Swiss Aka Alpine Accident (1955)

Corviglia, St. Moritz, Switzerland. Low angle shot of a skier taking a small jump. Camera follows skiers as they travel down snowy hillsides. Narrator observes that although skiers like the thrills, they don t think about the spills until it is too late. M, S of a man who the narrator describes as an man. M, S of a skier passing the camera at speed, he falls (dramatic music on soundtrack). The man sees that he is in trouble and runs towards an station. He lifts the lid of a metal hidey hole that contains a telephone. He makes a call. Six rescue teams operate in the St Moritz area and when it is quiet they practice their rescue techniques. Various shots of the injured man calling out and of the team coming to his rescue. They put on their skis and ski along with a stretcher sled. They arrive where the man has fallen and take off their skis. They take the skis off the injured man Carlo Luminati and give him a snifter of Brandy. Carlo s rescuer laughs about