Dokumentarfilm Movies

Sound and shortened version of 'Im Kampf mit dem Berge', Arnold Fanck's second major mountaineering film, from 1921. The film follows two mountain...

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Shot in 1941, this black-and-white instructional film (featuring actor Alan Ladd) serves as a veritable time capsule on the history of the sport,...

Released on the 17th of April, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on September 14th, 1919.

A mountaineering tour on the Franz Josef Glacier, on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. After leaving the Fox Glacier Hotel, two...

Travelogue released on the 5th of March, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A man and a woman climbing the Grinnell Point in Glacier National Park. They start from the Many Glacier Hotel and progress on an easy terrain first...

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 6th, 1918.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on June 3rd, 1918.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Elephants are used to pull teak logs through thick jungle to a river.

An exceptional cinematographic document on Emilio Comici, shot in 1938 in Val Rosandra by a MGM operator. The documentary shows Comici with the...

Travelogue released on August 28th, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue produced by Burton Holmes. Released on January 21st, 1918.

Released in 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Travelogue released on the first of January, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Travelogue released on the 22nd of December, 1918. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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,...