Mountain Rescue

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2273A
Date Released
28 Dec 1972
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Lord’s Ski School
  2. 2Mountain Rescue
  3. 3Snowmobile
  4. 4Motor Cycle Acrobatics
  5. 5Elephant Polo
  6. 6Hungarian Mirrors

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 6
Summary
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 the unwary. SHOTLIST: 2 shots GV Welsh mountains. SV injured climber fires distress rocket. LV rocket. GV smoke from rocket on mountain. GV trucks and ambulance arriving along rough track. SV rescuers jump down from truck. SV as they unload equipment. CU climber ditto. SV collapsible stretcher ditto. CU climber. SLV 2 climbers and dog set off along track. SV climbers on mountain path. SCU climber wearing helmet. GV cliff. GV rescuers at top of cliff. CU climber. SV two men preparing stretcher. GV climbers on cliff preparing to descend to injured man. SCU rescuer with walkie talkie. SV 2 men start away down cliff with stretcher. CU rope breaking system. CU rescuer at top of cliff. GV cliffs pan up to rescuers bringing down injured man on stretcher. GV pan from windswept hill sides to stretcher party on ground. CU man on stretcher. SCU rescuer. SV rescuers and man on stretcher. SLV climber comes down rope from top of cliff. LV AS another climber comes down. SV climber lowering himself on rope. SV stretcher being carried to ambulance. LV ditto ambulance illuminated by flares. CU rescuer. SV ambulance drives away. CU flare. CU fireplace at hotel. GV people drinking in bar. SV rescuers drinking beer. SV pan interior cabin two men walk in and look at ceiling. CU signatures on ceiling. BCU signature of Edmund Hillary. CU painting of Mont Blanc. GV Mount Snowdon.
Locations
Wales
Card file number
98690
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Camera
Paul Kavanagh
Length of story (in feet)
231
Story extras:
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