Short Doc Movies

Released on March 30th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Several bouts are shown in this picture, and as the contestants frequently lift each other into mid air, and then throw, the effect is exciting and...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...

Released in 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A wonderfully successful film taken in Switzerland and showing experts in the great annual competition. In three parts: 1. Jumping from a stage 2....

Documentary on mountain climbing in the Swiss and Italian Alps.

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

Produced by Olympic Productions, the film shows an adventurous band of climbers making their successful assault on the heights of Mount Bulyea in the...

Released on the 23rd of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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...

Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands...

Released in February of 1922. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Released in February of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 7th, 1918.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A documentary illustrating the mountain sports activities of the university students of the GUF (Gruppi universitari fascisti) in Val Gardena,...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.