus des nuages

    30 Jours au-dessus des nuages

    30 Jours au-dessus des nuages

    01942HD

    In 1941, under the Vichy regime, during the Nazi occupation, a team of six people crossed the Mont-Blanc massif. Leaving the Arve Valley with a month...

    30 Jours au-dessus des nuages
  • 1934
    The Aiguille Verte

    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,...

    The Aiguille Verte
  • 1932
    The Doomed Battalion

    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...

    The Doomed Battalion
  • 1931
    The Burning Mountains

    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...

    The Burning Mountains
  • 1924
    The Ascent of the Aiguilles Ravanel and Mummery

    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...

    The Ascent of the Aiguilles Ravanel and Mummery
  • 1943
    Comrades under Edelweiss

    Comrades under Edelweiss

    Comrades under Edelweiss

    7.51943HD

    This rare documentary was filmed with the participation and personal camera of Wolfgang Gorther, a German military cinematographer of the 1st mining...

    Comrades under Edelweiss
  • 1930
    The Knights of the Mountain

    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...

    The Knights of the Mountain
  • 1903
    Cervino 1901

    Cervino 1901

    Cervino 1901

    91903HD

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

    Cervino 1901
  • 1924
    Mont Blanc

    Mont Blanc

    Mont Blanc

    01924HD

    1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    Mont Blanc
  • 1927
    The Great Leap

    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.

    The Great Leap
  • 1945
    Jeunes Montagnards

    Jeunes Montagnards

    Jeunes Montagnards

    01945HD

    Jeunes Montagnards is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Aiguilles Du Diable. It was produced in 1945.

    Jeunes Montagnards
  • 1944
    First in Line

    First in Line

    First in Line

    7.11944HD

    A screen adaptation of the well-known novel by Roger Frison-Roche about the harsh lives of mountain guides and their families in the French Alps,...

    First in Line
  • 1921
    Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier

    Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier

    Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier

    01921HD

    Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier
  • 1939
    Fiamme Verdi

    Fiamme Verdi

    Fiamme Verdi

    01939HD

    The film shows training maneuvers by the 'Fiamme Verdi' (Green Flames) brigade, instructed by the mountaineering military school of Aosta. The...

    Fiamme Verdi
  • 1930
    The Glacier's Secret

    The Glacier's Secret

    The Glacier's Secret

    01930HD

    "In this film of the 'Vagabond Adventure Series', Tom Terris takes us to New Zealand in a kind of travelogue film. We accompany a client and a...

    The Glacier's Secret
  • 1913
    The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    01913HD

    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 Ascent of the Matterhorn
  • 1929
    Franz Josef Glacier

    Franz Josef Glacier

    Franz Josef Glacier

    01929HD

    An alternative version of the film 'Southern Peaks', shortened in this case to be included in an episode of the series 'Glimpses of New Zealand'....

    Franz Josef Glacier
  • 1924
    Memories of the Alpine Republic

    Memories of the Alpine Republic

    Memories of the Alpine Republic

    01924HD

    1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    Memories of the Alpine Republic