Swiss Alps Movies

Vers les Cimes is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in the Bernese Alps. It was directed by Charles-Georges Duvanel in 1940 and produced...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1901

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1901. Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight...

"A series of films taken during a difficult and dangerous ascent of the Jungfrau;, showing views of the climbers at an height of over 13,000 feet....

1901, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

To commemorate the Anniversary of the Unspunnen Fete of 1815, held at Unspunnen, near Interlaken. Order of the Procession : 1-Twenty-two girls in...

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

The train leaving the Schiedegg station and entering the Eiger tunnel en route for the station Eigerwand.

Released in 1901

The young engineer Peter and his best friend, the mountain guide Anderl, are passionate mountaineers. When Peter falls in love with Clarissa, the...

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

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

The ascent of the Wetterhorn by Frank Ormiston-Smith accompanied by the guide Christian Bergener, Rev. H. J. Heard, Mr. E Burchell-Rodway from the...

A mountaineering tour on a glacier in the Alps. The film follows a group of mountaineers as they leave the hostel. Then they climb up fixed ladders...