High Hazard
18m·Documentary, Adventure
Directed by Stanley Watson·1935
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NA/10 avgNo member ratings yetBritain's first complete rock climbing film, by Stanley Watson. A film about climbing in the Lakes. Norah Johnstone, a teacher at Keswick Grammar School and later Watson's wife, starred as a Victorian climber. The film includes footage of Stanley Watson himself climbing Kern Knotts blindfolded and a young girl, Vivian Verity, whose first climb at aged 9 was up Napes Needle. Stanley Watson is a keystone in the history of British climbing. He established the British Mountain Guides Organisation in 1930.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 George Abrahamself | self |
| SStanley Watsonself | self |
| VVivian Verityself | self |
| JJerry Wrightself | self |
| HHelen Johnstoneself | self |
| NNorah Watsonself | self |
| DDunbar Usherself | self |
| LLe Breton Martinnarrator | narrator |