Switzerland Series
Distributed under the title of ‘Switzerland’ or ‘Playground of Europe’, the film consists of a collection of scenes filmed in the Alps by Frank Ormiston-Smith between 1903 and 1905. The scenes belong to concrete moments in different ascents and treks in the Alps and are presented together without the intention to narrate a concrete ascent. These are some of the scenes: Snow avalanche on the Shreckhorn, Difficult ascent of a Rock Peak, A close call - Dangerous climbing, Descent of steep snow drift, Crossing a dangerous snow bridge, Fusillade of rocks on the Alps, Descending a steep rock-faced mountain side, Capt. Spelterini's balloon trip across the Jungfrau, Surmounting the summit of the Finsteraar-joch.
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- switzerland
- mountain
- hot air balloon
- mountaineer
- europe
- climbing
- balloon
- mountain climbing
- alps mountains
- swiss alps
- mountaineering
- avalanche
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- Theatricalday & month of release unknown. Different sources have conflicting years of release- 1904 or 1905- so I'm adding both.1 Jan 1904
- Theatricalday & month of release unknown1 Jan 1905
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Switzerland Series was released on 1 January 1904.
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