The Race for Everest (The Race for Everest)

Release Date:	2003-05-27
Runtime:	60 min
Status:	Released
Genres:	Documentary
Production:	BBC, BBC Documentaries, ZDF

Overview

The dramatic story of the British expedition that made the first ascent of Everest. Combining interviews with the surviving members of the 1953 British and 1952 Swiss attempt on Everest with rare archival material, this film tells the story of the race to climb Everest in the early 1950s and its climax in 1953.