Soundie Movies

L'Appel Des Cimes, directed by Alain Pol, is a documentary commissioned by the CAF and the various French ministries on the practice of post-war...

Short version of 'Nanga Parbat' (1936), the record of the 1934 German expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the...

Ben Mayforth redefines adaptive climbing in his intense pursuit of 5.13.

Alan Ladd was discovered by Sue Carol for his incredible voice in radio. And then she married him. In I Look At You, he is sweet and graceful. And at...

Documentary on alpine refuges and the life of mountaineers. The film begins with images recreating vintage mountain climbers that end up spending a...

Account of the first French expedition to the Himalayas, which attempted to climb the hidden peak (Gasherbrum I) in 1936, from the preparations for...

Sound and shortened version of 'Im Kampf mit dem Berge', Arnold Fanck's second major mountaineering film, from 1921. The film follows two mountain...

Elite alpinist Colin Haley lays everything on the line in a legendary winter solo push on Cerro Torre – one of Patagonia’s most iconic...

The 'Unusual Occupations' series of theatrical short subjects was produced by Jerry Fairbanks Studios and released by Paramount Pictures from 1937...

Documentary on one of the first editions of the Trofeo Mezzalama, the highest ski mountaineering race in Europe, at more than 4,200 meters above sea...

Rare film about skiing, shot in the Nuria Valley in 1941, with the participation of the first company of skiers of Nuria. The documentary entitled...

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....

Making of the cinematographic shooting of "Premier de cordée" directed by Louis Daquin in the Mont-Blanc massif. In 1943. Alain Pol films the...

An orange grower has a private observatory for comet hunting; Canadian mountaineer trains children; one man makes cactus furniture, another agate...

In a village near a deadly mountain ascent the people repeatedly have to help climbers in danger who didn't make it to the top, in fact nobody made...

Britain's first complete rock climbing film, by Stanley Watson. A film about climbing in the Lakes. Norah Johnstone, a teacher at Keswick Grammar...

A variety-style short built around the eccentric comedy and piano-playing of Al Trahan, featuring supporting performances from Yukona Cameron and...

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...

Story of the trials and tribulations of a German who emigrates to the US during the Great Depression.

"Flammes de Pierre" is the first documentary made by Gaston Rébuffat himself in 1947. It depicts Rébuffat in full ascent of the Flammes...