High Hazard (1935)
Where mountaineers are made.
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.
- Date of release
- 1935-01-01
- Runtime
- 18m
- Genres
- Documentary, Adventure
- Director
- Stanley Watson
Casting
- 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
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