Swiss . Aka Alpine Accident (1955)

Corviglia, St. Moritz, Switzerland. Low angle shot of a skier taking a small jump. Camera follows skiers as they travel down snowy hillsides. Narrator observes that although skiers like the thrills, they don’t think about the spills until it is too late. M/S of a man who the narrator describes as “an . man“. M/S of a skier passing the camera at speed, he falls (dramatic music on soundtrack). The . man sees that he is in trouble and runs towards an . station. He lifts the lid of a metal hidey hole that contains a telephone. He makes a call. Six rescue teams operate in the St Moritz area and when it is quiet they practice their rescue techniques. Various shots of the injured man calling out and of the . team coming to his rescue. They put on their skis and ski along with a stretcher sled. They arrive where the man has fallen and take off their skis. They take the skis off the “injured man“ - Carlo Luminati - and give him a snifter of Brandy. Carlo’s rescuer laughs about