Mountain Rescue Movies

Die Eiger-Nordwand is a documentary about alpinism that takes place on the Eiger. It was directed by Max Herrmann in 1936. It features Fritz Steuri,...

When ordinary humans failed, Roghaye became a 48-hour superwoman—not to escape death, but to reclaim her ordinary life.

Produced by the US Air Force as part of their Mountain and Desert survival series, this companion piece covers survival situations one may face in...

As quarrying operations on protected Mount Banahaw continue to aggravate the lives of the locals in Sariaya, Quezon, the call for urgent action to...

An amateur and incapable mountaineer wants to be recognized as a valiant and brave climber, so he makes claims of having made a very challenging...

A winter ascent of Piz Bernina by Swiss mountain soldiers under the command of Major Charles Golay. The film also shows images of avalanche research,...

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...