The Conquest of Everest
Dec 09 1953
•1h 18m
•Documentary, Drama, History
A documentary of the first successful expedition to the summit of Mount Everest. New Zealand's Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay climb Mount Everest in 1953.
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Meredith Edwards
Narrator
Edmund Hillary
Himself
Tenzing Norgay
Himself
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