Documental Movies

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Shot in 1941, this black-and-white instructional film (featuring actor Alan Ladd) serves as a veritable time capsule on the history of the sport,...

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The film was shot on the occasion of the Italian Geographical Expedition to Karakorum, conceived in 1926 and held in May-August 1929, under the...

Four roped men descend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace. One of them falls and has to be hoisted. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes...

Including several views of main streets with traffic, market scenes, steam tramways in Marientheresiaustrasse.

Released in 1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Frank Ormiston-Smith, the pioneer mountaineering photograher and filmmaker, filmed in 1906 the ascent to several towers in the Cinque Torri area in...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

"The Blue Hour remains as a work of meditation rather than the previous ones like An Act of Resilience who observe the process of wanderings and how...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A documentary that brings together personal memories and rare footage of the nightclub that operated in Copacabana from 1984 to 1989. Featuring...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

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.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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...