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Alpine Rescue 1957
Description
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...
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.