Alpen Movies
- 1903
Harvesting Hay on Bear Ice Rink
Harvesting Hay on Bear Ice Rink01903HD
A scene of harvesting hay on the great winter playground. The group of busy reapers, with hand scythes, in the foreground, the Swiss maids who...
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- 1913
The Ascent of the Matterhorn
The Ascent of the Matterhorn01913HD
The ascent of the Matterhorn by the Hornli Ridge, filmed in July 1913 by Frederick Burlingham. The team, composed of Burlingham and four mountain...
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- 1903
Lace Making in Alpine Village Street
Lace Making in Alpine Village Street01903HD
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...
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- 1948
Mountain Rescue Training at Wilder Kaiser
Mountain Rescue Training at Wilder Kaiser01948HD
Internationale Bergrettungstagung in Tirol 1948 is a documentary about mountain rescue that takes place in the Ötztal Alps. It was produced in...
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- 1913
Up Mt. Blanc
Up Mt. Blanc01913HD
Views of a party making the actual ascent of this famous mountain have a much greater interest than the usual scenic film. Commencing with the...
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- 1939
Alpenföhn
Alpenföhn01939HD
Released in 1939.
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- 1903
Cattle Crossing Grindelwald Eismeer
Cattle Crossing Grindelwald Eismeer01903HD
A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.
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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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- 1902
The Ascent of Mont Blanc
The Ascent of Mont Blanc01902HD
A pioneering mountaineering film made by Frank Ormiston-Smith for the Warwick Trading Company in 1902. Ormiston-Smith himself led and filmed an...
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- 1941
Of Snow, Soldiers and Avalanches
Of Snow, Soldiers and Avalanches01941HD
A winter ascent of Piz Bernina by Swiss mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. The film also shows images of avalanche research,...
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- 1903
Panoramic View of the Eiger
Panoramic View of the Eiger01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1904
Panorama of Snowy Grindelwald
Panorama of Snowy Grindelwald01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1942
Rocciatori ed Aquile
Rocciatori ed Aquile01942HD
Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...
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- 1902
An Alpine Incident on the Great Schreckhorn
An Alpine Incident on the Great Schreckhorn01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1901
Eagleswing Panorama of the Mer de Glace
Eagleswing Panorama of the Mer de Glace01901HD
1901 film of the Mer de Glace, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1947
Ascent of the Fiamma
Ascent of the Fiamma01947HD
The climbing of the Fiamma, the famous rock needle in the Bergell, with minimal equipment and technique. A must for lovers of mountain sports. A...
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- 1922
In Winter on the Grossglockner
In Winter on the Grossglockner01922HD
Released in 1922.
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- 1927
The Great Leap
The Great Leap5.11927HD
A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.
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- 1915
Scaling the Jungfrau
Scaling the Jungfrau01915HD
A record of the ascent of the Jungfrau by Frederick Burlingham accompanied by four mountain guides. The film starts with panoramics of the Eiger...
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- 1947
Flammes De Pierres
Flammes De Pierres101947HD
"Flammes de Pierre" is the first documentary made by Gaston Rébuffat himself in 1947. It depicts Rébuffat in full ascent of the Flammes...
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