French Alps Movies
- 2010
Objective Mont Blanc 4808m
Objective Mont Blanc 4808m102010HD
Mont Blanc, the roof of Europe, attracts the attention of mountaineers from all over the world, from seasoned climbers to novices. With its extensive...
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- 1927
An Alpinist’s Equipment
An Alpinist’s Equipment01927HD
Taking footage from the film 'A la conquete des cimes', this instructional film distributed for the home market as a Pathe Baby film in two reels,...
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- 1897
Passage dangereux au Mont-Blanc
Passage dangereux au Mont-Blanc01897HD
1897, directed by Georges Melies.
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- 1935
Rêve éternel
Rêve éternel71935HD
The legend says that the summit of Mont Blanc is covered in gold. This ancestral belief has obsessed Jacques Balmat, a mountain guide, from his...
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- 1937
A la conquête des cimes
A la conquête des cimes01937HD
Hermann Perren, mountain guide, prepares the ascent of Dent du Requin with a companion. He checks the equipment necessary for any mountaineer, rope,...
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- 1915
The Ascent of Mont Blanc
The Ascent of Mont Blanc01915HD
The ascent of Mont Blanc filmed by Frederick Burlingham in August 1915. A party composed by Burlingham's wife and several guides from Chamonix, climb...
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- 1902
The Ascent of Mont Blanc
The Ascent of Mont Blanc01902HD
A pioneering mountaineering film made by Frank Ormiston-Smith for the Warwick Trading Company in 1902. Ormiston-Smith himself led and filmed an...
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- 1901
Crossing the Mer de Glace, Chamounix
Crossing the Mer de Glace, Chamounix01901HD
Released in 1901
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- 1947
Jean des Bossons
Jean des Bossons101947HD
Jean des Bossons is a documentary-fiction which recounts the activities of a high mountain guide in 1947. Around Chamonix Mont-Blanc, the guide Jean...
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- 1947
La Meije
La Meije01947HD
La Meije is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in La Meije. It was directed by Alain Pol in 1947 and produced by Toni-Films.
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- 1902
Climbing the Final Arete
Climbing the Final Arete01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1942
Toujours Prêt - Guides de Montagne
Toujours Prêt - Guides de Montagne01942HD
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...
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- 1920
Comment on gravit les pentes des montagnes
Comment on gravit les pentes des montagnes01920HD
Demonstrations of methods that can be employed to scale to great heights. A Pathe Baby film showing footage from different films of the Pathe...
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- 1902
Ascent and Descent of the Aiguilles
Ascent and Descent of the Aiguilles01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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- 1922
L'escalade de la Grande Arête
L'escalade de la Grande Arête01922HD
The climbers Jean Jacques and André Lambert, accompanied by the photographer Jean Lozeron, climb the great ridge of Salève, in...
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- 1924
The Mont Blanc Massif - The Ascent of the Aiguille du Moine
The Mont Blanc Massif - The Ascent of the Aiguille du Moine01924HD
Three mountaineers, including a woman, climb the l'Aiguille du Moine, in the Mont Blanc Massif departing from the Couvercle Shelter. Facing walls...
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- 1970
Ça chauffe dans les Alpes
Ça chauffe dans les Alpes01970HD
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- 1970
Gaspard of La Meije
Gaspard of La Meije01970HD
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- 1907
The Ascent of Mont Blanc
The Ascent of Mont Blanc101907HD
Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands...
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- 1902
Climber and Guides Camping Out
Climber and Guides Camping Out01902HD
1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith
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