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Documentary that covers the famous and successful expedition of the Everest conquest by Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, the first climbers to reach its peak.
Original Release
11/03/1953
US Release
12/09/1953
Cast
Name | Character |
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Meredith Edwards | Narrator |
John Hunt | Self (Army Officer) |
George Band | Self (Student) |
Tom Bourdillon | Self (Research Scientist) |
Charles Evans | Self (Surgeon) |
Alfred Gregory | Self (Travel Agent) |
Edmund Hillary | Himself / Self (Bee Keeper) |
George Lowe | Self (Schoolmaster) |
Wilfred Noyce | Self (Schoolmaster) |
Griffith Pugh | Self (Physiologist) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Meredith Edwards | Narrator |
John Hunt | Self (Army Officer) |
George Band | Self (Student) |
Tom Bourdillon | Self (Research Scientist) |
Charles Evans | Self (Surgeon) |
Alfred Gregory | Self (Travel Agent) |
Edmund Hillary | Himself / Self (Bee Keeper) |
George Lowe | Self (Schoolmaster) |
Wilfred Noyce | Self (Schoolmaster) |
Griffith Pugh | Self (Physiologist) |
Thomas Stobart | Self (Film Technician) |
Tenzing Norgay | Himself / Self (Sherpa Sirdar) |
Michael Ward | Self (Doctor) |
Michael Westmacott | Self (Statistician) |
Charles Wylie | Self (Army Officer) |
Jan Morris | Self (James Morris, correspondent, London Times) |
Queen Elizabeth II | Self (in coronation carriage) |
Eric Shipton | Self (leader, 1951 expedition) |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Leon Clore | Producer |
Bernard Coote | Producer |
John Taylor | Producer |
Grahame Tharp | Producer |
Editors
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1954 | Oscar | Best Documentary, Features | Nominated |