Switzerland In Britain (1966)

Switzerland, Eridge and Sussex. According to this story recent sporting trends seem to have been strongly influenced by the Swiss! L/S of snow capped mountains, a cable car passes in the foreground. Panning shot of mountains. M/S of a man rock climbing. Various C/Us of the man finding hand and foot holes is the rock face. M/S of a line of young men beside a swimming pool. Dressed in shirt sleeves, an instructor leads them in a series of exercises. Various shots of the men exercising on the parallel bars, hoops and trapeze watched by an instructor. L/S of sandstone cliffs in rolling countryside, men can be made out scaling the rock face. C/U of a hand reaching for a grip in a fake rock face. M/S of two men practising climbing on fake rock face built on a metal frame, an instructor shouts instructions from the ground. Various shots of a man abseiling down the climbing wall - with no safety harness! Various shots of an instructor in an army beret teaching a group of young men in front
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