Short Movies

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...

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

Released on March 9th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

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...

Mara and Juno are trying to save their favorite punk bar, The Rusty Needle, only to discover that the real enemy isn't a villain; it's apathy.

A ten-minute musical Movietone short featuring dancer Ruby Keeler.

Internationale Bergrettungstagung in Tirol 1948 is a documentary about mountain rescue that takes place in the Ötztal Alps. It was produced in...

The film is a kind of docu-fiction about a boy who enrolls in a battalion of young mountain troops. The film follows his daily life in the military...

When a quiet young teen introduces a new mentor to his favourite pastime, she finds that breaking the rules comes with serious consequences.

The Devil's Throne is an inaccessible summit that has never been successfully climbed. A team of local climbers, consisting of two men and a woman...

“Night of the Living Dead” but with squirrels! Four Gen Z neighbors are thrust into a squirrel apocalypse, so they hunker down in a...

Two best friends walk in the woods, discussing a mysterious stranger. When they encounter the subject of their conversation, they are forced to...

Produced by Olympic Productions, the film shows an adventurous band of climbers making their successful assault on the heights of Mount Bulyea in the...

Produced by Burton Holmes. Released on May 25th, 1919.

An ascent of 'The Tooth' via the South-east Face. The film was made by Burge Bickford and Lyman Boyer. It features Jim Crooks leading Fred Beckey on...

We look first at Westminster Abbey and the Towers of Parliament. And the sight-seeing only starts there as it continues to all the famous buildings...

Filmed in the Colorado Rockies, this film portrays the dangerous sport of mountain climbing and shows special equipment needed, together with its...

An early De Forest Phonofilm performance short exhibited as part of a sound-film presentation at Riesenfeld's Rivoli Theatre in New York.

Released on February 16th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.