Climbing the Matterhorn (1947)
7.5
/10 By 2 Votes
Overview : 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.
Release Date : May 30, 1947
Runtime : 21m
Genre : Documentary
Companies : Monogram Pictures
Countries : United States of America
Keywords : swiss, alpinism, cervin, matterhorn, mountain accident
