Documental Movies

"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...

The ascent of Mont Blanc in four Pathe Baby reels. The film is a short version of the 1907 'L'ascension du Mont Blanc'. It shows the ascent of Mont...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on March 18th, 1918.

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...

Documentary made by students from the Universidad Católica de Chile about the life of Alicia Ríos, a Psychology student murdered in...

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

"While The Salvation Army on the Job is listed in film databases without a full plot summary, it is closely associated with the 1919 short comedy A...

Luis, a gnome, is having a mental crisis due to his last jobs and failed relationships. At school, he has many tasks to achieve while he is trying to...

Released on July 20th, 1919.

An alpine ascent around the snow-covered area of Monte Cevedale by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group...

Released on March 25, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on July 30th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in July of 1902. Produced by William Nicholas Selig.

Four roped men jump a crevasse and ascend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace using long ice axes. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes that...

Released on July 9th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

At the heart of the eastern Alps, in the Niedere Tauern massif that rises in the Austrian state of Salzburg, soldiers undertake the tortuous ascent...

Released on April 1st, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Tourists leaving the Bear Hotel, Kandersteg, to cross the Gemmi. Many ladies of the party are seen mounting the hardy ponies at the hotel front, and,...

Released on December 14th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"This picture shows a party of ten, tied together with a rope, with their spiked shoes biting into the treacherous icy path, mounting slowly upward...