Documental Movies

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.

Released on March 2nd, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Exploration on the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland. Starting from the station at Jungfraujoch we climb up toward the Glacier, which is 14 miles long and...

Released on July 6th, 1919.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

Released on February 2nd, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on the sixth of March, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on June 10th, 1918. Directed & produced by Burton Holmes.

The stalls with their keepers and stores of laces are being inspected by English and American tourists, who no doubt takeaway with them a goodly...

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...

Travelogue released on July 22nd, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

At the uncertain boundary between youth and adulthood, four young people confront the emptiness left after years of pursuing academic success and...

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Swiss documentary on the ascent of the Eiger by the Mitellegi ridge. After spending the night in the hut located 625 meters below the summit, two...

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