Jean-Jacques Languepin

Le Mont Aiguille is a documentary about rock climbing that takes place in Mont Aiguille. It was directed by Jean-Jacques Languepin in 1977 and produced by TF1. It is a part of the series La France est à vous. It features Marc Betton.

Le monde du vertige is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Chacraraju. It was directed by Lionel Terray in 1956 and produced by Fédération Française de la Montagne. It features Lionel Terray, Maurice Davaille, Claude Gaudin, Maurice Martin, Robert Sennelier, Raymond Jenny and others.

First ascent of the Chacraraju east summit, in the Peruvian Andes, by René Dubost, Paul Gendre, Guido Magnone, Jacques Soubis y Lionel Terray, on August 5, 1962. In 1956, another French team, led by Lionel Terray too, made the first ascent to the mountain, reaching the west summit. The film is a report by the French television broadcasted within the program 'Les coulisses de l'exploit' (Behind the scenes), a monthly sports news program created by Jacques Goddet and Raymond Marcillac, and broadcast on RTF Télévision then on the first channel of the ORTF from December 13, 1961 to August 16, 1972.

History, advice and demonstrations of mountaineering in the Mont Blanc massif by the renowned guides of the National School of Ski and Mountaineering from Chamonix. The film starts with an historical summary illustrating the aspirations and methods that lead man to conquer the mountains. Armand Charlet teaches mountaineering techniques and takes his students to the field for glacier or rock exercises. Gaston Rebuffat makes demonstrations of particularly dangerous climbs. At altitude, people move in solitude, cold and silence, like circus acrobats without spectators, but nothing stops the modern mountaineer.

In 1951, the 3rd French expedition to the Himalayas sets out to conquer the Nanda Devi (7,800m). The attempt to traverse the ridge between the main summit and Nanda Devi East resulted in the death of two members of the expedition. Team leader Roger Duplat and Gilbert Vignes disappeared on the ridge somewhere below the main summit. Tenzing Norgay was in a support team on this expedition; he and Louis Dubost climbed Nanda Devi East to look for the missing pair. Some years later Tenzing was asked what was the most difficult climb he ever did, expecting him to say Mount Everest; he surprised his interlocutors by saying Nanda Devi East. Filmed in Gevacolor.