Swiss Alps Movies

  • 1902
    Lady Skaters' Hockey Match on Bear Rink

    Lady Skaters' Hockey Match on Bear Rink

    Lady Skaters' Hockey Match on Bear Rink

    01902HD

    1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

    Lady Skaters' Hockey Match on Bear Rink
  • 1903
    Panorama of Muerren Range of Alps

    Panorama of Muerren Range of Alps

    Panorama of Muerren Range of Alps

    01903HD

    A film being photographed from the front of the engine. A grand view of the snow-clad peaks of this fine range of mountains is depicted from an...

    Panorama of Muerren Range of Alps
  • 1939
    With a Company on Piz Palü

    With a Company on Piz Palü

    With a Company on Piz Palü

    01939HD

    "A 'Full-day exercise in the Bernina area' by mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. At two o'clock, 130 men broke up in...

    With a Company on Piz Palü
  • 2019
    Tandems

    Tandems

    Tandems

    82019HD

    Tandems
  • 2019
    13 Faces du Valais

    13 Faces du Valais

    13 Faces du Valais

    02019HD

    13 Faces du Valais
  • 1944
    Crossing of the Piz Bernina

    Crossing of the Piz Bernina

    Crossing of the Piz Bernina

    01944HD

    The film shows a winter crossing attempt of the Bernina ridge by a team of Swiss military in a reconnaissance tour in April 1939. The commanders...

    Crossing of the Piz Bernina
  • 1922
    L'arête de l'Argentine

    L'arête de l'Argentine

    L'arête de l'Argentine

    01922HD

    The two guides Adrien and Félix Veillon with the customer Rotschild climb the Argentine ridge in the Swiss canton of Valais. The film was so...

    L'arête de l'Argentine
  • 1903
    Driving Cattle in the Alps

    Driving Cattle in the Alps

    Driving Cattle in the Alps

    01903HD

    In spring, the Swiss herdsman collects his cattle and drives the herds up the mountains to higher pasture. Here is shown a quiet valley, with...

    Driving Cattle in the Alps
  • 1903
    Herd of Goat at Grimsel

    Herd of Goat at Grimsel

    Herd of Goat at Grimsel

    01903HD

    The goats of the Grimsel are almost as famous as the Hospice itself, and form a most attractive picture among the bleak and desolate surroundings.

    Herd of Goat at Grimsel
  • 1918
    The Pilatus Railway

    The Pilatus Railway

    The Pilatus Railway

    01918HD

    1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

    The Pilatus Railway
  • 1912
    The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    The Ascent of the Matterhorn

    71912HD

    Documentary featuring the ascent of the Matterhorn (Cervino) completed in 1911 by Mario Piacenza along the guides of Valtournenche Joseph Gaspard and...

    The Ascent of the Matterhorn
  • 1906
    Winter Sports: Curling Contests in the Alps

    Winter Sports: Curling Contests in the Alps

    Winter Sports: Curling Contests in the Alps

    01906HD

    This is an excellent and spirited picture of fine quality depicting the international curling contests in Switzerland, showing the Scotch champion...

    Winter Sports: Curling Contests in the Alps
  • 1919
    Felsen, Firn und Gletscher

    Felsen, Firn und Gletscher

    Felsen, Firn und Gletscher

    01919HD

    A mountaineering tour on a glacier in the Alps. The film follows a group of mountaineers as they leave the hostel. Then they climb up fixed ladders...

    Felsen, Firn und Gletscher
  • 1905
    Great Alpine Fete

    Great Alpine Fete

    Great Alpine Fete

    01905HD

    To commemorate the Anniversary of the Unspunnen Fete of 1815, held at Unspunnen, near Interlaken. Order of the Procession : 1-Twenty-two girls in...

    Great Alpine Fete
  • 1992
    Wohlstandskühe

    Wohlstandskühe

    Wohlstandskühe

    01992HD

    The peak of prosperity a short animation by Claudius Gentinetta

    Wohlstandskühe
  • 1940
    Ascent to the Bernina Massif

    Ascent to the Bernina Massif

    Ascent to the Bernina Massif

    01940HD

    "An early color film presented as 'Ascent to the Bernina Massif'. Two mountaineers break from the Forno hut and first climb the Punta Rasica and then...

    Ascent to the Bernina Massif
  • 1938
    Bergeller Kletterbissen

    Bergeller Kletterbissen

    Bergeller Kletterbissen

    01938HD

    Three rock climbing ascents in Val Bregaglia, Italy by Karl Freimann and Philipp Wieland, who made the first ascent of Fiamma in 1936. The film...

    Bergeller Kletterbissen
  • 1903
    Jungfrau Electric Railway

    Jungfrau Electric Railway

    Jungfrau Electric Railway

    01903HD

    The train leaving the Schiedegg station and entering the Eiger tunnel en route for the station Eigerwand.

    Jungfrau Electric Railway