High Hazard
Stanley Watson1935-01-01
Where mountaineers are made
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18 min
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
| Name | Character | Team | |
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George Abraham | self | Unowned |
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Stanley Watson | self | Unowned |
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Vivian Verity | self | Unowned |
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Jerry Wright | self | Unowned |
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Helen Johnstone | self | Unowned |
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Norah Watson | self | Unowned |
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Dunbar Usher | self | Unowned |
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Le Breton Martin | narrator | Unowned |