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Documentary / Expedition Journal
Parce que la montagne était là
JeanPierre Janssen (1971)
On May 23, 1971, a French expedition led by Robert Paragot successfully climbed the Makalu by its western pillar. Makalu is one of the five highest peaks in the world, in the Himalayas, on the Nepal-Tibetan border. Jean-Pierre Janssen and Lucien Bérardini film this expedition where Robert Paragot discusses the conditions of the expedition, life at altitude and his state of mind as an expedition leader. On the way back to the base camp, Jean-Pierre Janssen interviewed Lucien Berardini, Georges Payot, Jean-Claude Mosca, François Guillot and Jean-Paul Paris, all of whom had a decisive role in bringing Bernard Mellet and Yannick Seigneur to the summit.Parce que la montagne était là
- 1971
- France
- 32 min
On May 23, 1971, a French expedition led by Robert Paragot successfully climbed the Makalu by its western pillar. Makalu is one of the five highest peaks in the world, in the Himalayas, on the Nepal-Tibetan border. Jean-Pierre Janssen and Lucien Bérardini film this expedition where Robert Paragot discusses the conditions of the expedition, life at altitude and his state of mind as an expedition leader. On the way back to the base camp, Jean-Pierre Janssen interviewed Lucien Berardini, Georges Payot, Jean-Claude Mosca, François Guillot and Jean-Paul Paris, all of whom had a decisive role in bringing Bernard Mellet and Yannick Seigneur to the summit.Climbing locations
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En direct du Cervin
(1965)
A climb to mark the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn, live on TV. The programme, a coproduction of the Swiss, French, Italian and British televisions, was shown throughout Europe, in the United States and in Japan in a series of 5 broadcasts between 8 and 16h. This film is the reedited version by the french televison of all the broadcasts in a single program. Ian McNaught-Davis roped with the guide Heinrich Taugwalder and Jean Juge with Robert Bichler narrate the ascent while they climb by the original Whymper route. They follow the progression of Michel Darbellay and Hilti von Allmen who climb the north face by the Schmidt route. All them meet at the summit. Michel Vaucher, Yvette Vaucher and Othmar Kronig who were also ascending the north face are interviewed, and the program ends with the television teams descending the mountain. Ettore Bich and Paul Etter were ascended by the italian side.
- 1965
- France, Italy, Switzerland, UK
- 43 min
A climb to mark the 100th anniversary of the first ascent of the Matterhorn, live on TV. The programme, a coproduction of the Swiss, French, Italian and British televisions, was shown throughout Europe, in the United States and in Japan in a series of 5 broadcasts between 8 and 16h. This film is the reedited version by the french televison of all the broadcasts in a single program. Ian McNaught-Davis roped with the guide Heinrich Taugwalder and Jean Juge with Robert Bichler narrate the ascent while they climb by the original Whymper route. They follow the progression of Michel Darbellay and Hilti von Allmen who climb the north face by the Schmidt route. All them meet at the summit. Michel Vaucher, Yvette Vaucher and Othmar Kronig who were also ascending the north face are interviewed, and the program ends with the television teams descending the mountain. Ettore Bich and Paul Etter were ascended by the italian side.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Climbing Journal
Les Jorasses
Dominique Martial (1974)
The first winter ascent of the Pointe Whymper in les Grandes Jorasses in 1974 with Yannick Seigneur, Marc Galy, Michel Feuillarde and Louis Audoubert. Generally the alpinistic expeditions become famous only when they are ruined by drama and tragedy. This film shows a serene expedition of four climbers on the north side of the Jorasses. The documentary received the Grand Prize of the 6th Diablerets festival in Switzerland. The jury considered that the film was marking a turning point in the expression of the alpine film, because it was showing without any sentimentality the reality of a first winter ascent: 'truth cinema in the true sense of the word'.- 1974
- France
- 80 min
The first winter ascent of the Pointe Whymper in les Grandes Jorasses in 1974 with Yannick Seigneur, Marc Galy, Michel Feuillarde and Louis Audoubert. Generally the alpinistic expeditions become famous only when they are ruined by drama and tragedy. This film shows a serene expedition of four climbers on the north side of the Jorasses. The documentary received the Grand Prize of the 6th Diablerets festival in Switzerland. The jury considered that the film was marking a turning point in the expression of the alpine film, because it was showing without any sentimentality the reality of a first winter ascent: 'truth cinema in the true sense of the word'.Climbing locations
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La paroi
Jean-Paul Le Chanois (1972)
Adaptation of the eponymous novel by Pierre Moustiers, grand prix of the novel of the French Academy 1969. Anthime and Philippe are climbing a perilous icy wall. Everything opposes them: age, character, ideas, convictions... But between Anthime, the entomology professor who is in love with the beauty of the mountains, and Philippe, the young hotel manager who dreams of turning his village into a thriving winter sports resort, communication lowly gets better, and a kind of friendship borns between them through the trials that must be overcome.- 1972
- France
- 90 min
Adaptation of the eponymous novel by Pierre Moustiers, grand prix of the novel of the French Academy 1969. Anthime and Philippe are climbing a perilous icy wall. Everything opposes them: age, character, ideas, convictions... But between Anthime, the entomology professor who is in love with the beauty of the mountains, and Philippe, the young hotel manager who dreams of turning his village into a thriving winter sports resort, communication lowly gets better, and a kind of friendship borns between them through the trials that must be overcome.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Report
Le drame des Grandes Jorasses
Jacques Ertaud (1971)
Report by the French television about the drama that kept France in breath for a week: the winter attempt by René Desmaison and Serge Gousseault to the north face of the Grandes Jorasses, which ended with the death of Gousseault and the rescue of Desmaison when they got caught just 300 meters below the summit. The report was broadcast 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.- 1971
- France
- 30 min
Report by the French television about the drama that kept France in breath for a week: the winter attempt by René Desmaison and Serge Gousseault to the north face of the Grandes Jorasses, which ended with the death of Gousseault and the rescue of Desmaison when they got caught just 300 meters below the summit. The report was broadcast 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.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Report
Une nuit sur le Mont-Blanc
Gaston Rébuffat (1961)
For the first time in history, the famous alpinist Gaston Rébuffat and the volcanologist Haroun Tazieff build an igloo at the top of Mont-Blanc to spend a cold night there. The documentary 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 was made taking excerpts from the film 'Entre terre et ciel', directed by Gaston Rébuffat and Pierre Tairraz the same year.- 1961
- France
- 8 min
For the first time in history, the famous alpinist Gaston Rébuffat and the volcanologist Haroun Tazieff build an igloo at the top of Mont-Blanc to spend a cold night there. The documentary 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 was made taking excerpts from the film 'Entre terre et ciel', directed by Gaston Rébuffat and Pierre Tairraz the same year.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Un homme de la montagne
Jean Pradinas (1969)
Portait of Gaston Rébuffat, the famous French mountain guide, writer, and filmmaker. Born in Marseille in 1921, Rebuffat was the first 'foreigner' to be admitted in the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix. He was member of the first expedition to Annapurna in 1950 and the first man to climb all six of the great north faces of the Alps. In the film, Rebuffat is interviewed at his home in Marseille, and he takes us to his beloved Calanques. The documentary is completed with images of climbs in the alps from his films. The documentary is a report by the French television broadcasted within the program 'Les coulisses de l'exploit'.- 1969
- France
- 20 min
Portait of Gaston Rébuffat, the famous French mountain guide, writer, and filmmaker. Born in Marseille in 1921, Rebuffat was the first 'foreigner' to be admitted in the Compagnie des Guides de Chamonix. He was member of the first expedition to Annapurna in 1950 and the first man to climb all six of the great north faces of the Alps. In the film, Rebuffat is interviewed at his home in Marseille, and he takes us to his beloved Calanques. The documentary is completed with images of climbs in the alps from his films. The documentary is a report by the French television broadcasted within the program 'Les coulisses de l'exploit'.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Report
Un chat alpiniste
Pierre le Rouzic (1963)
A funny short report about a cat accompanying a group of mountaineers on an ascent in the Mont Blanc massif. The cat first follows the mountaineers up the glacier, dodging and jumping the crevasses, and then climbing the rock face. 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.- 1963
- France
- 7 min
A funny short report about a cat accompanying a group of mountaineers on an ascent in the Mont Blanc massif. The cat first follows the mountaineers up the glacier, dodging and jumping the crevasses, and then climbing the rock face. 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.Climbing locations
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Sauvetage en montagne
Lucien Gavinet (1964)
Mountain rescue exercises in the Alps near Grenoble. The men of National Security are engaged in training by rescuing one of their own, appropriately blocked on the mountainside. Thanks to a winch and a radio link, a rescuer advances along the wall and hoists the troubled climber onto a stretcher. Then a helicopter picks up the volunteer on his stretcher and takes him into the air. The documentary 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.- 1964
- France
- 13 min
Mountain rescue exercises in the Alps near Grenoble. The men of National Security are engaged in training by rescuing one of their own, appropriately blocked on the mountainside. Thanks to a winch and a radio link, a rescuer advances along the wall and hoists the troubled climber onto a stretcher. Then a helicopter picks up the volunteer on his stretcher and takes him into the air. The documentary 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.Climbing locations
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Premiere dans les Andes
Jean-Jacques Languepin (1962)
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.Jean-Jacques Languepin, Guido Magnone
- 1962
- France
- 11 min
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.Climbing locations
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Documentary / Portrait
Lionel Terray
(1965)
Lionel Terray, the famous French mountain guide, died at the age of 44 on a rock climb in the Vercors, south of Grenoble, on 19 September 1965. This short report is the hommage by the French television, broadcasted one month later within the program 'Les coulisses de l'exploit'. The documentary remembers his alpine career and shows archive images of some of the expeditions he took part in (Annapurna, Chacraraju, Jannu, Mont Huntington) and ends with excerpts of his ascent to Grand Capucin from the film 'Les etoiles du midi', by Marcel Ichac and Jacques Ertaud.
- 1965
- France
- 10 min
Lionel Terray, the famous French mountain guide, died at the age of 44 on a rock climb in the Vercors, south of Grenoble, on 19 September 1965. This short report is the hommage by the French television, broadcasted one month later within the program 'Les coulisses de l'exploit'. The documentary remembers his alpine career and shows archive images of some of the expeditions he took part in (Annapurna, Chacraraju, Jannu, Mont Huntington) and ends with excerpts of his ascent to Grand Capucin from the film 'Les etoiles du midi', by Marcel Ichac and Jacques Ertaud.Climbing locations
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Le Huascaran
Jacques Ertaud (1967)
On July 10, 1966, a French expedition led by Robert Paragot reaches the summit of Huascaran-Nord, the highest peak in Peru, by its north face. This documentary is the 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. The Huascaran expedition ended with the tragic fatal fall of mountaineer Dominique Leprince-Ringuet.- 1967
- France
- 14 min
On July 10, 1966, a French expedition led by Robert Paragot reaches the summit of Huascaran-Nord, the highest peak in Peru, by its north face. This documentary is the 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. The Huascaran expedition ended with the tragic fatal fall of mountaineer Dominique Leprince-Ringuet.Climbing locations
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