Mountain Climbing Movies

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

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

This documentary by Maurice Rebeix—conceived by Patrick Edlinger and released by the French climbing magazine *Roc'n Wall*—features...

Every year, over a thousand climbers try to reach the summit of Mount Everest, with the annual record for successful attempts currently standing at...

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...

Documentary that follows Sebastián Zuko Carrasco most recent achievement: reaching the summit of the Cayambe volcano (5,790 meters) and...

"L'ascension du Mont Pelvoux" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by André Bayard in 1922 and...

Reaching 5 1/2 miles into the sky, Mt. Everest is a massive pyramid of intimidating rock, freezing cold and hurricane force winds. This extraordinary...

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

In 1910, the Parisian Albert Chapon and the Genevan Louis Arlaud filmed the ascent of Portjengrat (3,654 m) in the Penine Alps. The resulting film...

"A mountaineering expedition in search of the victims of an Alpine tragedy, in which two well known climbers lost their lives. A beautifully pathetic...

An amateur and incapable mountaineer wants to be recognized as a valiant and brave climber, so he makes claims of having made a very challenging...

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...

Cimes is a drama about alpinism that takes place in Mont Pelvoux. It was directed by Jean Vernet in 1941 and produced by Films de Cavaignac. It...