Film
High Hazard
1935 · 18m · Documentary · Adventure
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Overview
Britain's first complete rock climbing film, by Stanley Watson. A film about climbing in the Lakes. Norah Johnstone, a teacher at Keswick Grammar School and later Watson's wife, starred as a Victorian climber. The film includes footage of Stanley Watson himself climbing Kern Knotts blindfolded and a young girl, Vivian Verity, whose first climb at aged 9 was up Napes Needle. Stanley Watson is a keystone in the history of British climbing. He established the British Mountain Guides Organisation in 1930.
Cast
George Abraham
self
Stanley Watson
self
Vivian Verity
self
Jerry Wright
self
Helen Johnstone
self
Norah Watson
self
Dunbar Usher
self
Le Breton Martin
narrator
Crew
- Stanley WatsonDirector
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1935
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 18m
- Genres
- Documentary, Adventure
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