Scene: Men Against Mountains
Men Against Mountains is an episode of the BBC schools TV series Scene from the 1970s, covering citizenship for secondary school pupils.
Documentary considering whether the deadly risks of mountaneering are justified by the challenge and achievements that it provides, focussing particularly on an account by Brian Nally on his attempt to climb the north face of the Eiger, which ended in disaster. Most of the programme is made up of a moving, personal account of the climb by Brian Nally.
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