

Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn
The ascent of the Zinalrothorn filmed by Frederick Burlingham in September 1916. Burlingham, known at the time as 'The man who kinematographed 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. In the early history of factual filmmaking, Burlingham played a substantial role in developing the related genres of the mountaineering and the exploration film.
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- switzerland
- mountain
- mountaineer
- europe
- climbing
- mountain climbing
- swiss alps
- mountaineering
- rock climbing
- climber
- 1920s
- alpinism
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- Theatricalday of release unknown1 Aug 1921
United KingdomGB
- Theatricalday & month of release unknown1 Jan 1921
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Perilous Ascent of the Zinal-Rothorn was released on 1 January 1921.
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