Documentaire Movies

Record of the 1938 German expedition to Nanga Parbat. In June 1938, the vanguard of the German expedition to the Himalayas, after many laborious...

As the stay draws to a close, the teams prepare a closing screening and the arrival of a special guest. The final renovations blend with the busy...

Richard Wellington leads Western State Collegers from Gunnison up to Gothic Mountain in the Elk Mountains, Colorado. The film is an episode of the...

The 'Unusual Occupations' series of theatrical short subjects was produced by Jerry Fairbanks Studios and released by Paramount Pictures from 1937...

Documentary on alpine refuges and the life of mountaineers. The film begins with images recreating vintage mountain climbers that end up spending a...

Released on March 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A French association joins a Senegalese association to participate in the renovation and rehabilitation of the open-air cinema in the town of Mboro....

In 1941, under the Vichy regime, during the Nazi occupation, a team of six people crossed the Mont-Blanc massif. Leaving the Arve Valley with a month...

Produced by Olympic Productions, the film shows an adventurous band of climbers making their successful assault on the heights of Mount Bulyea in the...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 13th, 1919.

Released on May 4th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on February 23rd, 1919.

Released in March of 1921. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on March 30th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight...

To honor the memory of the famous guide Luigi Comici, two climbers climb a sixth grade wall of one of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo. The adventure of the...

Released on March 28th, 1920. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on April 27th, 1919.

In 1492, Captain Antoine de Ville reached the summit of Mont Aiguille. At the time, there were no climbing shoes, no harnesses, no quickdraws!...

Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...