(The Ascent of the Matterhorn)

Content: The ascent of the Matterhorn by the Hornli Ridge, filmed in July 1913 by Frederick Burlingham. The team, composed of Burlingham and four mountain guides from Zermatt, carried the 15-kilo camera and the 10-kilo tripod to the top the mountain to film the summit of the Matterhorn. Frederick Burlingham, known at the time as 'The man who kinomatographed the Matterhorn', 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

17 minutes

Year:

1913

Directors:

Frederick Burlingham

Production companies:

British and Colonial Kinematograph Co.

Actors:

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Crews:

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