Alpen Movies
- 1900
Chamonix - The Mer de Glace. Ascent
Chamonix - The Mer de Glace. Ascent01900HD
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...
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- 1916
Alpine Vistas from the Zugspitze
Alpine Vistas from the Zugspitze01916HD
Austria and the Alps is the title of a 18 minutes travelogue by Burton Holmes produced to be distributed by the Paramount. The travelogue consisted...
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- 1902
Climber and Guides Camping Out
Climber and Guides Camping Out01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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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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- 1903
Panorama of the Alps
Panorama of the Alps01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1905
Surmounting the Summit of Finsteraarjoch
Surmounting the Summit of Finsteraarjoch01905HD
1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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- 1903
Circular Panorama of Bear Rink
Circular Panorama of Bear Rink01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1906
Winter Sports: Curling Contests in the Alps
Winter Sports: Curling Contests in the Alps01906HD
This is an excellent and spirited picture of fine quality depicting the international curling contests in Switzerland, showing the Scotch champion...
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- 1905
Battle of Snow on Rigi Summit
Battle of Snow on Rigi Summit01905HD
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...
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- 1900
Chamonix - Montée à travers les Glaciers
Chamonix - Montée à travers les Glaciers01900HD
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...
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- 1917
Beim Johannesfall in den Radstädter Tauern
Beim Johannesfall in den Radstädter Tauern01917HD
At the heart of the eastern Alps, in the Niedere Tauern massif that rises in the Austrian state of Salzburg, soldiers undertake the tortuous ascent...
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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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- 1901
Eagleswing Panorama of the Wetterhorn
Eagleswing Panorama of the Wetterhorn01901HD
1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1924
Les Charmoz
Les Charmoz01924HD
Les Charmoz is a documentary about mountaineering that takes place on Aiguille Des Grands Charmoz. Produced in 1924.
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- 1918
The Mountain Guide
The Mountain Guide01918HD
The mountain guide Andreas loves Marie, the hotelier's daughter whom a guest from the city, Alfred, is courting. He thinks about getting rid of his...
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- 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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- 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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- 1935
Marcia alpina dei giovani fascisti di Belluno
Marcia alpina dei giovani fascisti di Belluno01935HD
This short film shows an alpine march of the young fascists of the federal command of Belluno to the Mario Vazzoler refuge. From there, a group of...
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- 1902
Ice Work on the Glacier des Bossons
Ice Work on the Glacier des Bossons01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1903
Fun on the Skating Rink
Fun on the Skating Rink01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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