Browse Mountain Pioneer Movies
- 2021
The Alpinist
The Alpinist7.612021HD
Marc-André Leclerc, an exceptional climber, has made solo his religion and ice his homeland. When filmmaker Peter Mortimer begins his film, he places...
- 1959
Perilous Assignment
Perilous Assignment101959HD
"Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behind the scenes of the daring shoots of its theatric...
- 1959
Third Man on the Mountain
Third Man on the Mountain6.81959HD
Third Man on the Mountain is an American film directed by Ken Annakin and produced by Walt Disney Productions, released in 1959. It is adapted from a...
- 1978
Everest Unmasked
Everest Unmasked71978HD
Record of the first ascent of Everest made without the use of oxygen equipment, made in May 1978 by Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler. Could it be do...
- 1937
Karakoram
Karakoram01937HD
Account of the first French expedition to the Himalayas, which attempted to climb the hidden peak (Gasherbrum I) in 1936, from the preparations for th...
- 1991
Aconcagua
Aconcagua101991HD
History of the first ascent of Aconcagua by the south face in February 1954 by the French shock team led by René Ferlet and composed of Lucien Bérardi...
- 2015
Cervin 1865, une première tragique
Cervin 1865, une première tragique102015HD
The first ascent of the Matterhorn was made on July 14, 1865 by Edward Whymper, Francis Douglas, Charles Hudson, Douglas Hadow, Michel Croz and two gu...
- 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 d...
- 1928
The Fight for the Matterhorn
The Fight for the Matterhorn91928HD
Struggle for the Matterhorn (German: Der Kampf ums Matterhorn) is a 1928 German-Swiss silent drama film co-directed by Mario Bonnard and Nunzio Malaso...
- 1955
Stars and Storms
Stars and Storms101955HD
Gaston Rébuffat is part of the history of mountaineering. Marseillais prodigy, high mountain guide of the Chamonix guide company and famous for the as...
- 2015
L'Aiguille Verte
L'Aiguille Verte102015HD
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the first ascent of the Aiguille Verte, the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix is producing a film retraci...
- 2009
La Piste Frison-Roche
La Piste Frison-Roche102009HD
Roger Frison-Roche born in Paris in 1906 and moved to Chamonix at the age of 17. He was quickly adopted by local mountaineers and became the first gui...
- 1975
Lyon Premier 8000, Au Gasherbrum II - 8035m
Lyon Premier 8000, Au Gasherbrum II - 8035m101975HD
The "Lyon Premier 8000-Gasherbrum II 8035m" expedition, organized and led by Jean-Pierre Frésafond in 1975, was sponsored by the Lyon section of the C...
- 1946
The Call Of The Peaks
The Call Of The Peaks101946HD
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 mount...
- 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 Mu...
- 2000
Quand Les Alpinistes Font Leur Cinéma
Quand Les Alpinistes Font Leur Cinéma102000HD
Many mountaineers as part of their activity have used cameras and films to allow us to participate through images in their adventures and their emotio...
- 1953
Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes
Des Hommes Et Des Montagnes101953HD
History, advice and demonstrations of mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif by the renowned guides of the National School of Ski and Mountaineering...
- 1903
Cervino 1901
Cervino 1901101903HD
In 1953, in an old cabinet of a former photographer from Zermatt, a first mountaineering film was found. It was a silent film from the first era showi...
- 1947
Flammes De Pierres
Flammes De Pierres101947HD
"Flammes de Pierre" is the first documentary made by Gaston Rébuffat himself in 1947. It depicts Rébuffat in full ascent of the Flammes De Pierre, wil...
- 1923
La Traversée du Grépon
La Traversée du Grépon101923HD
In 1923, André Sauvage produced his first film La Traversée du Grépon. Dedicated to mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif, this documentary is a per...