The Race for Everest

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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.

Keywords

mount everest
documentary filmmaking
mountaineering
alpinism
alpine climbing

Details

Status: Released
Release date: May 27, 2003
Original language: English
Spoken languages: english, french
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: ZDF,BBC,BBC Documentaries Production,BBC Documentaries,BBC, BBC Documentaries, ZDF
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
Homepage: Official site
IMDb: tt0417075