Documental Movies

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

This rare documentary was filmed with the participation and personal camera of Wolfgang Gorther, a German military cinematographer of the 1st mining...

Second part of the film 'River of ice', a mountaineering tour on Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand. After spending the night in the Deficance Hut,...

A party of tourists ascending to the peak of the Rigi find a fresh fall of snow covering the summit. They soon divided into battalions, and bombard...

1923, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in 1915, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

An ascent of 'The Tooth' via the South-east Face. The film was made by Burge Bickford and Lyman Boyer. It features Jim Crooks leading Fred Beckey on...

1906, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1909, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The spectacular railroad panorama in the Alps, taken from a train passing through various tunnels, and over the great Wassen Loops.

A unique view of one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world. The film is tinted to portray the falls amid highly picturesque setting in the...

The film was shot on the occasion of the Italian Geographical Expedition to Karakorum, conceived in 1926 and held in May-August 1929, under the...

Along New Zealand’s South Islands runs the mighty chain of the Southern Alps, where large and beautiful glaciers and Ice-falls abound among the...

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...