| EVEREST HEROES HOME Everest expedition arrives in Britain and gives a press conference. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5748 |
| Catalog #: | 42769 | |
| Clip Number: | 42769-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 53/50 | |
| Timecode: | 01:18:00 - 01:20:42 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EXPLORATION: Mount Everest JOURNALISM: Press Conference LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London PERSONALITIES: Hillary, Sir Edmund Percival SPORTS: Mountain & Rock Climbing (Mountaineering) | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 430464. See also catalog #s 13494, 221333, 430465. EVEREST MEN HOME. London Airport SV Colonel Sir John Hunt, the leader of the Everest expedition, and sherpa Tenzing Norgay ("Tiger" Tenzing), one of the members, leave plane. Among those who greet them is Minister of War, Head Brigadier Anthony. SV photographers. SV pan, members of the expedition. Hunt lifts ice axe. STV Tenzing's wife and two daughters. SV crowd waving. Pan with Pugh's little daughter as she runs to meet father. SV expedition members greeting their families. CU Pugh with daughter. SV families greeting each other. SCU New Zealander Edmund Hillary being greeted. CU Hillary. SV journalists etc., inside lounge. SV Hunt interviewed. He says: "I'd unhesitatingly say the basic reason for our success is the accumulation of experience and information provided for us by all our illustrious predecessors on the mountain." SV Hillary interview, he says: "My main worry throughout rest of ascent was the question of the supply of oxygen. We kept a close watch on our oxygen supply and the usage, and even when we were on top we were very worried as to whether we had enough to get down again. Fortunately we did it. My main one was relief that we got there [the top of Mount Everest]." SCU Hillary interview: "Tenzing and I had been climbing together as good deal and I think we'd become a fairly happy pair and this is just one example of how a pair roped together are a unit and how one is always protecting the other. I was going down the ice fall, when I was crossing a crevasse lodge a lump of ice gave way on which I was standing and I set off down the crevasse. Tenzing was following and had the rope tight in a very short time and pulled me up, so I didn't go very far." SV Tenzing is asked for his reaction. He doesn't speak English but an off screen voice translates, he was very happy. | |
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