Alpi Movies

1904
Fusillade of Rocks in the Alps
Fusillade of Rocks in the Alps
01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
1906
Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers
Ascent and Descent of the Dolomite Towers
01906HD
Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...
1902
Crossing a Snow Bridge
Crossing a Snow Bridge
01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
1904
Panorama of Snowy Grindelwald
Panorama of Snowy Grindelwald
01904HD
1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
1913
Up Mt. Blanc
Up Mt. Blanc
01913HD
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...
1903
Fun on the Skating Rink
Fun on the Skating Rink
01903HD
1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
1906
The American Tourist on the Alps
The American Tourist on the Alps
01906HD
Showing lady and gentleman climbers with guides negotiating difficult situations until finally their progress is stopped by a cow in their path which...
1912
The Ascent of the Matterhorn
The Ascent of the Matterhorn
71912HD
Documentary featuring the ascent of the Matterhorn (Cervino) completed in 1911 by Mario Piacenza along the guides of Valtournenche Joseph Gaspard and...
1922
L'arête de l'Argentine
L'arête de l'Argentine
01922HD
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...
1901
Ascent of the Jungfrau
Ascent of the Jungfrau
01901HD
"A series of films taken during a difficult and dangerous ascent of the Jungfrau;, showing views of the climbers at an height of over 13,000 feet....
1919
Felsen, Firn und Gletscher
Felsen, Firn und Gletscher
01919HD
A mountaineering tour on a glacier in the Alps. The film follows a group of mountaineers as they leave the hostel. Then they climb up fixed ladders...
1901
Crossing the Mer de Glace, Chamounix
Crossing the Mer de Glace, Chamounix
01901HD
Released in 1901
1910
The Guide
The Guide
01910HD
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...
1917
Alpine Majestäten
Alpine Majestäten
01917HD
Released in 1917.
1902
Panorama, Descending Mt. Blanc
Panorama, Descending Mt. Blanc
01902HD
Released in July of 1902. Produced by William Nicholas Selig.
1903
Ascent of the Jungfrau
Ascent of the Jungfrau
01903HD
The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...
1920
Comment on gravit les pentes des montagnes
Comment on gravit les pentes des montagnes
01920HD
Demonstrations of methods that can be employed to scale to great heights. A Pathe Baby film showing footage from different films of the Pathe...
1911
Ascension to the Giant's Tooth
Ascension to the Giant's Tooth
71911HD
Italian documentary on mountain climbing.
1903
The Wintry Alps
The Wintry Alps
01903HD
Scenes from a series filmed for Charles Urban by mountain expert Frank Ormiston-Smith, including The Battle of the Snow, Ski Jumping in the Alps, and...
1924
Le Massif du Mont-Blanc - L'ascension de l'Aiguille du Moine
Le Massif du Mont-Blanc - L'ascension de l'Aiguille du Moine
01924HD
Three mountaineers, including a woman, climb the l'Aiguille du Moine, in the Mont Blanc Massif departing from the Couvercle Shelter. Facing walls...