The Race for Everest (2003)

The Race for Everest (2003)

2003-05-27 United Kingdom 60 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Edmund Hillary is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
John Shrapnel is Narrator
Tenzing Norgay is Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Peter Jackson is Self - Reuters Correspendent
Self - Reuters Correspendent