[Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 68

Date1967 – 1979

AbstractReel 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 physiology. A shot of a woman digging a ditch in the snow and a man carrying equipment at a camp. A shot of men and women loading a fixed-wing plane. A few shots of a cockpit. A few shots of mountains. Footage of a helicopter landing at, then flying away from, a camp in the snow. A shot of a cargo plane at an airfield followed by footage shot from within a plane, including the cargo hold, several shots of mountains and the pilots in the cockpit. A shot of a fixed-wing plane followed by a few shots from within the aircraft in flight. A few shots of people gathered around the plane. Footage of a large camp in the snow, including people walking around the camp, a pile of trash and an outhouse. Footage of mountains and the ground below taken from within an aircraft, intercut with a shot of a fixed-wing plane landing in the snow. Footage of people constructing the skeletons of large tents on an airfield, including a few shots of a helicopter transporting one away. Footage of mountains and the ground below taken from within an aircraft. A few shots of people building a wooden structure in the snow, intercut with a few shots of the camp. A shot of a plane landing in the snow. Donor Notes: "Logan cuts: Not spliced (1987)"