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The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953 British and 1952 Swiss attempt on Everest with rare archival material, this film tells the story of the race to climb Everest in the early 1950s and its climax in 1953.Read moreLess
The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953 British and 1952 Swiss attempt on Everest with rare archival material, this film tells the story of the race to climb Everest in the early 1950s and its climax in 1953.
The story
The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953 British and 1952 Swiss attempt on Everest with rare archival material, this film tells the story of the race to climb Everest in the early 1950s and its climax in 1953.
Cast & crew
Edmund HillarySelf (archive footage)
John ShrapnelNarrator
Tenzing NorgaySelf (archive footage)
Peter JacksonSelf - Reuters CorrespendentExplore the crew
- Director of Photography
- Keith Partridge
- Director of Photography
- Richard Adam
- Director
- Mick Conefrey
- Producer
- Mick Conefrey
- Editor
- John McAvoy