Documental Movies

A documentary illustrating the mountain sports activities of the university students of the GUF (Gruppi universitari fascisti) in Val Gardena,...

Epic documentary about the German expeditions to Nanga Parbat up to 1937. After a first unsuccessful attempt in 1932 and the tragic second expedition...

In 1923, André Sauvage produced his first film La Traversée du Grépon. Dedicated to mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif,...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A documentary that brings together personal memories and rare footage of the nightclub that operated in Copacabana from 1984 to 1989. Featuring...

What is the middle class? Is it a set of encyclopedias, the tupper ware in the freezer, tha family vacation, working as a babysittter? Is it...

Released in March of 1921. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

"4100 Ascension à ski de la face nord des Ecrins" is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Barre Des Écrins. It was directed...

Presented as a kind of docu-fiction, the film shows training maneuvers by the young mountaineers of the Scuola Centrale Militare di Alpinismo...

Short version of the film 'Eingeschneit in Lager IV', released for the home market. The film shows images of the 1938 German expedition to Nanga...

Four roped men descend through the seracs of the Mer de Glace. One of them falls and has to be hoisted. The shot belongs to a collection of scenes...

Released on October 2nd, 1916. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Frederick Burlingham visits Vesuvius and climbs down into the crater accompanied by two Italian guides. Contains some nice actuality of Pompeii and...

Cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

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

Released in 1930. Direction, production, writing & cinematography by Adam Krzeptowski

1. Panoramic View from the Acropolis. A fine view of modern Athens. 2. Mar's Hill. Probable site of St. Paul preaching to the Athenians. 3. A View of...