- Title: VM-294
- Summary: MAN AGAINST MOUNT EVEREST: 1952 FAILED SWISS ATTEMPT LEAD BY RAYMOND LAMBERT TO SCALE MOUNT EVEREST SOUTHERN FACE
- Description:00:22:14 - KATHMANDU, NEPAL STREET SCENES. 00:22:23 - CU MONTAGE BUDDHIST & HINDU GOD STATUES. 00:22:29 - MONTAGE LARGE GROUP OF MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS PREPARING TO SCALE MOUNT EVEREST 00:22:43 - CLIMBER IN LARGE FURRY HAT PUTS ON PROTECTIVE GOGGLES 00:22:48 - EXPLORATION PARTY MARCHES PAST CARRYING SUPPLIES ON THEIR BACKS 00:23:02 - GROUP HIKING ON ROCKY TERRAIN PAST RIVER 00:23:13 - HIKERS & SHERPAS TRAVELLING THROUGH MOUNTAINS 00:23:22 - CU HAND WITH PEN TRACES SOUTHERN ROUTE UP EVEREST FROM KATMANDU 00:23:32 - EXPLORATION GROUP MARCHING PAST 00:23:37 - TEMPORARY CAMP SET UP ON FLAT MOUNTAIN LAND 00:23:40 - MONTAGE NAPAL NATIVES GATHER TO WATCH 00:23:48 - WESTERN EXPLORERS LYING AROUND ON GROUND RESTING. LIGHTING CIGARETTE 00:23:54 - LOCAL SHERPAS COOKING OVER CAMPFIRE 00:24:03 - WESTERN EXPLORER EATING LOCAL FOOD 00:24:11 - EXPLORER SITTING DOWN WRITING 00:24:14 - SHEET WITH COINS PILED UP IN MIDDLE 00:24:16 - LOCAL NATIVES STAND AROUND WAITING TO GET PAID FOR PORTER WORK 00:24:19 - TINY PILES OF COINS STACKED UP 00:24:28 - LARGE GROUP OF NATIVES GATHERED, GETTING PAID 00:24:32 - SHAKING HANDS WITH SHERPAS, THE FAMED NAPALESE MOUNTAINEERS 00:24:39 - CU SHERPA WOMAN SAYING PRAYER WITH RELIGIOUS ARTICLES 00:24:44 - NATIVES WALKING AWAY WITH HIMALAY PEAK VISIBLE 00:24:49 - CU MOUNT EVEREST PAN DOWN TO CLIMBERS AT BASE CAMP. TENTS SET UP ON SNOWY GROUND 00:24:57 - CLIMBER TYING SHOE LACES IN HIS BOOTS. 00:25:01 - CLIMBER WRAPS ROPE AROUND HIMSELF PREPARING FOR DAY'S CLIMB 00:25:04 - CLIMBERS LEAVE CAMP ON TREK TO REACH SUMMIT OF EVEREST 00:25:14 - CU CLIMBING BOOTS WALKING IN SNOW. 00:25:22 - CLIMBING THROUGH THE ICE FALLS. 00:25:31 - EXPLORERS TALKING TOGETHER SOLVING PROBLEM OF HUGE CREVASSE 00:25:39 - CLIMBER TRIES TO SWING ACROSS CREVASSE WITH NO SUCCESS 00:25:45 - CLIMBERS COMING UP OPPOSITE SIDE OF CREVASSE 00:25:51 - SMILING CLIMBERS WITH BLACK FACES 00:26:02 - CLIMBER MAKES IT TO OPPOSITE SIDE 00:26:10 - MEN ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF CREVASSE USE ROPE & PULLEY SYSTEM TO HAUL SUPPLIES & CLIMBERS ACROSS 00:26:31 - SWIRLING CLOUDS AT PEAK OF EVEREST 00:26:36 - PEN IN HAND TRACES ROUTE ON MAP UP FACE OF LHOTSE 00:26:43 - CLIMBERS AT FOOT OF LHOTSE TALKING ABOUT CLIMB 00:26:54 - FACE OF LHOTSE 00:27:00 - TWO CLIMBERS LEAVING CAMP TO START CLIMB 00:27:12 - SWIRLING CLOUDS AT MOUNTAIN PEAK 00:27:17 - CLIMBERS WAITS CAMP V 00:27:18 - EXPLORERS SEEN IN DISTANCE AS THEY TREK OUT 00:27:24 - SHERPA LOOKING THROUGH TELESCOPE BACK AT CAMP 00:27:27 - KNIFE-LIKE RIDGE TO SUMMIT OF MT. EVEREST. 00:27:31 - PEN IN HAND TRACES ROUTE ON MAP 00:27:39 - SWIRLING SNOW ON MOUNTAIN 00:27:45 - CLIMBERS ON THE "SOUTH CALL" OF THE MOUNTAIN PREPARE FOR NEXT LEG OF THE HIKE. 00:28:02 - CHECKING OXYGEN BOTTLES. 00:28:06 - CU GAUGE ON END OF OXYGEN TANK 00:28:12 - CLIMBERS CHECKING & WRITING ON OXYGEN TANKS 00:28:17 - SNOW SWIRLS ON MOUNTAIN TOP AS FIRST STAGES OF MONSOON APPEAR 00:28:21 - CLIMBERS PREPARING IN BLIZZARD WEATHER 00:28:28 - CLIMBERS START ON FINAL LEG WALKING AWAY FROM CAMP 00:28:38 - CLIMBERS ADVANCING SLOWLY UP MOUNTAIN. 00:29:07 - CU CLIMBING BOOT WITH SPIKES IN SNOW. 00:29:21 - BLIZZARD BLOWS SNOW AS LINE OF EXPLORERS CLIMB 00:29:33 - MOUNTAIN CLIMBER OUT OF BREATH RESTING 00:30:09 - CLIMBERS GIVE UP & TURN BACK DUE TO BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS 00:30:18 - SWISS EXPLORERS BACK AT CAMP 00:30:27 - CU SHERPA GUIDE TENZING NORGAY 00:30:30 - PAN UP TO PEAK OF MT EVEREST.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1952
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-294