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The Race for Everest

May 27, 2003

60 minutes

Mick Conefrey

Documentary

Overview

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.

Movie Details

Release Date

May 27, 2003

Runtime

60 minutes

Director

Mick Conefrey

Production Companies

BBC BBC Documentaries ZDF

Cast

Edmund Hillary

Self (archive footage)

John Shrapnel

Narrator

Tenzing Norgay