SUCH A STUPID WAY TO DIE

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Details

Year

1971

NFU Picture/Sheet No.

398

Technical details

Colour 27 mins. 16mm 980 ft.

Cat. Refs. 1973 p.45; 1977 p.60; 1984-85 p.10; 1986-87 p.12.

Viewing copies

BITC VHS (Preview copy)- BITC 305

Full Description

The biggest single killer in the mountains is accidental hypothermia - exposure to cold. What makes it such a stupid way to die is detailed in this dramatised case study of a group of five people out for a weekend tramp. One of them doesn't come back and the film gives the reasons why he died, and what could have been done to prevent his unnecessary death.