The Ice Mountain

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1436
Date Released
10 Dec 1956
Date Other
Nov 1956
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Home for Christmas
  2. 2Children’s Festival
  3. 3Pompeii - New Discoveries
  4. 4Floods
  5. 5Snow
  6. 6The Ice Mountain
  7. 7Canada - Oil Boom
  8. 8Petrol - What a Performance

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Ice Mountain. DESCRIPTION: Camels were used by a group of Soviet and Chinese mountaineers climbing the Pamir Mountains in Central Asia. The object was to conquer the Muztag-Ata, Father of the Ice Mountain. SHOTLIST: Shots of camels. Chinese man riding a donkey. Yaks climbing the mountain. Various shots of men climbing mountain. Flags on the summit. Climbing Pamir Mountains to conquer the Muztag-Ata.
Keywords
Animals; Exploration and explorers
Locations
Pamir Mountains
Footage sources
Germany
Card file number
69129A
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
60
Story extras:
Film clip

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