Documental Movies

1919, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

This includes the arrival of the old stage, the mail coach and diligence, and a motor car.

The ascent of the spectacular needle Guglia Rudatis (2.202 meters), in the Italian Dolomites by a group of rock climbers. A group of six men leave a...

...From its terrace one gets a magnificent view down the Valley of the Bow River. The natural bathtub at the Hot Springs, the Government pool, free...

Released in 1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Austria and the Alps is the title of a 18 minutes travelogue by Burton Holmes produced to be distributed by the Paramount. The travelogue consisted...

Including several views of main streets with traffic, market scenes, steam tramways in Marientheresiaustrasse.

The ascent of the Zinalrothorn filmed by Frederick Burlingham in September 1916. Burlingham, known at the time as 'The man who kinematographed the...

This gives a panorama of the Village of Isebwald and entrance to Interlaken from the deck of a steamer on Lake Brienz. The famous Geissbach falls...

Epic documentary about the German expeditions to Nanga Parbat up to 1937. After a first unsuccessful attempt in 1932 and the tragic second expedition...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 27th, 1919.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

In 1492, Captain Antoine de Ville reached the summit of Mont Aiguille. At the time, there were no climbing shoes, no harnesses, no quickdraws!...

Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...

A record of the second British Everest expedition showing the journey from Darjeeling to Tibet, activities of the Tibetans, and the climb itself. The...