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What drove the men who risked and lost their lives to conquer the world’s highest mountain for Britain? Fifty years on, Penny Mallory, whose ancestor, Georg...
- 54 min
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- Documentary Base
Apr 16, 2010 · Accompany present-day adventurer Conrad Anker as he recreates the 1924 ascent of George Mallory to the top of Mount Everest to solve a 75-year old mystery. ...
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- National Geographic
Jun 14, 2011 · CONQUEST OF EVEREST - REVISITED 1953-2003. What drove the men who risked and lost their lives to conquer the world's highest mountain for Britain? Fifty years on, Penny Mallory, whose...
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- PegEntLtd
With Meredith Edwards, John Hunt, George Band, Tom Bourdillon. 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.
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- Documentary, Adventure
- George Lowe
- 1953-12-07
From the history of Mount Everest and earlier climbing expeditions to preparations (including oxygen and equipment testing at Farnborough). Includes voice commentary from John Hunt, Charles Wylie and Edmund Hillary. Camps, acclimatization and assault parties.
The Conquest of Everest is a 1953 British Technicolor documentary film directed by George Lowe about various expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature .
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Aug 17, 2011 · British explorer George Mallory was obsessed with becoming the first person to conquer the untouched Mount Everest.