Alps Movies

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Marcel Ichac captures the mountain warfare of the French Alps in World War II, the highest battles to take place during the war. The film also...

Showing lady and gentleman climbers with guides negotiating difficult situations until finally their progress is stopped by a cow in their path which...

"L'ascension du Mont Pelvoux" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by André Bayard in 1922 and...

The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...

A short version of the film 'A la conquête des cimes' by René Moreau released for the domestic market in two Pathe Baby big reels. In...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A 30-year-old sketchbook leads Max Romey to the Mont Blanc region. The Alaska-based watercolor artist and environmental advocate sets out to follow...

Documentary about the plants, animals and nude women of the alps.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

That of the Gran Sasso and Laga mountains, in the heart of the Abruzzo Apennines, is a particular story. Exploited beyond all limits for grazing,...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in 1901

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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...

Documentary film of the Swiss newsreel about climbing in the Kreuzbergen. The film was produced in August 1943 by the Zurich company Gloria Film AG....

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,...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith