Documental Movies

Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope,...

Documentary film of the Swiss newsreel about climbing in the Kreuzbergen. The film was produced in August 1943 by the Zurich company Gloria Film AG....

Much nerve is required by those who participate in this sport as some of the curves of the course are most acute and dangerous, especially at the...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 13th, 1918.

Deep in the channels of the Paraná Delta, where land ends and water takes over, floats "Tornado" a floating parrilla like no other. Built on a...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Travelogue released on the 22nd of May, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released on March 13th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Brad and Barbara Washburn were filmed by National Geographic and RKO Pictures on their ascent of Mount McKinley in Alaska. The film is a pictorial...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 20th, 1918.

For over a hundred years, Turtagrø in Sogn has been a mountain climbing center in Jotunheimen. The film photographer Gunnar Nilsen-Vig was...

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.

The ascent of the Aiguille Verte in the Mont Blanc Massif by the ridge of the Moine. Two climbers, the mountain, and the rope. No plot, no tragedy,...

Showing eight views of the most difficult portions of the railway, including the steepest gradients, practically, hanging on to the sides of the...

In this trip Burton Holmes takes your patrons to Java, the richest island of the Dutch East Indies, and Batavia, its capital city, one of the most...

Travelogue released on the 5th of June, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

"She Climbs to Conquer" shot by W.J. Oliver, was a noteworthy film which gained well merited acclaim. Made in 1933 it pictured the climb of Georgia...

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...