The Ascent of Mont Blanc poster

The Ascent of Mont Blanc

January 7, 1907 14 min FR
✓ Released 43722 days ago
Documentary Adventure
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Joseph Vallot and his team of guides and porters climb Mont Blanc in 1906. Their ascent will take three days. They spent their nights at the Grands Mulets refuge and the Grand Plateau refuge. This is the very first successfully filmed ascent. Joseph Vallot (1854-1925), rich heir of Lodève in Occitania. He devotes part of his fortune to the observation of the Alps, sometimes opposing the scientific community. He built an observatory, still standing today.

Movie Info

Status: Released
Director: Jean Lecarme
Runtime: 14 min

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Joseph Vallot

Joseph Vallot

Self

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