Mount Everest Expedition Alternative Version - 3 Of 3 (1924)
Mount Everest, India / Nepal.
L/S of the peak of Mount Everest, the picture is cropped so the mountain appears in a circular frame. L/S of the mountain peak. M/S, circular frame, of the mountain peak. M/S of eight explorers, four of whom are seated - they appear to be posing for a group photograph on the side of the mountain.
Few seconds of white spacing.
Intertitle: “The epic story of the MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION“.
L/S of the explorer’s camp, in the background huge snow capped mountains loom. M/S of yaks with panniers strapped to them grazing by the camp. L/S of the camp beside an enormous glacier. L/S scenic shots of mountains. L/S of the glacier camp. Various shots of mountain peaks covered in snow.
Note: this is one of three versions of the story - MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION - all in G 1078. Other versions have better C/U shots of General Bruce and the explorers, one version has intertitles. AH 2000.
(Note for British Pathé staff: Hi-Def)
FILM ID:
A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ.