Mountain Rescue Movies

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

Still Alive - The Drama on Mount Kenya is a gripping docudrama that recounts a legendary rescue operation on Mount Kenya in Africa in 1970.

This documentary tells via the testimonies of people who knew him (like Simone Moro, his companion during his last ascent), the life, the...

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

When ordinary humans failed, Roghaye became a 48-hour superwoman—not to escape death, but to reclaim her ordinary life.

Stephan, the son of an old-school mountain guide, is seduced by a city beauty. He leaves his mother, siblings, and girlfriend and travels to Zurich....

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,...

In an alpine ascent with two customers, a mountain guide hears a distress call from another roped party. After guiding the couple he accompanies to...

Produced by the US Air Force as part of their Mountain and Desert survival series, this companion piece covers survival situations one may face in...

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...

Assynt Mountain Rescue safeguard the northernmost reaches of the Scottish Highlands. Winter here brings treacherous conditions and dangerous...