SKI PATROL, GARMISCH, GERMANY Reel 1 · Part 1

Description

Covers the ski patrolmen, consisting of many military personnel, volunteer and professionals performing their duties at the Zugspitze Platz. Includes scenes of injured skier being given first aid and evacuated from the hill by an Akia (international name given to rescue sled). Reel 1 - 1) Shows ski patrol arriving and putting on skis. 2) Scenes of ski patrol and skiers skiing down slope. 3) Shows skiers coming up hill by rope tow. 4) MS of ski patrol giving instructions to students. 5) LS high angle looking down mountain into valley showing skiers waiting in line for lifts. 6) MS and LS of house on side of mountain. 7) MS of street in Garmisch. 8) MS sign on side of railroad station: BOYER, ZUGSPITZBAHN, EIBSEE. 9) LS of cog train stopping in front of railroad station. 10) Scenes of novice skier falling, ski patrolman signaling for help and injured skier being taken down hill in Akia rescue sled manned by two ski patrolmen. 895' Total footage in reel. Reel 2 - 1) Scenes of novice skier coming down slope and falling, ski patrolman arriving and signaling for help and ski patrolmen putting splint on leg, securing skier in Akia and starting down slope with Akia. 2) Shows ski patrolmen walking on small trail down valley. 3) Shows skier putting on skis and limbering up. 4) CU to LS of National Ski Patrol emblem on jacket as skier skis away from camera. 5) Scenes of skiers waiting in line for lifts and being pulled up slope. 6) Shows ski patrolman giving young lady equipment information. 7) CU of St. Bernard dog lying in snow with ski patrolman's jacket thrown over him --skier comes up, picks up his jacket and starts to put it on. 8) LS scenic view of Eibsee with mountains in background. 9) Scenes of skiers waiting to board cog train and view from train window of the ski slope. 1004' Total footage in reel.

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities