This color educational film is a true story about Scott Stewart, a mountain climber and business owner. His business ventures parallel his mountain climbing. His company was Scott Designs, created mountaineering and farming equipment. Brought to you by General Motors.
Title: THE CLIMBER (:06-:48). A man climbs a mountain. Scott Stewart is the climber, using a harness and the necessary climbing gear. Scott is on the side of a mountain (:49-2:08). On the side of a mountain, Scott ponders his next move. He picks his legs up and starts climbing. Overhead shot of Scott climbing up. Scott slowly moves up the side (2:09-4:14). Scott slowly makes it up the side and towards the top. he is very close to the top. He pulls his harness up. His friend, Al, scales the same side of the mountain. Al makes it to the top and joins Scott. Snow on the ground, a truck pulls up. Scott uses a sewing machine in a building. He puts together a knapsack. Other women sew in the building (4:15-7:21). Scott looks at a knapsack, a woman assist him with fixing it. Scott sits outside on a railing and speaks to the camera. A hand grips a cliff. Scott climbs a mountain (7:22-8:43). Scott shows his dustbag to a patent attorney. Cattle plays with the dustbag. The patent attorney speaks with Scott (8:44-10:16). Women work at sewing machines at Scott’s business. Scott walks through and looks. Scott takes a phone call. A woman sews using the machine. A woman cuts and takes fabric and brings it to a sewing machine (10:17-12:20). Scott speaks to Laurie, his plant manager, about worker issues. A subcontractor announces he is quitting the business, Scott on the phone seeks a new one. Scott starts to climb a mountain, Al assists (12:21-14:52). Scott continues to climb. Al starts climbing. Snow on the top of a mountain. Scott and Al walk on a mountain (14:53-16:27). Scott has silk screening equipment. Al sews. A woman at a sewing machine. Al on the side of a mountain, slowly climbs (16:28-18:54). Laurie and Scott outside. Cattle looks at an ‘oiler.’ Scott tries to create an oiler. The first model of the oiler is a failure. Scott talks to co-workers about it (18:55-20:45). Women at their sewing machines. Laurie and a man look at merchandise. Scott is on the phone. He seeks a larger building as he’s expanding. In Wisconsin, Scott pulls up in a car, this building is much larger than he currently has. He looks inside. He walks around inside the building (20:46-22:34). Scott tells his current co-workers that he’s leaving and that another similar business is coming to his current building in the mountains and that this man will probably hire most of them, concerned workers listen. Scott moves out equipment, loads it into a truck. Scott on the telephone. Scott and Al head for the mountain through the snow (22:35-24:03). Scott and Al walk through snow covered pine trees. Trees drip water as snow melts a bit. Scott and Al walks through the snow towards a mountain(24:04-25:40). End credits (25:41-26:17).
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