Mountaineering Documentary Movies

To mark the 70th anniversary of the first 7A in Fontainebleau, Seb Berthe and Hugo Parmentier have set themselves quite a challenge: to complete 100...

The ascent of Mont Blanc filmed by Frederick Burlingham in August 1915. A party composed by Burlingham's wife and several guides from Chamonix, climb...

William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the famous Swiss mountain guide Edward Feuz accompanied by his...

Government travelogue depicting New Zealand's West land's scenery: Lake Manapouri, Fox Glacier Hotel, and Franz Josef Glacier. From the Fox Glacier...

Released in 1901

...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...

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...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

"Accident dans les Alpes" is a documentary about alpinism. It was produced in 1908.

"Mountains Without Barriers" is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place on Cima Ovest Di Lavaredo. It was directed by Michael Brown in...

A rope of two mountaineers surveys the Argentière glacier making their way through crevasses and seracs. A film by René Moreau,...

En cordée is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Aiguillette D'argentière. It was directed by Jacques Berr in 1942 and...

An alpine ascent around the snow-covered area of Monte Cevedale by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group...

"This picture shows a party of ten, tied together with a rope, with their spiked shoes biting into the treacherous icy path, mounting slowly upward...

Above the Clouds in Rainier National Park shows a two-day climb from Paradise Inn to the summit of Mt. Rainier. The film was produced by the Kodak...

Two climbers progress on an alpine glacier and reach the top of a mountain by climbing a long and steep slope of snow and ice. They also have to...

Sound version of the silent picture 'Climbing Mount Tupper.' William J. Oliver filmed the ascent of Mount Tupper in the Glacier National Park by the...

"Cho Oyu, West of Everest takes a candid look at the daily struggles associated with an expedition to climb the sixth highest mountain in the world....

The film collects material from different mountain adventures in the Alps filmed by Frederick Burlingham. From alpine climbing on the slopes of the...

"Waiting for Godot" is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place on Torre Central Del Paine and Torre Norte Del Paine. It was directed by...