Alive - The 1972 Andes Survivors (History Channel)
A remarkable tribute to the human spirit and its will to survive
RRP: £12.99
| Product Code | GRD1366 |
|---|---|
| Barcode | 5060144213662 |
| Certificate | E - Exempt from classification |
| Screen | Full screen PAL 4:3 |
| Colour Code | Colour |
| Audio Content | Stereo |
| Disc Format | DVD-5 |
| Language | English |
| Duration | 45 mins approx |
| Region | 2 - will only play on European region 2 or multi-region DVD players |
1 x 45:00 min
THIRTY FIVE YEARS AGO, in October 1972, a chartered plane carrying members of a Uruguayan rugby team, along with friends and family, crashed into a remote section of the Argentinean Andes.
Thirteen people were instantly killed but there were 32 survivors left 14,000 feet up in the harsh, forbidding snow-swept Andes.After two weeks, the search for the missing plane was called off and the remaining survivors soon dwindled to a mere sixteen. In order to survive their ordeal, they had no choice but to eat some of their deceased companions. Left with no other option, two survivors, Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa, left the crash site and trekked for 9 days over the Andes in order to save the rest.
Featuring interviews with the survivors we chronicle their incredible tale and provide a firsthand account of their seventy one days spent snowbound in the middle of the Andes Mountains.