Climbing Movies

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

"A rock climbing traverse in the Gastlosen Massif. Arrival of the train to Saanenmöser, three men walk to reach the wall. Crossing the rock face...

Released on July 30th, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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 Mont Blanc in four Pathe Baby reels. The film is a short version of the 1907 'L'ascension du Mont Blanc'. It shows the ascent of Mont...

What does it mean to 'see'? Shapes and shadows? Lines and color? When his friend dies in an avalanche, artist, rock climber and new dad Jeremy...

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

"A far-fetched, overdrawn story of two men who try to prove their courage and devotion to the same girl, by getting flowers she has expressed a...

Non-stop climbing action from the cutting edge of the sport. America's toughest boulder problems at Hueco Tanks and Yosemite. 5.14C redpoints at the...

An alpine ascent Monte Rosa glacier by a large group of mountaineers equipped with crampons and ice axes. The group ascends from the Gabiet lake to...

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

Klettern im Fels is an instructional documentary about rock climbing produced in 1945 by filmaker and producer Theo von Hörmann, producer of the...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Having been born without the lower part of her left arm, Kaitlin Heatherly had never considered her potential as a world champion rock climber, let...

The climbers Jean Jacques and André Lambert, accompanied by the photographer Jean Lozeron, climb the great ridge of Salève, in...