MTR.2011.2 Mountaineers Film Collection, Mountaineer Climbing Films

For notes and video clips, click the link in the Title column below.

Title	Date	Format	Length	Reels	Video Transfer	Archive Location	Comments

Title	Date	Format	Length	Reels	Video Transfer	Archive Location	Comments
Snow Slopes	1929-30	16mm, B&W, silent	19 min.	1	2004, DigiBeta	UW Special Collections	Whitehorse, Index, Chair Peak, Circle Tour, Red Mtn, Guye Peak.
Ascent of the Tooth	1940	16mm, color, silent	17 min.	1	2004, DigiBeta	UW Special Collections	Jim Crooks and Fred Beckey climb South Face of The Tooth near Snoqualmie Pass.
Ascent of Mt Cruiser	c1940	16mm, color, silent	8 min.	1	2007, MiniDV	UW Special Collections	Climbing the South Corner of Mt Cruiser in the Olympics. (MiniDV tape has been lost, but we have AVI copy.)
Tumwater Canyon Rock Climbing	1940s	16mm, color, silent	21 min.	1	2007, MiniDV	UW Special Collections	Fred Beckey and friends demonstrate rock climbing techniques.
Ascent of Lighthouse Tower	1949	16mm, color, silent	23 min.	2	2004, DigiBeta	UW Special Collections	Fred Beckey, Joe Hieb, Pete Schoening, and Dick Widrig climb Lighthouse Tower in the Cashmere Crags (2 copies).
Alpine First Aid	c1960	16mm, color, silent	26 min.	2	2010, MiniDV	UW Special Collections	Dr. Warren Spickard and others demonstrate first aid techniques for mountaineering. There are two copies of this film.
This is Self Arrest	1967	16mm, color, sound	9 min.	5	2010, MiniDV	UW Special Collections	Jim Whittaker narrates instructional film about self arrest. The film reel says "Pierce County Library #7." The Mountaineer Archives contain another reel labeled "Self Arrest (1)" plus originals of the film (A&B rolls) and soundtrack (audio tape).