François-Henri Lavanchy-Clarke Movies

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

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...

Scene filmed in the town of St. Gallen.

Playful ramblers carrying Sunlight placards in a cow pasture in the Jura (Canton of Vaud). The respectable gentleman is none other than William...

Military exercises in Basel.

Fifth part of a series documenting the Basel carnival.

A military horse show in Basel.

View from a 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.

Near a chalet in a cow pasture in the Jura, at Frohburg (Canton of Solothurn), Jenny Lavanchy-Clarke and her children Christine, Henri, and Bertha...

View from a funicular train in the Montreux region.

First part of a series documenting the Basel carnival.

A view of the Mont-Blanc bridge in Geneva.

First pageant celebrating the opening of the Swiss National Museum.

Two young girls in Ukrainian costume perform a dance near a palm tree in a garden.

Advertising in the center of St. Gallen.

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

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...