(The Ascent of Mont Blanc)

Content: 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.

Countries:

Switzerland

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

12 minutes

Year:

1915

Directors:

Frederick Burlingham

Production companies:

Burlingham Travel Pictures

Actors:

Self

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Crews:

Director