Mountain Country Movies

Marcel Ichac accompanied the mountaineer Armand Charlet, in 1943, in the repetition of the first crossing of the Aiguilles du Diable that the guide...

This rare documentary was filmed with the participation and personal camera of Wolfgang Gorther, a German military cinematographer of the 1st mining...

Short version of the film 'Eingeschneit in Lager IV', released for the home market. The film shows images of the 1938 German expedition to Nanga...

Record of the 1937 German Expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Karl Wien. This was the third German expedition to the mountain, and the team followed...

In a village near a deadly mountain ascent the people repeatedly have to help climbers in danger who didn't make it to the top, in fact nobody made...

During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The...

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

Shortened version of the film 'Snow flight' distributed by Warner Bros. The film was produced by Jerome Hill as 'a document of skiing according to...

La Meije is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in La Meije. It was directed by Alain Pol in 1947 and produced by Toni-Films.

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

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...

Short version of the film 'Kampf um den Himalaja', released for the home market. The film shows images of the 1937 German expedition to Nanga Parbat,...

The ascent of the Matterhorn by the Hornli Ridge, filmed in July 1913 by Frederick Burlingham. The team, composed of Burlingham and four mountain...

A winter ascent of Piz Bernina by Swiss mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. The film also shows images of avalanche research,...

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

Internationale Bergrettungstagung in Tirol 1948 is a documentary about mountain rescue that takes place in the Ötztal Alps. It was produced in...

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...

An early silent color film of Glacier National Park and Mount Rainier. The film is part of the 'Our Colorful World' series, produced by Bell &...

Rare film about skiing, shot in the Nuria Valley in 1941, with the participation of the first company of skiers of Nuria. The documentary entitled...

Epic documentary about the German expeditions to Nanga Parbat up to 1937. After a first unsuccessful attempt in 1932 and the tragic second expedition...