The Call Of The Peaks (1946)

L'Appel Des Cimes, directed by Alain Pol, is a documentary commissioned by the CAF and the various French ministries on the practice of post-war mountaineering. In 1946, climbers trained at the Fontainebleau Climbing School. Guy Poulet and Jacques Poincenot try to climb the Aiguilles de Chamonix but fail during the climbing phase. After a night in a refuge with Denise Rouzeau and the guide Pierre Allain, the mountaineers make a new attempt. Successful demonstration for those who continued the approach walk then the passage of the seracs of the glacier. On the rock, the roped party crosses a chimney and a crack to reach the summit and abseil down. Led by high mountain scouts, Guy and Jacques rediscover the glaciers and needles of the Mont-Blanc massif during the next lesson.

Released Jan. 1, 1946 23 min None+

Genres: Documentary, Short

Keywords: tmdb.mountain, tmdb.climbing, tmdb.mountaineering, tmdb.fontainebleau, tmdb.alpinism, tmdb.alpes, tmdb.escalade + 6 more, tmdb.mountain-pioneer, mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.alpinism, imdb.year-1946, imdb.1940s, imdb.20th-century