Mountaineering Documentary Movies

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...

En cordée is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Aiguillette D'argentière. It was directed by Jacques Berr in 1942 and...

"Everest - The Australian Challenge" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on Everest. It was directed by Tim Macartney-Snape in 1984 and...

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...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

"This picture shows a party of ten, tied together with a rope, with their spiked shoes biting into the treacherous icy path, mounting slowly upward...

A scenic documentary record of a climb up to Mount Assiniboine, the 'American Matterhorn' in the Canadian Rockies.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...

Three mountaineers, including a woman, climb the l'Aiguille du Moine, in the Mont Blanc Massif departing from the Couvercle Shelter. Facing walls...

Released in 1901

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...

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...

Produced by Olympic Productions, the film shows an adventurous band of climbers making their successful assault on the heights of Mount Bulyea in the...

"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...

A mountaineering tour on the Franz Josef Glacier, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. After leaving the Fox Glacier Hotel, two...

Klettern im Fels is an instructional documentary about rock climbing produced in 1945 by filmaker and producer Theo von Hörmann, producer of the...

Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope,...

Above the Clouds in Rainier National Park shows a two-day climb from Paradise Inn to the summit of Mt. Rainier. The film was produced by the Kodak...

Ancient documentary that presents the ascent of Higher and Lower Cathedral Spires in Yosemite Valley by a party of three climbers from the Sierra...