Movie: The Race for Everest

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Edmund Hillary
Edmund Hillary

Self (archive footage)

John Shrapnel
John Shrapnel

Narrator

Tenzing Norgay
Tenzing Norgay

Self (archive footage)

Peter Jackson
Peter Jackson

Self - Reuters Correspendent

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    The Race for Everest

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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.

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    2003-05-27

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