In the Bernese Alps, the Agassizhorn peak memorialises Louis Agassiz – a controversial 19th-century scientist, who not only named the mountain after himself, but who claimed he had discovered the Ice Age and went on to become one of the century's most virulent, most influential racists.

A reflection on the life and death of India's second Prime Minister, Lal Bhahadur Shashtri.

Paragot and Bérardini: two climbers who fill all climbing enthusiasts with admiration. In Fontainebl...

Directed by Jean-Marc Boivin in 1977, Glace Extrême is a documentary about mountaineering and extrem...

Behind every breakthrough in the progression of climbing, there's a true story of doubt and determin...
An overview of the principles and directives of India's post-independence constitution.

The co-founder of the Gamma press agency, Raymond Depardon, created this documentary of press photog...

Looking at whether the history of early human evolution should be rewritten. For decades, most exper...

There could hardly be a more telling contrast between the analog and digital eras than the beautiful...

On some peaks in 2003, the statistics are impressive. For the K2 dubbed "wild mountain" or "ruthless...

In 1966, John Harlin II died while attempting Europe's most difficult climb, the North Face of the E...

In 1983, three climbers became the first French people to reach the summit of Everest. Among them we...

Nicolas Jaeger, a French physician specializing in sports and high-altitude physiology, conducted an...

The two brothers Jean and Pierre Ravier have opened almost all the "classic" (difficult) routes in c...

Mountaineering documentary on the Nanga Parbat expedition, in India, in 1982. Led by mountaineer Pie...
Educational film about Cyprus - landscape, people, work, traditions etc.

René Collet, skier member of the French team, guides a friend from the summit of the Aiguille du Mid...