- Title: P-213-6
- Summary: CONQUEST OF EVEREST: THE CONQUEST OF EVEREST. MAY 29, 1953. UNCONQUERABLE MOUNT EVEREST IS CONQUERED! EDMUND HILLARY & TENSING, NEPALESE SHERPA GUIDE, CLIMB THE ULTIMATE PEAK.
- Description:00:15:47 - AERIAL, HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. SNOW & ICE-COVERED PEAKS VISIBLE THROUGH CLOUDS. MOUNT EVEREST. 00:16:00 - CU, CAMERAMAN WITH OXYGEN MASK ON TAKING PICTURES INTERCUTS MOUNTAIN. CAMERAMAN WITH OXYGEN MASK LEANS OUT PLANE WINDOW. 00:16:08 - BRITISH EXPEDITION CLIMBING MOUNTAIN IN SNOW. EXPLORERS CLIMB SNOWY MOUNTAIN. 00:16:51 - COOL SHOT OF THREE MEN CLIMBING VAST SIDE OF MOUNTAIN. LIKE LITTLE ANTS IN THE MIDST OF A HUGE ANT HILL. MAN'S SMALLNESS IN NATURE. 00:16:58 - CU MAN DIGGING PICK-AXE INTO SNOW TO CLIMB. 00:17:02 - AERIAL MONTAGE OF MOUNT EVEREST. 00:17:15 - EXPLORATION PARTY MAKES IT'S WAY DOWN MOUNTAIN. NO SNOW, & DRESSED FOR WARMER WEATHER. 00:17:22 - KATMANDU, NAPAL. STREET SCENES. "HEROS" WELCOME FOR NAPAL'S OWN TENSING. ENGULFED BY NATIVES. EXPLORERS SURROUNDED BY LOCAL PEOPLE. 00:17:37 - COL. JOHN HUNT ARRIVES IN LONDON. PRESS TAKE PHOTOS. PEOPLE WAVE AS THEY DRIVE BACK IN ENGLAND. HUNT HOLDS UP UNION JACK FLAG THAT WAS PLANTED ATOP EVEREST. 00:17:50 - LITTLE GIRL BREAKS THROUGH BARRIER & RUNS TO HER FATHER WHO WAS IN EXPEDITION. CU HER IN FATHER'S ARMS, KISSES HER CHEEK. MAN WITH DAUGHTER. 00:17:55 - HILLARY MAKES SPEECH, ANSWERS QUESTIONS IN INTERVIEW. PANS GROUP OF CLIMBERS. 00:18:30 - AERIAL MONTAGE OF MOUNT EVEREST.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1953
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-213-6