Alps Movies

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.

This is an excellent and spirited picture of fine quality depicting the international curling contests in Switzerland, showing the Scotch champion...

Also showing Cortina mountain and general surroundings.

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...

The mountain guide and ski instructor Hans Turri has been hired by the tourist Gregory Milacz to make a route in the mountains. Both are caught by a...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in 1901

A record of the ascent of the Jungfrau by Frederick Burlingham accompanied by four mountain guides. The film starts with panoramics of the Eiger...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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

The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

Released in February of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A group of tourists, including five women, cross the Mauvais Pas, a rocky passage equipped with a railing, next to the Mer de Glace Glacier. One of...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In The Call of the Mountain (L’appel de la montagne) a couple are childhood sweethearts who are separated, she marries a rich man and he...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

The ascent of the Jungfrau by the Urban Alpine Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, on...