French Alps Movies

The film collects material from different mountain adventures in the Alps filmed by Frederick Burlingham. From alpine climbing on the slopes of the...

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...

A thrilling incident showing a climber ascending a cleft or chimney by hanging on with his finger tips and pushing his back and knees into opposite...

Les Charmoz is a documentary about mountaineering that takes place on Aiguille Des Grands Charmoz. Produced in 1924.

Four men walk accross the upper part of the Mer de Glace Glacier. All they walk unroped and using ice axes as a cane. The shot belongs to a...

Four roped men jump a crevasse and ascend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace using long ice axes. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes that...

Views of a party making the actual ascent of this famous mountain have a much greater interest than the usual scenic film. Commencing with the...

A mountain so legendary it’s known simply as “The Alpe”, with its unmistakable 21 hairpins it’s cycling’s most famous...

En cordée is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Aiguillette D'argentière. It was directed by Jacques Berr in 1942 and...

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...

"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...

A rope of two mountaineers surveys the Argentière glacier making their way through crevasses and seracs. A film by René Moreau,...