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Date released

24 Sep 1928

Series name

British Screen Tatler

Issue no

8

NoS ID

330317

Story no

4 / 5

NoS synopsis: American steeplejack on cliffs. Dangerous stunts by a mountain climber.

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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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Bonington on death of Nick Escort (1978)

Genre

Interview

Mountain climber and explorer Chris Bonington describes the events that led up to the death of fellow explorer Nick Escort while climbing K2 in the Himalayas. Bonington explains why mountain climbers such as...

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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...

ILR South Radio Online Audio

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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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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Volcano Eruption

Date released

9 Oct 1972

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

2262

NoS ID

029594

Story no

4 / 5

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Volcano Eruption. DESCRIPTION: The Alaid Volcano in eruption. Scientists at work on the hot slopes. SHOTLIST: LV zoom in volcano erupting (Alaid). GV smoke & lava on side of volcano....

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Female record climber dies on K2 (1995)

Genre

Interview; News report

Chris Kirkham reports that it seems increasingly likely that Alison Hargreaves, the first woman to conquer Mount Everest alone and without oxygen has died in an avalanche on the world’s second highest...

LBC IRN Radio Online Audio

Chris Bonington on his book about conquest of Changabang (1975)

Genre

Interview

British climber Chris Bonington discusses his team’s climb of Changabang, a mountain in India.

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Flying Samaritans

Date released

30 Mar 1967

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1973A

NoS ID

026829

Story no

2 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Flying Samaritans. DESCRIPTION: Movietone pays tribute to the Pilots of the Royal Air Force Search and Rescue Helicopters, flying with them on a Mountain Rescue in Snowdonia, and...

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