Explorations on the Great Gletsch Glacier

Released in April of 1921, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Eisgrab - Das Haus am Gletscher

A couple want to sell their house on a glacier. A potential buyer, who suffers a fainting spell during the viewing, is immediately accommodated in the guest room. She behaves strangely, sneaking into the couple's bed at

Gletscherblut

Glaciologist Carlo and the mayor's daughter Lisa have barely been married when their marriage is put to the test. Lisa and her father are planning a ski lift on the nearby glacier, although there are growing signs that a

Fascinating New Zealand

There are landscapes that hardly anyone has entered or seen: this film takes the viewer through New Zealand from the southern edge to the northernmost tip. High-quality images from the air, on land and in the water bring

Frozen Secrets

Ten percent of the earth's surface is covered by glaciers. While these frozen peaks are the planet's largest reservoirs of drinking water, they are also home to precious relics of the distant past. Like tree rings, each

Gletscher

SOS - Glacier Pilot

Glacier pilot Hermann Geiger flies over a four-thousand-meter peak in the Valais Alps and observes a glacier collapse. The next day, three rope teams climb through this glacier to Dent Blanche. However, Dr. Gruber, accom

Gletscher und ihre Ströme

A short documentary on life in Iceland.

Gold aus Gletschern

Wandelzeit - Eine Gletscherperformance

On a Swiss glacier at more than 2700 meters above sea level stands a gigantic snow and ice sculpture. 1500 square meters were covered with a special protective fabric. Within only six weeks the unprotected surface of the

Felsen, Firn und Gletscher

A mountaineering tour on a glacier in the Alps. The film follows a group of mountaineers as they leave the hostel. Then they climb up fixed ladders in snowy escarpments and reach the top of the glacier. The mountaineers,

Operation Napoleon

A modern-day lawyer is sucked into an international conspiracy after being accused of a murder she didn't commit. Her only chance of freedom lies in uncovering the secret of an old German WWII aeroplane, long buried deep

Glacial Land - a World of Changes

Under the Glacier

Our hero is Umbi (an acronym for emissary of the bishop), sent by him to undertake an important investigation at Snæfell-glacier. In particular he is to look into the conduct and behavior of Jón Prímus, the old pastor at

The Glacier Fox

Director Koreyoshi Kurahara chronicles a year in the lives of Flep and Leila, two foxes living in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, where the freezing winters are long and the mild summers short. After Flep defeats

The Herrgotts-Grenadiers

In the middle of the mountains around the Lötschental is a lonely village that is exposed to the forces of nature. A state of excitement arouses when an international mining company discover a gold vein and acquired mini

The Secret of the Glacier

During an ascent of Canigou, a traveler falls into a precipice, his body rolling to the bottom of the abyss on the glistening snow of the glacier. The guide, still carrying the traveler's binoculars, is accused by his co

Glaciers - Melting Giants

Climate change is accelerating the melting of glaciers around the world. A study conducted across all continents sounds the alarm about the urgent need to preserve them.

Elegy For A Glacier

When a glaciologist returns to her small town to assess the local glacier for potential land development, she finds herself confronted by her estranged eco-activist mother, who will stop at nothing to save the glacier.

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