Movie Details
Original Language:English
Cast & Crew
A
Andrew Aitken
Director
A
Andrew Aitken
Writer
D
David McWhinnie
Producer
The Conquest of Everest 1953
Audience Score
53 minAdventure,
History,
Documentary
Plot
Using original footage, looks at the various attempts to climb the world's loftiest peak, in particular the successful 1953 expedition, when, on 29 May, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay raised the Union Jack on the summit of Everest.
