France - Mont Blanc Refuge Built Lner (1938)

Item title reads - France. Jean Zay is prevented from opening a climbers’ refuge 15,000 feet up Mont Blanc because of bad weather. L/S of Mont Blanc. M/S of Mr Jean Zay, the Minister of National Education, in Alpine costume. He walks towards the foot of the mountain. M/S as he meets various climbers and shakes hands. L/S as they set off and he turns and waves. M/S as he looks through a telescope afterwards to see the climbers continuing on their way. Another man looks through the telescope at the refuge. Various shots as we see it being constructed. M/S of the builders posing in front of the finished place. M/S of the refuge through the telescope. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 1