[Charles S. Houston—home movies] Reel 70

Date1967 – 1979

AbstractReel 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 physiology. A few shots of mountains. A shot of men hiking up Nanda Devi. A shot of a mountain with a route superimposed over it. Footage of the American Alpine Club’s 1938 Expedition to K2 from Reel 17 of the Charles S. Houston Collection. A shot of a man getting blood drawn. A shot of men hiking. A few shots of men crossing a river with rope. A few shots of men hiking through the snow. Footage of mountains and the ground below shot from an aircraft intercut with a few shots of a camp in the snow, including people turning a plane around in the snow. A shot of people unloading a helicopter. A few shots of a man getting blood drawn. Several shots of mountains, including one shot of two men by a tent. A shot of people moving gear at a camp in the snow. Several shots of mountains taken from within an aircraft. A shot of a hiker in the snow. A few shots from Reel 17 intercut with a shot of men crossing a river in a raft. Footage of men pulling gear up a mountain with ropes. A few shots of aircraft, including a fixed-wing plane taking off in the snow, men loading gear into a fixed-wing plane and a helicopter taking off. A few shots of mountains and the ground below taken from within an aircraft. A shot of men hiking. A shot of a foot with frostbite. A few shots of a camp, including one taken from the air and a shot of a helicopter taking off. A few shots of some of the members of the 1953 Third American Karakoram Expedition to K2 at a campsite. A few shots of Robert Craig and Dee Molenaar, including packing gear and talking to a woman. A shot of Arthur (Art) Gilkey and a shot of another man. Footage of people playing frisbee at a large camp in the snow near Mount Logan in Canada. A shot of porters hauling gear. A shot of Robert H. (Bob) Bates. A few shots of people making an igloo. A few shots of men hiking through the snow. Two shots of men. A few shots of men and women using instruments to conduct tests in a large tent. Donor Notes: "Logan: box of small reels with outs"