Uploaded August 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Have you ever wondered where the training scenes from Rocky IV were filmed at? I made the journey, matching up shots and doing my best to get as close as possible to some of the more elusive (and dangerous) locations that Sylvester Stallone bravely conquered as Rocky Balboa in his quest to become strong enough to defeat the human monster Ivan Drago.

A documentary by
James Rolfe

Camera operator and assistant
Derek Wayne Johnson
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Covers by Epic Game Music. (and Rex Viper)
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Vocals by James Harding.
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Library Music by Partners in Rhyme, Fresh Music and Epidemic Music.

Archival climbing footage by:
Tristan Greszko
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Jeff Prashaw
youtube.com/watch?v=aslkvYumZ24

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