Mountaineering Movies

2011
Petzl RocTrip China 2011
Petzl RocTrip China 2011
102011HD
During a reconnaissance trip, Olivier Balma, a guide and instructor at CMDI, accompanies Erwan Le Lann into the Getu Valley, in the heart of Guizhou...
1984
Everest - The Australian Challenge
Everest - The Australian Challenge
01984HD
"Everest - The Australian Challenge" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on Everest. It was directed by Tim Macartney-Snape in 1984 and...
1906
Catastrophe in the Alps
Catastrophe in the Alps
01906HD
"A mountaineering expedition in search of the victims of an Alpine tragedy, in which two well known climbers lost their lives. A beautifully pathetic...
1979
The Mountain - Rainier
The Mountain - Rainier
01979HD
"This documentary from local station KING-TV in Seattle, Washington, examines the history of Mount Rainier through narration, interviews,...
2012
The Old Breed
The Old Breed
02012HD
“Getting to the top matters,” or so says veteran alpinist Mark Richey as he prepares to climb Saser Kangri II, at 7,518 meters the...
1970
Sherpa Stew
Sherpa Stew
101970HD
This documentary chronicles the lives of two mountaineers from Nepal who have left the high Himalaya in search of "success" in New York City.
2015
Le Grandi Nord Delle Alpi: Grandes Jorasses
Le Grandi Nord Delle Alpi: Grandes Jorasses
102015HD
1905
Drame sur les Glaciers de la Blumlisalp
Drame sur les Glaciers de la Blumlisalp
01905HD
In 1905, Félix Mesguich, a young camera operator of the Lumière Brothers, films in the Blumlisalp Glacier, Switzerland, one of the...
2022
Beyond the Summit
Beyond the Summit
02022HD
After an accident, Sebastian (Zuko), who was a professional mountaineering guide, lost the mobility of his legs. However, through a great feat he...
1910
The Guide
The Guide
01910HD
A party of six hires a mountain guide to take them over increasingly vertical terrain in this one-reel short subject. When one of the men on the...
1911
Ascension to the Giant's Tooth
Ascension to the Giant's Tooth
71911HD
Italian documentary on mountain climbing.
1920
Comment on gravit les pentes des montagnes
Comment on gravit les pentes des montagnes
01920HD
Demonstrations of methods that can be employed to scale to great heights. A Pathe Baby film showing footage from different films of the Pathe...
1910
Ascent of Portjengrat
Ascent of Portjengrat
01910HD
In 1910, the Parisian Albert Chapon and the Genevan Louis Arlaud filmed the ascent of Portjengrat (3,654 m) in the Penine Alps. The resulting film...
1910
From Courmayeur to the Col du Geant
From Courmayeur to the Col du Geant
01910HD
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...
1912
Alpine Rock Climbing Technique
Alpine Rock Climbing Technique
01912HD
"Demonstration of rock climbing in the Dolomites. Four climbers scramble unroped up a gully on limestone rock. They rope up for a steep chimney,...
1914
The Alpinist
The Alpinist
01914HD
An amateur and incapable mountaineer wants to be recognized as a valiant and brave climber, so he makes claims of having made a very challenging...
1901
Ascent of the Jungfrau
Ascent of the Jungfrau
01901HD
"A series of films taken during a difficult and dangerous ascent of the Jungfrau;, showing views of the climbers at an height of over 13,000 feet....
1901
Crossing the Mer de Glace, Chamounix
Crossing the Mer de Glace, Chamounix
01901HD
Released in 1901
1901
Climbing the Wetterhorn
Climbing the Wetterhorn
01901HD
Released in 1901
1902
Some Difficulties in Alpine Climbing
Some Difficulties in Alpine Climbing
01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith