Other titles:AMATEUR FILM BY AUSTIN FLOWER (MAC) MCKENNA [Alternative Title]
Summary: Amateur film shot by Flight Lieutenant McKenna (later Squadron Leader), while serving as liaison officer to German expedition investigating effects of high altitude for aviation research. The films record scenes during the climb in the Punjab Himalaya, Northern India, (present day Pakistan). Members of the German scientific team include aviation medicine specialist Dr Ulrich Luft and Dr Bruno Balke.
Description: Scenes of snow-covered Himalaya peaks filmed from an aircraft. Shots of the mountains surrounding the camp at Balakote. A sign reading 'Balakote o Kaghan 36'. Members of the expedition sitting around. Two men (Ulrich Luft and Eberman), one smoking a pipe, consult a map? Shots of supplies and the expedition party outside the Dak bungalow. Mules loaded with supplies are led from the camp. Some of the expedition party photograph them. One of the men rides a horse up a rocky mountain path. Various shots of the expedition making its way along a rocky path, passing a herd of goats and a waterfall. A sign reads 'Kawai' (the rest of the information is unclear). General shots of mules and the expedition at Kawai camp. Scenery along the Kaghan River and valley. Members of the expedition pass by on foot. A shot of the distant peak Malika Parbat. A sign showing the location Mahandri. Views of the surrounding pine-covered slopes and Malika Parbat. The expedition party eating. A distant view of several huts on the opposite side of the river. Shots of the mules outside the Dak bungalow. Dancers and musicians at Kaghan. Heavily laden mules on a mountain track. Brief shot of the expedition leader and deputy leader, Paul Bauer and Fritz Bechtold? More scenes of the expedition making its way through the valley. Camp at Naran. Ramana (cook) and Satara (assistant cook) prepare food. A wandering fakir visits the camp. Shot of a man sitting amongst the pines, possibly Luft? Shot of one of the party returning to camp, smoking a pipe. Scenes of the coolies arriving then departing with supplies along the track. Shots of the party setting off.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY AUSTIN FLOWER (MAC) MCKENNA [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:MGH 5203
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1938
Production Country: GB
Production Details: McKenna, Austin Flower (Production individual)