High Hazard (1935)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1935-01-01
Runtime: 18 minutes
Director: Stanley Watson
Top Cast
- George Abraham as self
- Stanley Watson as self
- Vivian Verity as self
- Jerry Wright as self
- Helen Johnstone as self
- Norah Watson as self
- Dunbar Usher as self
- Le Breton Martin as narrator
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Original Music Composer(s): N/A
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