Titles read: “CLIMBING THE UNCLIMBABLE!“ Portnant, Wales. L/S of the village of Portnant with dark mountains rising beyond. Women in overalls walk along a village street carrying children; children put a letter in the village post box. C/U of the post box shows the next collection is on Thursday. Several shots of the steep hills of a stone quarry rising up from the coastline. A man leads a horse pulling a sledge along a track; a woman walks along with a basket. Two men examine a wrecked car that once tried to get all the way up the track. Several shots of a new 1930's Ford (?) saloon car negotiating the steep narrow mountain road. This is claimed to be the first car to make it over the mountain and into the village of Portnant. Nice shots of car speeding along narrow twisting road and making it all the way to the top. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.
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