MacNamara [i.e. McNamara] demonstrating climbing tech. with a Swiss shoulder belay MGM training film in Sun Valley.
Creator
Woodward, John B., 1915-2016
Date
1942
Summary
Members of the Army Ski Troops (later the 10th Mountain Division) watch as a man identified as McNamara demonstrates the use of a "Swiss" shoulder belay in rock climbing for an MGM training film in Sun Valley (Blaine County), Idaho. The men wear uniforms that include parkas and caps. Three of the men have rifles and knapsacks, one man has a sword attached to his knapsack.
Description
1 transparency : slide, col. ; 4 x 3 cm. (1 1/2 x 1 in.)
Is Part Of
10th Mountain Division Resource Center Collection.; 10th Mountain Division Resource Center Slide Collection.
Subject
Bald Mountain (Blaine County, Idaho)--1940-1950; Sun Valley (Idaho)--1940-1950; Climbing--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Infantry--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Military training--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Motion picture industry--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Mountaineering--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; Ski troops--American--Idaho--Sun Valley--1940-1950; United States. Army. Mountain Division, 10th.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
John Woodward.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR700200628
Notes
Inventory supplied by donor.; Penciled on slide mount: "3.1.15" and "MGM trg. film."; Title from inventory.; R7002006280
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