| MOUNTIES TRAIN FOR RESCUE Men of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) train for mountain rescue. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5848 |
| Catalog #: | 83021 | |
| Clip Number: | 83021-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 61/86 | |
| Timecode: | 01:43:09 - 01:45:05 | |
| Location: | Banff Park, Canada | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GEOGRAPHIC LANDFORMS: Mountains LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: Canada OCCUPATIONS: Law Enforcement, Police SAFETY: Search and Rescue | |
| Description: | "Canada. Mounties Train For Rescue". Men of the RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police) train for mountain rescue. Banff Park, Canada. LV Canadian Mounted Police arriving at foot of mountain for start of mountain rescue training. They are equipped with bags and rescue supplies, but not dressed in traditional Mountie uniform. GV mountains partly shrouded in mist. SV as two Mounties scale the side of a cliff. Closer shot showing safety rope tied to one of the officers. CU face of officer's face. SV of cliff were Mounties swing by on a rope. SV as another one swings to cliff by rope. SV two Mounties inching along rock face while coming down the side of a cliff. LV of Mounties on mountain side pan up to top of cliff. GV mountains partly shrouded in mist. Shot of Mounties preparing to lower "Injured" climber on canvas seat. They hook up the necessary safety belts and ropes. CU officer watching. SV cable running off drum. GV man being lowered across mountain gap by cable. CU officer pan down to cable running off drum. GV looking across mountain range with man slowly descending from cable. GV mountain shrouded in mist. SV Mounties securing "injured" man in hanging stretcher. View as the stretcher with man begins the decent down the mountain. GV injured man in basket crossing mountain gap. SV Mountie taking up slack in cable. Frontal view of man in stretcher still on the move. Picturesque view of mountains with small lake below. SV injured man on stretcher starting to be manually lowered down mountainside. LV cliff face with man on stretcher being lowered down straight edge. SV two Mounties squatting on cliff face operating cable drum. GV Mounties lowering stretcher down side of cliff face. | |
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