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:

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