Short Doc Movies

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The ascent of the Wetterhorn by Frank Ormiston-Smith accompanied by the guide Christian Bergener, Rev. H. J. Heard, Mr. E Burchell-Rodway from the...

This short film shows an alpine march of the young fascists of the federal command of Belluno to the Mario Vazzoler refuge. From there, a group of...

A group of tourists, including five women, cross the Mauvais Pas, a rocky passage equipped with a railing, next to the Mer de Glace Glacier. One of...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The ranger's activity mainly centered on mapping the national forests, creating safe trails, giving out cattle and sheep permits, and protecting the...

1897, directed by Georges Melies.

A climbing expedition by a mountain guide and a woman to the summit of Mount Wedgwood, on a training climb in preparation for an attempt to scale...

...where the whole expedition, by the breaking of an ice cornice on the summit, escaped death by a hair's breadth. The miraculous escape is recorded...

A man and a woman in a mountaineering tour on the Blackfoot Glacier in the Glacier National Park. They cross the glacier, negotiating big crevasses...

"This noted place is due to rank high in history as the proving grounds of America's pluck. Every American man, woman and child should see this."...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Released on the 23rd of July, 1917. Produced by Burton Holmes.

1. Jaffa from the Sea. The Port of Jerusalem. 2. Through the Rocks and Surf. The Syrian boatmen shooting the narrows. 3. The Landing Stage. Showing...

Released in 1920, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1903, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

Released in 1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.