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: Ruths clears snow from around the tents at Camp 3. Views from the mountainside. The sun over a peak. Several men making the descent back to Base Camp? Scenes at Camp 1? and several men beginning ascent to Camp 2? Scenes of the ascent including climbing an ice cliff. The party reaches Camp 2? View of Nanga Parbat's twin peaks. Sunset. Cows and goats being milked and tended to at Base Camp. Views of the camp. Chickens and eggs are shown off to the camera. Chickens drinking from a dish. Close-ups of a variety of flora.
Alternative Title:AMATEUR FILM BY AUSTIN FLOWER (MAC) MCKENNA [Alternative Title]
Colour:Colour (part B&W)
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 5206
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1938
Production Country: GB
Production Details: McKenna, Austin Flower (Production individual)
