François-Henri Lavanchy-Clarke Movies

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the...

Three men are chopping and transporting firewood, among passers-by, on a square in Lausanne.

A military horse show in Basel.

The arrival of King Rama V, the king of Siam, in Switzerland.

View from a train in the Montreux region.

Fourth part of a series documenting the Basel carnival.

A view of the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva.

Children’s performance in Ukrainian costume in the garden of the Villa du Méridien in Cannes, next to Lavanchy-Clarke’s Villa...

Advertising in the center of St. Gallen.

Scene filmed in the town of St. Gallen.

A city view, rich in movement, shot at the corner of the Schauplatzgasse in Bern.

View from a funicular train in the Montreux region.

The bear is the emblem of Bern, and the pit that used to house several of the animals was the most common motif in representations of the city, as...

A children’s procession that is part of the Maienzug, a festival solemnly marking the end of the school year in Aarau.

Second pageant for the opening of the Swiss National Museum.

First pageant celebrating the opening of the Swiss National Museum.

Patriotic celebration in Lausanne marking the centenary of the independence of the Canton of Vaud.

Annual pageant commemorating the anniversary of the Battle of Morat, the victory in 1476 of the Swiss Confederates over the Duke of Burgundy. The...

First part of a series documenting the Basel carnival.

Fifth part of a series documenting the Basel carnival.