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Social Climber

Date released

5 Dec 1938

Series name

Pathetone Weekly

Issue no

454

NoS ID

124142

Story no

1 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

Stockholm Steeplejack.

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Blindsight (2009)

Director

Lucy Walker

Subject

Psychology; Social Studies; Sports science

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 104 minutes), £15.99

An uplifting documentary that follows six blind Tibetan teenagers as they set out on a three-week expedition to climb the 23,000-foot peak Lhakpa Ri on the north side of Mount Everest, led by two blind...

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Female record climber dies on K2 (1995)

Genre

Interview

Jim Ballard, husband of record-breaking climber Alison Hargreaves, who has died in an avalanche on K2, describes to Chris Mann how he has coped with the wait for news over the last few days and the plans...

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Mountain climber (1982)

A Reading man is off to Pakistan to climb some of the highest and most dangerous mountains in the world. Stephen Brodrick is part of a climbing expedition attempting to scale several peaks in the western...

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Duffy meets Chris Bonnington (1983)

An interview with Sir Chris Bonnington, a climber experienced in high-altitude expeditions. He talks about his latest book ‘Everest with Unclimbed Ridge’.

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News in a Flash: House Climber

Date released

15 May 1958

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2904

NoS ID

158707

Story no

2 / 5

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News in a Flash

Date released

15 Mar 1956

Series name

Universal News

Issue no

2678

NoS ID

155389

Story no

4 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet

Town Hall climber.

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Mountain Rescue

Date released

28 Dec 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2273A

NoS ID

029705

Story no

2 / 6

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Snowdon Mountain Rescue. DESCRIPTION: Mock rescue team in Snowdonia, demonstrate the hazards of rescue. Warning to walkers even more than climbers, of the dangers that lie in wait for...

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News Flashes from Everywhere

Date released

31 Dec 1936

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

610

NoS ID

034925

Story no

3 / 8

Extras

1 shot list

Scots holiday climber falls four hundred feet to death.

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Men of the Mountains

Date released

1 Sep 1969

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2100

NoS ID

027989

Story no

3 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Men of the Mountains. DESCRIPTION: The annual Alpine Guides Festival at Chamonix reminds us of the courage of these Men of the Mountains - and also presents a hair-raising show of...

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