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The movies are sorted by production date. If the Notes column says "reference," then the contents may be useful for future reference, but I haven't made detailed notes on them for now. If the Reviewed column is filled in, then the movie has been reviewed for this project. For reviewed movies, the ID column has a link to the review notes. If you know where to find movies marked "Unknown" in the Library column, or if you can suggest other movies to review, please click here.Review priority: yellow, high; white, neutral; green, see pre-pub notes; blue, complete.
| ID | Producer or Director | Title | Production Company | Location | Date | Library | Reviewed | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| af-1921-foxhunt | Fanck, Arnold | A Fox Hunt through the Engadine (The Chase) | UFA | Freiburg, Germany | 1921 | Unknown | - | Early "Ski Chase" film starring Hannes Schneider fueled the European ski boom in the 1920s. |
| cp-newsreels | Perryman, Charles | Newsreels (featuring 1922 winter ascent of Mt Rainier) | Selznick Pictures | ? | 1922+ | MHC | LDS, 11/16/2011 | Newsreel films donated to The Mountaineers by Perryman's grandson in 2011. |
| af-1931-ecstasy | Fanck, Arnold | White Ecstasy (The Ski Chase) | UFA | Freiburg, Germany | 1931 | LDS, purchased on DVD and VHS tape from NESM | LDS, 12/29/2002 | The last and most famous of the mountain films by Arnold Fanck and Hannes Schneider. |
| eastwood-1936-three-fingers | Eastwood, Harland | Honeymoon in the Clouds: Harland & Catherine Eastwood, Three Fingers Lookout - 1936 | Grain Belt Publishing, Co. | Moses Lake, Washington | 1936 (transferred to DVD in 2019) | LDS, received from Harland Eastwood, Jr. | LDS, 7/29/2019 | Reference: Silent B&W movies filmed around 1936 on Three Fingers in the Washington Cascades. Includes footage of Harland Eastwood, Sr. skiing on 4-ft skis. |
| jh-1937-flight | Hill, Jerome | Ski Flight | Privately produced | ? | 1937 | LDS, purchased in DVD box set from NESM | LDS, 12/27/2005 | Ski documentary featuring Otto Lang, filmed mostly at Mt Baker. Title shown in the film itself is "Snow Flight." |
| dw-movies | Watson, Dwight | Mountain films | Privately produced | Seattle, WA | 1938-1944 | MHC | LDS, 5/23/2001 | About 7-1/2 hours (25 films) of skiing, mountaineering and nature. |
| eastwood-1940c-films | Eastwood, Harland Sr. | Vintage NW Ski Video Project (DVD) | Grain Belt Publishing, Co. | Moses Lake, Washington | c1940 (digitized in 2019) | LDS, received from Harland Eastwood, Jr. | LDS, 8/2/2019 | Silent B&W movies filmed around 1940. |
| asc-1941-principles | Lang, Otto | Basic Principles of Skiing | U.S. Army Signal Corps | ? | 1941 | LDS, purchased in DVD box set from NESM | LDS, 2/20/2002 | Training film for U.S. mountain troops. |
| jcj-1943-ski-patrol | Jay, John | Ski Patrol | John Jay Films | ? | 1942 | Try DPL-WHG | - | PR film for ski troops, including footage from Alta, Mt Rainier and Camp Hale |
| wb-1943-mtn-fighters | - | Mountain Fighters | Warner Brothers | ? | 1943 | Try DPL-WHG | - | Docu-drama about ski troops filmed at Camp Hale |
| hds-1943-chase | Smith, Harold D. | The Ski Chase at Stevens Pass | Privately produced | Seattle, WA | 1943 | Tom Allen collection | LDS, 1/28/2003 | Inspired by Fanck/Schneider chase films. Unfinished due to World War II. |
| sc-1946-skyland | Brower, David | Skis to the Sky-Land | Sierra Club | San Francisco, CA | 1946 | Unknown (contacted Sierra Club and UCB Bancroft Library with no luck) | - | Introduction to ski mountaineering. |
| al-1948-baker | Lawson, Archie | Mt Baker skiing | Privately produced | Bellingham, WA | 1948 | CPNWS | - | Mt Baker Club collection. |
| de-1953-goatrocks | Egg, Dorothy | Goat Rocks ski trip | Privately produced | Yakima, WA | 1953 | LDS, courtesy of Dorothy Egg on VHS tape. | LDS, 1/14/2005 | White Pass to Goat Rocks ski trip with Hesseys and Tom Lyon |
| apc-1955-glory | Army Pictorial Center | Climb to Glory | U.S. Army | Washington, DC | Circa 1955 | LDS, purchased on VHS tape from TMDA | LDS, 7/31/2001 | Combat story of the 10th Mountain Division. |
| spring-movies | Spring, Bob and Ira | Mountain films | Privately produced | Seattle, WA | Mid-late 1950s | MHC | LDS, 1/10/2004 | Preservation of these films was made possible by a grant from The Mountaineers Foundation. The films total about 1 hour. All are 16mm in color. All but Ice Rescue have sound. |
| hessey-movies | Hessey, Charles and Marion | Mountain films | Privately produced | Naches, WA | Circa 1956 to 1968 | MHC | LDS, 5/3/2004 | Preservation of these films was made possible by a grant from The Mountaineers Foundation. The films total about 3 hours. All are 16mm in color with sound. |
| drb-1958-wildalps | Brower, David | Wilderness Alps of Stehekin | Sierra Club | San Francisco, CA | 1957 or 1958 | MHC | LDS, 4/22/2004 | Preservation of this film was made possible by a grant from The Mountaineers Foundation. |
| king-1964-wind | Schulman, Robert | Wind in the Wilderness | KING-TV | Seattle, WA | 1964 | Unknown (no response to my 2004 email to KING-TV) | - | Broadcast documentary about the North Cascades park issue |
| jf-1980-challenge | Fuller, John | Cross Country Challenge: Skiing Mount Rainier | Telemark Films | Seattle, WA | 1980 | LDS, transferred from a 16mm film borrowed from Don Portman. | LDS, 3/5/2009 | Steve Barnett and Don Portman ski Mt Rainier on XC gear. |
| rwm-1982-legends | Moulton, Richard W. | Legends of American Skiing, 1849-1940 | Keystone Productions | Huntington, VT | 1982 | LDS, purchased on DVD and VHS tape from NESM. Also available from RWM. | LDS, 12/29/2002 | Historical documentary |
| krma-1987-soldiers | Feliu, Tom | Soldiers of the Summit | KRMA-TV | Denver, CO | 1987 | LDS, courtesy of George Senner on VHS tape. (Available from TMDA) | LDS, 7/5/2001 | Story of the 10th Mountain Division (about 1 hour). |
| krma-1993-spirit | Feliu, Tom | Spirit of the Mountains | KRMA-TV | Denver, CO | 1993 | LDS, courtesy of George Senner on VHS tape. (Available from TMDA) | LDS, 7/5/2001 | A history of mountain soldiers (about 1 hour). |
| gage-1995-fire | Gage, Beth and George | Fire on the Mountain | First Run Features | New York, NY | 1995 | LDS on DVD and VHS tape. Available from NESM and TMDA | LDS, 2/6/2003 | Story of the 10th Mountain Division (72 minutes). |
| se-1994-ring-of-fire | Shawn Emery | Summer Skiing the Ring of Fire | Earth Odyssey Films | Park City, UT | 1994 | LDS | - | Skiing the Cascade volcanos |
| nelson-1996-yesteryear | Nelson, June and John | Yesteryear Olympics | Peninsula Trails Coalition | Port Angeles, WA | 1996 | PAPL | LDS, 7/11/2001 | Includes skiing at Deer Park in 1940s. |
| rwm-1998-thrills | Moulton, Richard W. | Thrills and Spills in the North Country | New England Ski Museum | Franconia, NH | 1998 | LDS, purchased on DVD and VHS tape from NESM. Also available from RWM. | - | Historical documentary |
| kcts-1999-rainier | Walkinshaw, Jean | Rainier: The Mountain | KCTS Television | Seattle, WA | 1999 | LDS, purchased on DVD | LDS, 12/29/2002 | Produced for Mt Rainier National Park centennial |
| cmfc-2001-milestones1 | Pete DeLaunay | Crystal Mountain Milestones, Vol. I | Crystal Mountain Founders Club | Seattle, WA | 2001 | LDS, purchased on VHS tape from CMFC | - | Produced for CM 40th anniversary |
| dol-2003-spirit | Dave O'Leske | Spirit of Snow | Through a Child's Eyes Productions | Ridgeway, CO | 2003 | LDS | LDS, 5/6/2008 | Includes interviews with several ski pioneers |
| wl-2002-memories | Lert, Wolfgang | Ski Memories | Privately produced | San Francisco, CA | 2002 | LDS on VHS tape, courtesy of Wolfgang Lert. Also on DVD, courtesy of Ingrid Wicken. | LDS, 12/1/2004 | Switzerland (1930), Mt Rainier (1933), Yosemite (1935), Southern California (1937) |
| is-2005-legacy | Scully, Ian | Legacy: Austria's Influence on American Skiing, Part I | Culture Films LLC | Belmont, MA | 2005 | LDS, purchased on DVD from NESM. | - | Part I: Hannes Schneider and His Disciples |
| ak-2007-last-ridge | Kealy, Abbie | The Last Ridge: The Uphill Battles of the 10th Mountain Division in WWII | Abbie Kealy | Reisterstown, MD | 2007 | LDS, purchased on DVD from NESM. | LDS, 12/31/2009 | Historical documentary based on jenkins-2003. |
| sh-2007-legends | Steinar Hybertsen | A Ski Adventure: Norwegian Ski Legends | Shybert Productions | Oslo, Norway | 2007 | LDS, purchased from Steinar Hybertsen. | LDS, 10/29/2009 | Three-hour historical documentary about leading Norwegian ski pioneers from 1850 to 1950. |
| mo-2007-steep | Obenhaus, Mark | Steep | Sony Pictures | Culver City, CA | 2007 | LDS | LDS, 4/30/2008 | Historical documentary about big-mountain skiing. |
| rwm-2008-sentinels | Moulton, Richard W. | Ski Sentinels: The Story of the National Ski Patrol | New England Ski Museum | Franconia, NH | 2008 | LDS, purchased on DVD from NESM. Also available from RWM. | LDS, 12/30/2009 | Historical documentary |
| nw-2008-ncw-ski-areas | Warner, Nancy | Homegrown Ski Areas of North Central Washington | Initiative for Rural Innovation & Stewardship | Wenatchee, WA | 2008 | LDS, purchased on DVD from irisncw.org | LDS, 10/18/2018 | Personal recollections and photos |
| lorenz-2009-mra-history | Lorenz, Rick and F. Mathias | Mountains Don't Care, But We Do! | Topograph Media | Brooklyn, NY | 2009 | LDS | - | An early history of the U.S. Mountain Rescue Association. Also includes Mountain rescue training at the Wilder Kaiser (Austria 1948) and the original 1957 version of Mountains Don't Care, photographed by Bob and Ira Spring. |
| goatoit-2013-mtn-runners | Warger, Todd and Brian Young | The Mountain Runners | Goa-To-It Productions | Bellingham, WA | 2013 | LDS | - | Story of Mt Baker marathons, 1911-13 |
| north40-2017-lifted | Mingo, Oly and Jeff Ostenson | Lifted: A ski film for the rest of us | North 40 Productions | Wenatchee, WA | 2017 | LDS | - | Story of Mission Ridge ski area (44 minutes) |
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