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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Snepyramiden
Mario Fantin (1961)
A diary of the Monzino expedition on the west coast of Greenland, carried out in July-August 1961. It included Guido and Franco Monzino (cousin of the manufacturer, who died in a car accident a month after the expedition), Mario Fantin, Jean Biche and the other guides of Valtournanche Pession, Antoine and Leonardo Carrel, Cerrutelli, Sartelli and Cap. Barberis, commander of the 'yacht'. It reaches the 74th parallel by plane and then travels along the coast of the island by boat. At a certain point the itinerary of the expedition underwent a forced change because the Italians had heard by radio of a mountaineering disaster affecting a group of Belgian climbers. They change course and in a generous race of human solidarity bring help to the victims.- 1961
- Italy
- 46 min
A diary of the Monzino expedition on the west coast of Greenland, carried out in July-August 1961. It included Guido and Franco Monzino (cousin of the manufacturer, who died in a car accident a month after the expedition), Mario Fantin, Jean Biche and the other guides of Valtournanche Pession, Antoine and Leonardo Carrel, Cerrutelli, Sartelli and Cap. Barberis, commander of the 'yacht'. It reaches the 74th parallel by plane and then travels along the coast of the island by boat. At a certain point the itinerary of the expedition underwent a forced change because the Italians had heard by radio of a mountaineering disaster affecting a group of Belgian climbers. They change course and in a generous race of human solidarity bring help to the victims.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Samaritani delle Alpi
Mario Fantin (1960)
The photographic summary of the international conference, held this year at Capanna Marinelli, in the Bernina Group, among the mountaineers and doctors representing the mountain rescue organizations, established in Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Yugoslavia. The aim of the conference was to unify, as far as it is appropriate and possible, the rescue systems and equipment; but particular emphasis was given to the ways and means by which every mountaineer should be able to perform an immediate and sudden rescue action.- 1960
- Italy
- 28 min
The photographic summary of the international conference, held this year at Capanna Marinelli, in the Bernina Group, among the mountaineers and doctors representing the mountain rescue organizations, established in Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Yugoslavia. The aim of the conference was to unify, as far as it is appropriate and possible, the rescue systems and equipment; but particular emphasis was given to the ways and means by which every mountaineer should be able to perform an immediate and sudden rescue action.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Ruwenzori '62
Mario Fantin (1962)
Mario Fantin on the summit of the Ruwenzori. On 1 January, a mountaineering expedition, which includes the Bolognese climber Mario Fantin, conquers the summit of the Ruwenzori in Africa (5119 m). It is given the name of Punta Margherita. A documentary by the prolific mountain filmmaker Mario Fantin.- 1962
- Italy
- 41 min
Mario Fantin on the summit of the Ruwenzori. On 1 January, a mountaineering expedition, which includes the Bolognese climber Mario Fantin, conquers the summit of the Ruwenzori in Africa (5119 m). It is given the name of Punta Margherita. A documentary by the prolific mountain filmmaker Mario Fantin.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Rimpatriano i reduci del K2
Mario Fantin (1954)
A film about the return to Italy of the participants in the 1954 K2 expedition. The expedition made the first ascent of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur on 31 July 1954. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and the two climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. A documentary by the prolific mountain filmmaker Mario Fantin.- 1954
- Italy
- 12 min
A film about the return to Italy of the participants in the 1954 K2 expedition. The expedition made the first ascent of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur on 31 July 1954. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and the two climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. A documentary by the prolific mountain filmmaker Mario Fantin.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Punte d'acciaio nella fucina dei Grivel
Mario Fantin (1957)
An irreplaceable part of the mountaineer's equipment is represented by those 'steel points' called crampons, ice axes, rock and ice screws. Their manufacture is presided over by a loving and experienced craftsman like the Grivel brothers. With these tools, Arturo Ottoz climbs lightly and safely on the ice. These images are the last shot in the life of Ottoz, the 'knight of the White': two months later he died on 'his' mountains, victim of passion and generosity. The film puts in dialectic the artisan furnishings of the climbers with the industrial plants of mountain locomotion, and deduces considerations and ideas to meditate on.Punte d'acciaio nella fucina dei Grivel
- 1957
- Italy
- 12 min
An irreplaceable part of the mountaineer's equipment is represented by those 'steel points' called crampons, ice axes, rock and ice screws. Their manufacture is presided over by a loving and experienced craftsman like the Grivel brothers. With these tools, Arturo Ottoz climbs lightly and safely on the ice. These images are the last shot in the life of Ottoz, the 'knight of the White': two months later he died on 'his' mountains, victim of passion and generosity. The film puts in dialectic the artisan furnishings of the climbers with the industrial plants of mountain locomotion, and deduces considerations and ideas to meditate on.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Preludio alpino al K2
Mario Fantin (1954)
Filmed on the Plateau Rosa in December 1953 and on the Monte Rosa in January 1954, this is the cinematographic and mountaineering preparation for the Italian expedition to K2. The expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the summit of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur on 31 July 1954. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and the two climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni.- 1954
- Italy
- 17 min
Filmed on the Plateau Rosa in December 1953 and on the Monte Rosa in January 1954, this is the cinematographic and mountaineering preparation for the Italian expedition to K2. The expedition finally succeeded in ascending to the summit of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur on 31 July 1954. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and the two climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Figure e pietre del Pakistan
Mario Fantin (1954)
A sort of addition to the main film, 'Rimpatriano i reduci del K2', about the return to Italy of the participants in the 1954 K2 expedition, mounted with the remaining footage. The expedition made the first ascent of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur on 31 July 1954. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and the two climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. A documentary by the prolific mountain filmmaker Mario Fantin.- 1954
- Italy
- 19 min
A sort of addition to the main film, 'Rimpatriano i reduci del K2', about the return to Italy of the participants in the 1954 K2 expedition, mounted with the remaining footage. The expedition made the first ascent of K2 via the Abruzzi Spur on 31 July 1954. The expedition was led by Ardito Desio, and the two climbers who reached the summit were Lino Lacedelli and Achille Compagnoni. A documentary by the prolific mountain filmmaker Mario Fantin.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Instructional
Abecedario di Pietra
Mario Maffei (1952)
Documentary about the Scuola di roccia Graffer, one of the oldest mountaineering schools of the Italian Alpine Club (CAI), with the participation of the Coro della SAT, the most famous of the Italian male mountain choirs. The film was awarded at the 9th Sports Film Competition in Cortina (March 1953) and at the 1st International Alpine Film Competition in Trento. A documentary by the prolific mountain filmmaker Mario Fantin.- 1952
- Italy
- 30 min
Documentary about the Scuola di roccia Graffer, one of the oldest mountaineering schools of the Italian Alpine Club (CAI), with the participation of the Coro della SAT, the most famous of the Italian male mountain choirs. The film was awarded at the 9th Sports Film Competition in Cortina (March 1953) and at the 1st International Alpine Film Competition in Trento. A documentary by the prolific mountain filmmaker Mario Fantin.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Yucai, montagna degli Incas
Mario Fantin (1959)
A group of five mountaineers from Como, during the austral winter of 1959 and in the thirty days space, reach, for the first time, unididici peaks, all over the 5000 metres, of the Vilcabamba Cordillera, in southern Peru, between Cusco, the city of the Incas and the Titicaca lake.- 1959
- Italy
- 34 min
A group of five mountaineers from Como, during the austral winter of 1959 and in the thirty days space, reach, for the first time, unididici peaks, all over the 5000 metres, of the Vilcabamba Cordillera, in southern Peru, between Cusco, the city of the Incas and the Titicaca lake.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Chronicle
Primum - Non nocere!
Mario Fantin (1957)
The film aims to indicate the simplest ways to bring the injured person in the mountains closer to the doctor, without taking initiatives that could - perhaps in perfect good faith - damage the injured person. Immobilizing a fractured limb, meditating on a wound, stopping an amorrage, transporting it with a sleigh, ski or stretcher; these are the most frequent cases that need to be dealt with without wasting precious time or exceeding in zeal.- 1957
- Italy
- 12 min
The film aims to indicate the simplest ways to bring the injured person in the mountains closer to the doctor, without taking initiatives that could - perhaps in perfect good faith - damage the injured person. Immobilizing a fractured limb, meditating on a wound, stopping an amorrage, transporting it with a sleigh, ski or stretcher; these are the most frequent cases that need to be dealt with without wasting precious time or exceeding in zeal. -
Documentary / Instructional
Primavera in sci
Mario Fantin (1955)
Educational film -made in April 1955 in Val Formazza and Macugnaga, in the Monte Rosa group- on the courses of the Hohsand School in Val Formazza. The course includes a review of the ski-mountaineering equipment, the teams with their respective instructors and the instructors. The film presents theoretical and practical lessons with beautiful engagement trips on skis.- 1955
- Italy
- 22 min
Educational film -made in April 1955 in Val Formazza and Macugnaga, in the Monte Rosa group- on the courses of the Hohsand School in Val Formazza. The course includes a review of the ski-mountaineering equipment, the teams with their respective instructors and the instructors. The film presents theoretical and practical lessons with beautiful engagement trips on skis.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Kilimanjiaro - Monarca africano
Mario Fantin (1960)
In the spirit of a 'mountaineering safari', four Italians fly to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and a compulsory base for both hunters of the great reserves and climbers of the great African mountains. Crossed the land of the Masai, rich in game, they, in fact, climb, in four days, up to the top of Kibo, the crater off that, with its 5895 meters, is the highest point of Kilimandjaro and all Africa. After two days of descent, they finally enter the Serengeti National Park, inside the vast crater of the Ngorongoro.Kilimanjiaro - Monarca africano
- 1960
- Italy
- 32 min
In the spirit of a 'mountaineering safari', four Italians fly to Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and a compulsory base for both hunters of the great reserves and climbers of the great African mountains. Crossed the land of the Masai, rich in game, they, in fact, climb, in four days, up to the top of Kibo, the crater off that, with its 5895 meters, is the highest point of Kilimandjaro and all Africa. After two days of descent, they finally enter the Serengeti National Park, inside the vast crater of the Ngorongoro.Climbing locations
