Fourth Everest Expedition
1933-12-31| 76 min
Percy Wyn-Harris' filmic record of the 1933 expedition, led by Hugh Ruttledge. It features comprehensive footage of the 1933 Mount Everest Expedition. Opens on the team’s arrival in India and shows landmarks, then shots of the preparations in Darjeeling. Includes blessing ceremonies by the Buddhist Lama at Darjeeling and the Chief Lama at Rongbuk. Scenes of all six camps being established and the journey back to Darjeeling, when it became clear summiting would be impossible this time.
Genres
Documentary
Cast
Hugh Ruttledge
Percy Wyn-Harris
Eric Shipton
Frank Smythe
Jack Longland
Lawrence Wager
C. Raymond Greene
George Wood Johnson
Colin G. Crawford
Edward Shebbeare
Eugene Birnie
Hugh Boustead
E. Thompson
William Russell Smijth-Windham
William Maclean
Tom Brocklebank
