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1) 1515.0001 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 1
Delaware River. Footage of the river. Several shots of people in canoes, alone and in pairs. A group of rowers taking a break along the side of the river. Footage of a man i...
13) 1515.0013 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 13
A shot of a village with men around two cars. Footage of men hiking intercut with a shot of a village. A few shots of a village on the side of a mountain and its inhabitants i...
14) 1515.0014 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 14
A few shots of men climbing up the side of a mountain. Footage of men using rope to get themselves and their gear across a raging river. Men hiking and climbing, including a s...
4) 1515.0015 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 15
A few shots of a valley with a man hiking. Footage of men using rope to get themselves and their gear across a raging river. A few shots of men pulling gear up a sheer rock fa...
16) 1515.0016 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 16
Footage of men hiking and climbing. Footage of climbers and porters resting, cooking and setting up a tent at a campsite. Footage of men hiking and climbing, including a shot ...
17) 1515.0017 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 17
Reel 17 contains footage of the American Alpine Club’s 1938 Expedition to K2 with extensive intertitles and a few maps throughout. Intertitle: “The American Alpine Club Expedit...
20) 1515.0020 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 20
A shot of a man climbing a mountain. A shot of a man breaking down a structure made of sticks. A shot of a mountain. A shot of a man setting up a tent. A few shots of a woma...
27) 1515.0031 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 31
Footage of Houston family members, including Charles S. Houston, exiting a house and posing for the camera, including a young girl trying to control a large dog and two men play...
33) 1515.0032 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 32
A few shots of people climbing K2. A few shots of men digging ditches in the snow at a campsite. A shot of a porter crossing a rope bridge. A shot of a mountain. Porters res...
29) 1515.0033 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 33
Footage of a campsite, including a man packing a backpack. Footage of men hiking through the snow, including a shot of a climber adjusting the metal spikes on his boot and a ma...
1) 1515.0034 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 34
Footage of snow covered mountains shot from within an aircraft. A shot of a man wearing extreme weather gear exiting a tent and walking through the snow. A shot of a man carry...
31) 1515.0035 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 35
Footage of several men rowing a boat. Footage of a large procession down a hill. The footage for both of the previous scenes is reversed, i.e. people are clearly moving backwa...
32) 1515.0037 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 37
Two shots of a bookshelf filled with books on mountain climbing. A hand takes down the book Five Miles High and opens it to a picture of K2. A few shots of maps. A few shots ...
9) 1515.0045 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 45
A few shots of men and women around a Christmas tree, including a young girl looking into a kaleidoscope. Footage of a man and a boy playing with toys, including a toy fort. A...
10) 1515.0049 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 49
A few shots of a small child asleep on a blanket in a field. A few shots of a makeshift tent with several children under it. Footage of children playing on tire swings and in ...
16) 1515.0050 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 50
Footage of a few men and women at desks and a baby in a crib in a very small room with a chalkboard. A few shots of seated men and women with notebooks in a small room. Donor ...
15) 1515.0051 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 51
Footage of men and women with notebooks in a room seated at desks and chairs. Donor Notes: "India: Peace Corps Doctor Training #3"
14) 1515.0052 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 52
Footage of men and women sitting at a long table with several microscopes. The men and women look at slides through their microscopes as men in lab coats walk around the table....
19) 1515.0053 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 53
A few shots of a young boy helping a man put steaks on a small grill as another boy and a woman watch. Footage of a few adults and children hitting balls with a bat in a parkin...
18) 1515.0054 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 54
Footage of a woman and two boys exploring a fort, including one of the boys climbing a wall. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tughlaqabad_Fort] Donor Notes: "India: Peace Corps Tu...
12) 1515.0055 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 55
Footage of a woman cooking at a stove while a young girl watches and man samples the meal. Donor Notes: "India: Peace Corps, 2 reels unlabeled"
10) 1515.0056 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 56
Footage of men collecting branches and logs in the snow and throwing the branches into a fire next to a log cabin. The footage includes shots of snow covered mountains in the d...
19) 1515.0066 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 66
Reel 66 contains footage that was used for Charles S. Houston’s series of talks, “Fifty Years of Going Higher,” which relates to a study on the effects of high altitude on human...
3) 1515.0067 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 67
Reel 67 contains footage that was used for Charles S. Houston’s series of talks, “Fifty Years of Going Higher,” which relates to a study on the effects of high altitude on human...
6) 1515.0068 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 68
Reel 68 contains footage that was used for Charles S. Houston’s series of talks, “Fifty Years of Going Higher,” which relates to a study on the effects of high altitude on human...
5) 1515.0069 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 69
Reel 69 contains footage that was used for Charles S. Houston’s series of talks, “Fifty Years of Going Higher,” which relates to a study on the effects of high altitude on human...
4) 1515.0070 [Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 70
Reel 70 contains footage that was used for Charles S. Houston’s series of talks, “Fifty Years of Going Higher,” which relates to a study on the effects of high altitude on human...
3) 1515.0003 [Crillon Mountain footage] Reel 3
Footage of men loading their gear onto a train. Scenes of men on a boat. Shots of the mountain landscape from the water. Footage of men carrying a canoe across a rocky path b...
29) 1515.0004 [Crillon Mountain footage] Reel 4
Footage of three men hiking through the snow interspersed with shots of the surrounding mountains. Several men ski the slopes. A man sets a still camera and then rushes to joi...
2) 1911.0001 Exploring the Heights
This footage was compiled as part of a live presentation with accompanying narration given by Charles S. Houston in 2002. A few still images of mountains. A shot of a newspape...
13) 1723.0001 K2 1953 Lecture Film
K2 1953 Lecture Film contains footage that was used for a lecture given by Charles S. Houston related to an expedition to reach the summit of K2 that he led in 1953. Two shots ...
25) 1515.0036 K2 The Savage Mountain
K2 The Savage Mountain is a film about a British expedition to K2 led by Chris Bonnington in 1978 which also includes a history of previous expeditions to date. Chris Bonningto...
1) 1515.0038 K2 The Savage Mountain (Part 1)
K2 The Savage Mountain is a film produced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) about the Third American Karakoram Expedition to K2 in 1953, sponsored by the American Alpin...
27) 1515.0039 K2 The Savage Mountain (Part 2)
K2 The Savage Mountain is a film produced by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) about the Third American Karakoram Expedition to K2 in 1953, sponsored by the American Alpin...
10) 1515.0071 Operation Everest
Operation Everest is a film documenting Dr. Charles S. Houston’s study of the same name conducted in 1946 for the United States Navy that used a pressure chamber to study the pr...
9) 1515.0057 - 1515.0065 Operation Everest II
"Operation Everest II" (3/4 in., CSH) NHF notes: per Jane Beal, a series of nine tapes, original footage is 3/4" videotape. Studies on the effects of high altitude on human phy...
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