''The Conquest of Everest'' is a 1953 British
Technicolor
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documentary film directed by
George Lowe
George Edward Lowe (born November 10, 1957) is an American voice actor and comedian whose voice roles include Space Ghost on the animated series ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' and its spin-off, ''Cartoon Planet''.[Mount Everest
Mount Everest (; Tibetic languages, Tibetan: ''Chomolungma'' ; ) is List of highest mountains on Earth, Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Mahalangur Himal sub-range of the Himalayas. The China–Nepal border ru ...]
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[ It was nominated for an ]Academy Award
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for Best Documentary Feature. 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition
The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29 May 1953. ...
(as did George Lowe
George Edward Lowe (born November 10, 1957) is an American voice actor and comedian whose voice roles include Space Ghost on the animated series ''Space Ghost Coast to Coast'' and its spin-off, ''Cartoon Planet''.[The Monthly Film Bulletin
''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 to April 1991, when it merged with ''Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with a ...]
'' wrote "As one expected, this film is good. It has been most skilfully edited and is often intensely moving."
Home media
''The Conquest of Everest'' was released on Region 0
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DVD-R by Alpha Video on 28 January 2014.
See also
*List of media related to Mount Everest
This is a list of media content related to Mount Everest, the Earth's highest mountain, with an elevation of above sea level. Mount Everest was identified as such in the 19th century as a result of a geographical survey conducted by the British ...
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1953 films
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Mountaineering films
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1950s English-language films
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