Alpine Rescue 1957

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Mount Eiger, Switzerland.

GV. Mountain peak of Eiger in Swiss Alps. GV. From the air, of Eiger. GV. North face of the peak. GV. Showing the people, a rescue party, looking up. Alps in the background. GV. Peak of the mountain with observation plane flying by the North face in search of the...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
48835
Sort Number:
57/066
Time in/Out:
01:05:21:00 / 01:07:01:00
Canister:
57/66
Film ID:
1499.08
Issue Date:
15/08/1957

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  • "Men looking from the ground into telescope" - that footage is shot in Kleine Scheidegg, the small hamlet below the Eiger, as is the later footage beside the train.

    jamied 23rd Aug 2012

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