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High Hazard

1935-01-01 · 18 min · Not rated

Documentary · Adventure

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.

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Directors
Stanley Watson
Production companies
Zenifilms Watson
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United Kingdom
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George AbrahamGeorge Abrahamself
Stanley Watsonself
Vivian Verityself
Jerry Wrightself
Helen Johnstoneself
Norah Watsonself
Dunbar Usherself
Le Breton Martinnarrator

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