Mountain Movies

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt....

Also showing Cortina mountain and general surroundings.

Canyoneering is the sport of descending canyons by means of hiking, climbing, rappelling and swimming. Relatively obscure, the sport was brought to...

1907, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

In a leafy forest, a Galician sovereign who longs to attain wisdom meets a sorcerer, who tells him: “Go back to your country and study the...

A young Italian girl living in the Dolomites falls in love with a member of a tourist party skiing on the nearby mountains.

Two themes arise from the story, themes that are interlocked: the theme of love and of man's eternal submission to traditional symbols. The director...

Turn up the heat this winter and catch fire with some of the most extreme skiers of the time as they burn up the slopes. Featuring skiers and riders...

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

An official training film from the War department. In April 1942, a detail of five enlisted men and two officers, Capt. Paul Lafferty and Lt. John...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

The two best rescue workers in the region take off for their umpteenth mission. Professionalism and efficiency all around, but things don't really go...

1918, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Jhonny Quintero, the only survivor of the catastrophe in Mérida, Venezuela, in 2000, relives his tragic accident in which a group of high...

It's cold up on Mount Manjaca. "In the winter it snows, there's nowhere to go," says the central figure in Celebration. "We have to wait until...

In The Call of the Mountain (L’appel de la montagne) a couple are childhood sweethearts who are separated, she marries a rich man and he...

1902, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith

Jin Song Rim strives to turn her humble mountain hometown of Pyokgye-ri into a model socialist village.