Alps Mountain Range Movies
- 1918
Facing Death on the Blumlisalp
Facing Death on the Blumlisalp01918HD
...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...
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- 1921
Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier
Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier01921HD
Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.
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- 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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- 1924
Mountain of Destiny
Mountain of Destiny7.71924HD
After a mountaineer is killed attempting to climb a difficult mountain, his son dreams of conquering the peak that has defeated his father. But his...
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- 1903
Panorama of Muerren Range of Alps
Panorama of Muerren Range of Alps01903HD
A film being photographed from the front of the engine. A grand view of the snow-clad peaks of this fine range of mountains is depicted from an...
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- 1915
Alpine Heroism
Alpine Heroism01915HD
Released in 1915.
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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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- 1902
Ascent and Descent of the Aiguilles
Ascent and Descent of the Aiguilles01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1902
Climbing the Final Arete
Climbing the Final Arete01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1937
Kleine Scheidegg
Kleine Scheidegg01937HD
A mountain film set around the popular ski pass in the 1930s.
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- 1932
The Doomed Battalion
The Doomed Battalion91932HD
Shortly before the First World War, an Italian and an Austrian mountain guides take part in a mountaineering expedition together. Not long afterwards...
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- 1903
Ascent of the Jungfrau
Ascent of the Jungfrau01903HD
The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...
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- 1931
In the Realm of the Goldenhorn
In the Realm of the Goldenhorn71931HD
A student, a railway worker and a peasant go on a trip to the Julian Alps and meet people on their way.
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- 1905
Mount Pilatus Railway
Mount Pilatus Railway01905HD
Showing eight views of the most difficult portions of the railway, including the steepest gradients, practically, hanging on to the sides of the...
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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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- 1905
The Dangers of the Alps
The Dangers of the Alps01905HD
The ascent of the Wetterhorn by Frank Ormiston-Smith accompanied by the guide Christian Bergener, Rev. H. J. Heard, Mr. E Burchell-Rodway from the...
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- 1917
Alpine Majestäten
Alpine Majestäten01917HD
Released in 1917.
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- 1903
The Wintry Alps
The Wintry Alps01903HD
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...
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- 1905
Great Alpine Fete
Great Alpine Fete01905HD
To commemorate the Anniversary of the Unspunnen Fete of 1815, held at Unspunnen, near Interlaken. Order of the Procession : 1-Twenty-two girls in...
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- 1905
Captain Spelterini's Balloon Trip Across the Jungfrau
Captain Spelterini's Balloon Trip Across the Jungfrau01905HD
1905, featuring Eduard Spelterini, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.
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