Climbing the Matterhorn

Climbing the Matterhorn

1947 en 21 minutes

Rating: 7

Plot

Starting from the Swiss village of Zermatt, two people and a guide make a perilous ascent of the Matterhorn. Local villagers mount a torchlight rescue of a British couple trapped on the famous mountain. Irving Allen shot footage for this documentary while filming his feature film 'High Conquest'. Filmed in Ansocolor, the documentary won the Academy Award for Best Short Film in 1947.

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Cast

Warren Douglas

Warren Douglas

Narrator

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