The conquest of Everest

DVD 2014

Story of the first successful attempt on the peak of Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world. The team included John Hunt, Edmund Hillary, Tensing Norgay and Tom Stobart the film technician. The documentary details the history, preparation and description of the route.

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Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)

Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008

Himalaya Mountains

Mount Everest Expedition (1953)

Mountaineering

Mountaineering Everest, Mount (China and Nepal)

Tenzing Norkey, 1914-1986

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Description:

1 videodisc (1 hr., 16 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital video
videodisc
DVD
video file DVD
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: NR

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1953
This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment
Region 0 (worldwide), standard screen
Photography, Thomas Stobart (1953 expedition), George Lowe (high altitude photography, 1953 expedition), Captain J.B.L. Noel (1922 and 1924 expeditions) ; commentary writer, Louis MacNeice ; music composer, Arthur Benjamin ; editor, Adrian de Potier ; narrator, Meredith Edwards
DVD-R
BAFTA Film Award: Best Documentary Film, 1954
BAFTA Awards, Certificate of Merit: Thomas Stobart, 1954
"Best Documentary" Oscar nomination, 1954
English dialog

Control Number:

3249573

UPC:

089218727794

Other Authors:

Alpine Club (London, England)
Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-1960, composer
Clore, Leon, producer
Countryman Films
Edwards, Meredith, 1917-1999, narrator
Group 3 (Firm)
London Films
Lowe, George, 1924-2013, director, director of photography
MacNeice, Louis, 1907-1963
Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain)
Stobart, Tom, director of photography
Taylor, John, 1914-1992, producer
Tharp, Grahame, 1912- producer

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