Men of the Mountains

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2100
Date Released
1 Sep 1969
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Paris Liberation
  2. 2Deci-Mail
  3. 3Men of the Mountains
  4. 4When Attitudes Become Form
  5. 5When Form Becomes ?

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
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 clowning on the rockface! SHOTLIST: Mountain Guides Festival. Note - most of this is fooling around on the mountain. MCU 2 statues. MS ditto. MS street parade with flag bearer in front. CU marcher’s leg with trouser inside knee socks. TS parade with village in background. MCU 3 guides walking. MS guides marching past camera with mountain in view. TS guide’s leg walking. GV valley, derelict church in foreground, MS cemetery scene with flowers being placed in front of flag bearer. CU wreath. GV onlookers at cemetery. LAS valley & Alps. MS 2 climbers on rock face. LAS climber going up rock face. CU side view climber. MS ditto. MCU climber’s feet tilt up to whole body. MS guide dressed in robes dancing on rock ledge. GV crowd. MS 4 climbers fancy dressed & jumping on rock face. MCU 2 climbers jumping - 1 holding streamer. GV same climber swinging vertically across rock face & hitting rocks. MLS climber descending on rope with skis. MCU 2 climbers with skis descending rocks & falling at bottom with crowd onlooking.
Keywords
Commemorations; Sport; Buildings and structures; Entertainment and leisure; Environment; Curiosities; Celebrations and festivals; Ceremonies
Locations
Switzerland; Chamonix
Card file number
95090
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
132
Story extras:
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