Cervino 1901
About Cervino 1901
On September 28th, 1903, the Urban Mountaineering Expedition, headed by Frank Ormiston-Smith, left Zermatt to attempt the conquest of the Matterhorn. On the 29th, the conquest was completed by the filming of the panorama from the actual summit of the mountain.
Frank Ormiston-Smith's Cervino 1901 is a 1903 documentary film. It runs 12 minutes and was released in January 1903.
Frank Ormiston-Smith stars as Self, Christian Bergener as Self, Gabriel Zum Taugwald as Self, and Joseph Taugwalder as Self.
Shelv files it under village, snow, sports documentary, and mountain.
The Holy Mountain, Third Man on the Mountain, and Meru make useful companions to Cervino 1901, all filed under 1900s, 20th century, and alpen.