The Ascent of the Matterhorn

1913-07-0117m14+

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.

Cast:Gabriel Zum Taugwald, Heinrich Julen, Franziscus Taugwalder, David Biner, Frederick Burlingham,

Genre:Documentary,

country:United Kingdom,

Production:British and Colonial Kinematograph Co.,

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