Mountain Rescue Reel 1 & 2 (1949)

c. 1949 A Times Film Production. Commentator: James McKechnie. Commentary written by: Norman Swallow. Technical Adviser: Wilson H. Hey. Musical Adviser: Reginald Jordan. Directed and Photographed by Phil Dennis. Editor: Douglas A. Clarke. Camera Operator: Peter Kelly. Reel 1. Various shots of mountainous landscapes. M/S of two mountain climbers - a man and a woman. C/U of woman feeding out the rope and the man climbs up a rock. Various shots of them on their way up the mountainside. Commentator talks of how mountaineers admit that sometimes accidents happen but only when climbers are tired or careless. North Wales, two mountaineers tackle a difficult climb. They prepare for their assault. C/U of boot laces being tied and of a rope being tied around the waist of one of the climbers. They begin the climb - various shots. Good C/Us of hands and boots. C/U of climber tying himself to a rock for safety. Commentator explains climbing techniques. L/S of the climbers to show how high up th