High Hazard (1935)
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
Recommendations
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
Mountain
Free Solo
Explorer: The Last Tepui
The Alpinist
Meru
The Dawn Wall
Valley Uprising
Fire of Love
Koyaanisqatsi
One Direction: This Is Us
Being James Bond
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
Interstellar: Nolan's Odyssey
The Sparks Brothers
Our Planet: Behind the Scenes
Everest
Maria by Callas
180° South
Lost on Everest