Alpi Movies

"An early color film presented as 'Ascent to the Bernina Massif'. Two mountaineers break from the Forno hut and first climb the Punta Rasica and then...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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...

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

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...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Distributed under the title of ‘Switzerland’ or ‘Playground of Europe’, the film consists of a collection of scenes filmed in...

The climbers Jean Jacques and André Lambert, accompanied by the photographer Jean Lozeron, climb the great ridge of Salève, in...

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...

"A rock climbing traverse in the Gastlosen Massif. Arrival of the train to Saanenmöser, three men walk to reach the wall. Crossing the rock face...

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

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...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Les Charmoz is a documentary about mountaineering that takes place on Aiguille Des Grands Charmoz. Produced in 1924.

To commemorate the Anniversary of the Unspunnen Fete of 1815, held at Unspunnen, near Interlaken. Order of the Procession : 1-Twenty-two girls in...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A curious incident which happens in early summer when the cattle are taken to the high pastures for three months.

Mut (mountain in Bergamasque dialect) is a day in the mountain pastures, an allegory of a summer season in the mountain pastures that has been...