Swiss Alps Movies

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

A film being photographed from the front of the engine. A grand view of the snow-clad peaks of this fine range of mountains is depicted from an...

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released in 1901

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1905, featuring Eduard Spelterini, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

The cloud phenomena of Maloja are so well-known that some of them have names, such as the Maloja snake, a cloud bank that winds its way through the...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in February of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

The train leaving the Schiedegg station and entering the Eiger tunnel en route for the station Eigerwand.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

In the Bernese Alps, the Agassizhorn peak memorialises Louis Agassiz – a controversial 19th-century scientist, who not only named the mountain...

The mountain guide Andreas loves Marie, the hotelier's daughter whom a guest from the city, Alfred, is courting. He thinks about getting rid of his...

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

Jean-Joseph Ginetta, famous mountain guide, accompanies the Englishman Wattson, whom he has known for some time, to the Breithorn. In the ascent, the...

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,...