Alps Movies

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A pioneering mountaineering film made by Frank Ormiston-Smith for the Warwick Trading Company in 1902. Ormiston-Smith himself led and filmed an...

In 1910, Arrigo Frusta and the operator Giovanni B. Vitrotti took the camera up to the 4000 meters high of the Mont Blanc chain to make three short...

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...

The film follows two mountain enthusiasts, battling through a glacier area in the Swiss mountains. The mountaineers are two very prominent skiers at...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

In The Call of the Mountain (L’appel de la montagne) a couple are childhood sweethearts who are separated, she marries a rich man and he...

Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Also showing Cortina mountain and general surroundings.

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

A student, a railway worker and a peasant go on a trip to the Julian Alps and meet people on their way.

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A group of tourists, including five women, croos the Mauvais Pas, a rocky passage equipped with a railing, next to the Mer de Glace Glacier. One of...

A game of ice-hockey in progress in the Alps.