
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.
The Conquest of Everest 1953 was directed by Andrew Aitken.
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The Conquest of Everest 1953 runs for 53min, and was released in 1997.
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