Swiss Alps Movies

  • 1907
    Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907

    Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907

    Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907

    01907HD

    1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

    Viège-Zermatt Railway Over the Alps 1907
  • 2019
    Tandems

    Tandems

    Tandems

    82019HD

    Tandems
  • 1941
    Of Snow, Soldiers and Avalanches

    Of Snow, Soldiers and Avalanches

    Of Snow, Soldiers and Avalanches

    01941HD

    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,...

    Of Snow, Soldiers and Avalanches
  • 1905
    Great Alpine Fete

    Great Alpine Fete

    Great Alpine Fete

    01905HD

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

    Great Alpine Fete
  • 1905
    Drame sur les Glaciers de la Blumlisalp

    Drame sur les Glaciers de la Blumlisalp

    Drame sur les Glaciers de la Blumlisalp

    01905HD

    In 1905, Félix Mesguich, a young camera operator of the Lumière Brothers, films in the Blumlisalp Glacier, Switzerland, one of the...

    Drame sur les Glaciers de la Blumlisalp
  • 1939
    With a Company on Piz Palü

    With a Company on Piz Palü

    With a Company on Piz Palü

    01939HD

    "A 'Full-day exercise in the Bernina area' by mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. At two o'clock, 130 men broke up in...

    With a Company on Piz Palü
  • 1918
    The Pilatus Railway

    The Pilatus Railway

    The Pilatus Railway

    01918HD

    1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    The Pilatus Railway
  • 1936
    The Eiger North Face

    The Eiger North Face

    The Eiger North Face

    01936HD

    Die Eiger-Nordwand is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Eiger. It was directed by Max Herrmann in 1936. It features Fritz Steuri,...

    The Eiger North Face
  • 1902
    Accident on the Great Schreckhorn

    Accident on the Great Schreckhorn

    Accident on the Great Schreckhorn

    01902HD

    1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

    Accident on the Great Schreckhorn
  • 1914
    Adventures on the Roof of the World

    Adventures on the Roof of the World

    Adventures on the Roof of the World

    01914HD

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

    Adventures on the Roof of the World
  • 1903
    Jungfrau Electric Railway

    Jungfrau Electric Railway

    Jungfrau Electric Railway

    01903HD

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

    Jungfrau Electric Railway
  • 1904
    Switzerland Series

    Switzerland Series

    Switzerland Series

    01904HD

    Distributed under the title of ‘Switzerland’ or ‘Playground of Europe’, the film consists of a collection of scenes filmed in...

    Switzerland Series
  • 1922
    L'arête de l'Argentine

    L'arête de l'Argentine

    L'arête de l'Argentine

    01922HD

    The two guides Adrien and Félix Veillon with the customer Rotschild climb the Argentine ridge in the Swiss canton of Valais. The film was so...

    L'arête de l'Argentine
  • 1940
    Ascent to the Bernina Massif

    Ascent to the Bernina Massif

    Ascent to the Bernina Massif

    01940HD

    "An early color film presented as 'Ascent to the Bernina Massif'. Two mountaineers break from the Forno hut and first climb the Punta Rasica and then...

    Ascent to the Bernina Massif
  • 1912
    The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    71912HD

    Documentary featuring the ascent of the Matterhorn (Cervino) completed in 1911 by Mario Piacenza along the guides of Valtournenche Joseph Gaspard and...

    The Ascent of the Matterhorn
  • 1922
    The Matterhorn Cross

    The Matterhorn Cross

    The Matterhorn Cross

    01922HD

    Jean-Joseph Ginetta, famous mountain guide, accompanies the Englishman Wattson, whom he has known for some time, to the Breithorn. In the ascent, the...

    The Matterhorn Cross
  • 1919
    Felsen, Firn und Gletscher

    Felsen, Firn und Gletscher

    Felsen, Firn und Gletscher

    01919HD

    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...

    Felsen, Firn und Gletscher
  • 1992
    Wohlstandskühe

    Wohlstandskühe

    Wohlstandskühe

    01992HD

    The peak of prosperity a short animation by Claudius Gentinetta

    Wohlstandskühe