This is an amazing film! 80-foot cable ladder descents! Carbide lamps! Also, an amazing cave.
Thanks, Bill! On Nov 13, 2015, at 7:3755 PM, Mixon Bill via Texascavers <texascavers@texascavers.com> wrote: > Sid Perou's movie about Castleguard Cave in the Canadian Rockies is on > YouTube at > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lpa7I1SNu0 > > This was filmed (on actual film; remember that?) in 1973 and for a long time > was hard to find, because of some sort of rights problem that precluded > making videotapes of it. I think Frank Binney worked with Sid on the film as > sound recorder, although I think I've heard that the voices recorded in the > cave couldn't be used because they were all in English, so, the cave being > owned by Parks Canada, everything had to be dubbed in both English and > French. Maybe Frank can tell the tale. > > If up go to that URL, YouTube will also recommend a lot of other old caving > films by Sid Perou. -- Mixon > ---------------------------------------- > A man cannot be too careful in his choice of enemies. > ---------------------------------------- > You may "reply" to the address this message > (unless it's a TexasCavers list post) > came from, but for long-term use, save: > Personal: bmi...@alumni.uchicago.edu > AMCS: a...@mexicancaves.org or sa...@mexicancaves.org > > _______________________________________________ > Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com > Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ > http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers _______________________________________________ Texascavers mailing list | http://texascavers.com Texascavers@texascavers.com | Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/texascavers@texascavers.com/ http://lists.texascavers.com/listinfo/texascavers
