Alps Movies

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...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

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

1901. Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1901

A game of ice-hockey in progress in the Alps.

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

These peculiar and roughly rabbit-sized rodents enjoy great popularity at the Grossglockner in the Austrian Alps. Before the last ice age, marmots...

A crowd of a hundred boys rushing the position of another crowd, storming their adversaries with volleys of snowballs, finally driving the enemy from...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in May of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Showing lady and gentleman climbers with guides negotiating difficult situations until finally their progress is stopped by a cow in their path which...

Austria and the Alps is the title of a 18 minutes travelogue by Burton Holmes produced to be distributed by the Paramount. The travelogue consisted...

The Tagliamento, known as the "King of the Alpine Rivers," is considered Europe's last untamed river. Its course stretches from the peaks of the...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A short version of the film 'A la conquête des cimes' by René Moreau released for the domestic market in two Pathe Baby big reels. In...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith