The Ascent of Mont Blanc

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The Ascent of Mont Blanc (1915)

Directed by Frederick Burlingham

Documentary · 12m

The ascent of Mont Blanc filmed by Frederick Burlingham in August 1915. A party composed by Burlingham's wife and several guides from Chamonix, climb the Mont Blanc by the normal route of Grands Mulets. Frederick Burlingham was a traveller cinematographer and one of the mountain film pioneers. Continuing the mountain film tradition established by Ormiston-Smith, Burlingham filmed several mountaineering films largely in Switzerland, taking mountain film in a new direction of immediacy and perceived peril. In the early history of factual filmmaking, Burlingham played a substantial role in developing the related genres of the mountaineering and the exploration film.

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Cast

M
Madame Frederick Burlingham Self
E
Emile Ducroz Self
O
Olivier Ducroz Self
J
Jean Cachat Self
R
René Claret Tournier Self
G
George Simond Self
L
Leon Couttet Self Frederick Burlingham Self

Crew

Director
Frederick Burlingham

Details

Release date
1915-08-01
Runtime
12m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Switzerland
Production
Burlingham Travel Pictures