A series of films on the way we live now.
Rescue
They are on call day and night, in all weathers.
The work is demanding, dangerous and disruptive. None of them is paid. The
Lochaber Mountain Rescue
Team is there to save lives in some of Britain's wildest terrain, the Scottish
Highlands that surround Ben Nevis.
They have to be ready for some tough and unexpected assignments. It is winter-time, the weather hazardous. One day the quest is for a suspected heart attack victim in a lonely glen.
The next, they join an RAF helicopter crew to winch an injured climber off the mountainside. Yet another call-out sends them searching through the black night to reach students stranded on 'the Ben'.
The 32 men who make up the rescue team are a diverse group - teachers, workers at the paper mill, a carpet fitter. But all are keen mountaineers, with strong loyalties. When the alarm is raised, they down tools and head for the hills.
Narrator Susan Rae
Photography PAUL BERRIFF Sound recordist RAY PARKER Film editor DICK PULL Producer JUDI CONNER
Editor EDWARD MIRZOEFF
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