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  1. Avalanche Disaster

    Date released
    18 Jan 1954
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    54/6
    NoS ID
    105673
    Story no
    1 / 4
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

    First pictures from the centre of the area hit by mighty avalanches that have killed more than a hundred people..

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  2. Savage Planet (2000 Video)

    Director
    Kate Coombes; Emma Hawley; Chris Malone
    Producer
    Liz McLeod
    Subject
    Geography
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 186 min., 2000 sale: £14.99 (inclusive)

    Series in eight parts about natural phenomena and catastrophic events: 1) Star Wounds: meteorites and the possibilities of a meteorite collision; 2) White Terror: avalanches; 3) Dangerous Waters: volcanic...

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  3. Anatomy of an Avalanche (1999 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Thompson
    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    In February 1999, 31 people were killed by an avalanche in the Austrian skiing resort of Galtur, the first in its history. Follows the six-month scientific investigation into the disaster and reveals the...

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  4. Rocky Mountain Rescue

    Date released
    23 Nov 1956
    Series name
    Pathe News
    Issue no
    56/95
    NoS ID
    107423
    Story no
    6 / 6
    Extras
    1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 ephemera, 1 shot list

    Canada’s Ski Rescue squads will try anything - including starting their own avalanches

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  5. Prince Charles in avalanche (1988)

    Genre
    News report

    Lisa Hampele reports from Klosters, Switzerland, on an avalanche which nearly led to the death of Prince Charles (Prince of Wales). Witnesses said the heir to the throne ignored signs warning skiers to stay...

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  6. Avalanche hits skiers (1994)

    Genre
    Interview

    GP, Christopher Ackner tells reporters how lucky he was to survive an avalanche while his party was skiing off-piste in Val D’Isere, France. He says his thoughts are with the families of those who did not...

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  7. Female record climber dies on K2 (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interviews with Cally Fleming, a family friend, and husband Jim Ballard, about the death of mountaineer Alison Hargreaves in an avalanche during an attempt on the world’s second highest mountain, K2 in...

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  8. Death of Hugh Lindsay - Commanding officer pays tribute (1988)

    Genre
    Interview; Tribute

    Dickie Arbiter interviews Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Furby(?), reacting as commanding officer to the death of Major Hugh Lindsay, former equerry to the Queen, in an avalanche in Switzerland (10/03/88).

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  9. Alison Hargreaves describes her conquest of Everest (1995)

    Genre
    Interview

    Archive clip of mountaineer Alison Hargeaves talking on her conquest of Everest, without oxygen, and on her own for the last stage. She told Richard Vaughan about the loneliness of the mountains. Now...

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  10. Prince in fatal ski incident (1988)

    Genre
    Interview

    Martin Philips, the Today newspaper’s royal correspondent speaks to a studio reporter from Klosters, Switzerland, about an avalanche where Prince Charles narrowly escaped death, but his friend, Major Hugh...

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