20th Century Movies

"This picture shows a party of ten, tied together with a rope, with their spiked shoes biting into the treacherous icy path, mounting slowly upward...

Released on December 14th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

A biopic about British philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950 for his varied and significant...

Short version of 'Nanga Parbat' (1936), the record of the 1934 German expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the...

Released on August 10th, 1919. Produced by Burton Holmes.

Released in 1939.

Klettern im Fels (in English, "Rock Climbing") is a German silent documentary about rock climbing. It was directed by the cameraman Hermann Schadock...

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

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...

Released on July 20th, 1919.

"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...

Released on August 3rd, 1919.

Released on July 6th, 1919.

Record of the 1934 German expedition to Nanga Parbat, led by Willy Merkl and with the full backing of the new Nazi government. Peter Aschenbrenner...

Released on July 27th, 1919.

Released in 1939. Directed by August Kern.

Released on July 13th, 1919.

Released in 1922.

"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."...

A rock climbing in the Bavarian Allgäu Alps in Germany. The camera follows two mountaineers on a climb. We see all stages of the ascent, from...