Alps Movies

A documentary camera journey along a tourist route through well-known winter sports centers from Garmisch to Lake Garda.

1901. Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

"A 'Full-day exercise in the Bernina area' by mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. At two o'clock, 130 men broke up in...

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

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his...

The first section shows the "crew" bestriding the bob-sledge and starting same down bill. The second section includes pictures of many sledge...

"L'ascension du Mont Pelvoux" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by André Bayard in 1922 and...

1905, featuring Eduard Spelterini, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1924, 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.

Showing hundreds of boys, girls and adults on skis descending a steep snow-covered bank.

An old film about the mountains of I Denti della Vecchia, a mountain group in the Lugano Pre-Alps, between Switzerland (Val Colla) and Italy...

Alpinist Michi Wohlleben’s ambition is hard to contain. He performs at the top of his game and is completely enthralled by mountaineering....

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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...