Perilous Descent

Year Published: 1974

Creator: Wolper Productions.

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Documents the preparation and success of Yiuchiro Miura in skiing down the side of Mt Fuji, Japan's highest mountain, at speeds of up to 110 miles an hour. Shows him training for four months in a wind tunnel and on other slopes and developing a special parachute to slow him down over the rough spots.


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