SEBASTOPOL

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1929
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Year
1929
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F20538
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Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Duration
0:10:44
Production company
New Zealand Government Publicity Office

Main Title: THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PUBLICITY OFFICE Presents “Sebastopol” IN NEW ZEALAND’S SOUTHERN ALPS.
Intertitle: New Zealand’s Southern Alps, mighty backbone of the South Island, display an unsurpassed magnificence of mountain grandeur.
Intertitle: Within sight of the alpine monarch, Mt. Cook, stands Sebastopol, a testing ground for junior climbers.
Intertitle: The Mt. Cook Hermitage - - - thousands of feet above worry level.
(pic.) Men on horse back outside the Hermitage.
Intertitle: A fair visitor makes ready for her first ascent.
(pic.)A young woman with her climbing companion outside the Hermitage.
Intertitle: The regal majesty of the Alpine Monarch.
(pic.) Clouds billow over Mount Cook, Aoraki. Climbers look pensive.
Intertitle: Through evergreen glades, to the mountain’s base.
(pic.) Walking along a track pointing to the mountains.
Intertitle: Up the rocky slope to the towering cliffs.
(pic.) At the base of Sebastopol. Walking up scree.
Intertitle: Roping up - - a precaution to which many a climber owes his life.
(pic.)
Intertitle: The guide first ascends the sheer rock face.
(pic.)
Intertitle: A task for skill and steady nerves.
(pic.) Climber struggles on the rocks, boots slipping.
Intertitle: Milady is not slow to follow.
(pic.) The woman climber makes her way up the cliff face.
Intertitle: The ascent unfolds a majestic array of glistening peaks.
(pic.) Vista of mountains.
Intertitle: Up to the snowfields above.
(pic.) Further climbing
Intertitle: Donning woollen gloves to keep the cold at bay.
(pic.) Putting on woollens, climbing up snow lined ridge to the summit.
Intertitle: A precarious passage across the steep snowfield.
(pic.) Cutting steps to traverse field.
Intertitle: Over the treacherous slope, to the final ascent.
(pic.) At the summit.
Intertitle: High up in a world of white, on Sebastopol’s cloud-capped peak.
(pic.) The climbers shake hands.
End Title: N. Z. GOVERNMENT PUBLICITY (badge logo).
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