Mountain Documentary Movies
- 1937

L'Aspra Meta
L'Aspra Meta01937HD
The ascent of the spectacular needle Guglia Rudatis (2.202 meters), in the Italian Dolomites by a group of rock climbers. A group of six men leave a...
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- 1927

An Alpinist’s Equipment
An Alpinist’s Equipment01927HD
Taking footage from the film 'A la conquete des cimes', this instructional film distributed for the home market as a Pathe Baby film in two reels,...
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- 1947

Climbing the Matterhorn
Climbing the Matterhorn71947HD
Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight...
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- 1931

New Skyscrapers for Old
New Skyscrapers for Old01931HD
Mountain climbing with all its thrills near Lake O'Hara in Yoho National Park, British Columbia. The film begins on a busy street in Toronto with...
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- 1922

L'arête de l'Argentine
L'arête de l'Argentine01922HD
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...
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- 1942

Ski Equipment
Ski Equipment01942HD
An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...
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- 1970

Climbing Mount Tupper
Climbing Mount Tupper01970HD
William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the famous Swiss mountain guide Edward Feuz accompanied by his...
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- 1946

Il richiamo dell'Alpe splendente
Il richiamo dell'Alpe splendente01946HD
To honor the memory of the famous guide Luigi Comici, two climbers climb a sixth grade wall of one of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The adventure of the...
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- 1936

The Eiger North Face
The Eiger North Face01936HD
Die Eiger-Nordwand is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Eiger. It was directed by Max Herrmann in 1936. It features Fritz Steuri,...
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- 1970

Scalatori del C.A.I. alle prese colle Dolomiti
Scalatori del C.A.I. alle prese colle Dolomiti01970HD
Excursion from the Catinaccio group, across the Alpe di Siusi, to the Sassolungo and to the Sella group. The Dolomites, less impressive in appearance...
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- 1934

The Game is Up
The Game is Up01934HD
Sound version of the silent picture 'Climbing Mount Tupper.' William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the...
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- 1938

Liesels schönste Kletterfahrt
Liesels schönste Kletterfahrt01938HD
The film is presented as a climbing film from Tirol's mountain world based on an idea by Kurt Maix, and it's a touristical film of the series 'Bilder...
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- 1947

La Meije
La Meije01947HD
La Meije is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in La Meije. It was directed by Alain Pol in 1947 and produced by Toni-Films.
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- 1927

A la conquête des cimes
A la conquête des cimes01927HD
Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope,...
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- 1940

Vers les Cimes
Vers les Cimes01940HD
Vers les Cimes is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in the Bernese Alps. It was directed by Charles-Georges Duvanel in 1940 and produced...
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- 1929

Snowdrift
Snowdrift01929HD
A winter vintage ascent to Mount Ruapehu by a large group of mountaineers composed of about 11 men and women. Mount Ruapehu, 2797 meters high, is an...
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- 1922

À l'assaut des Alpes avec le ski
À l'assaut des Alpes avec le ski01922HD
Released in 1922.
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- 1939

With a Company on Piz Palü
With a Company on Piz Palü01939HD
"A 'Full-day exercise in the Bernina area' by mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. At two o'clock, 130 men broke up in...
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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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- 1929

Sebastopol
Sebastopol01929HD
A mountain guide and a young woman make an ascent to Mount Sebastopol in New Zealand's Southern Alps. The couple leave from Mount Cook's Hermitage...
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