WINGS OVER EVEREST: The Story of the Houston - Mt. Everest Flight
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Genre: non-fiction / Documentary film / Newsreel
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År: 1934
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Varighed: 00:41:58 mins
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Beskrivelse: The first flight over Mount Everest on 3rd April 1933, in two modified Westland Wallace bi-planes, piloted by early Scottish aviators, the Marquess of Clydesdale and Donald McIntyre. This daring feat was conceived by a Committee with the backing of the Royal Geographical Society (including the writer John Buchan) and was funded by Lady Houston. This detailed film follows the flight from planning stages, to engineering and testing to recording the actual flight itself.
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Nøgleord: documentary / sponsored / newsreel / promotional / Tourism and Travel / Transport
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Udbyder: National Library of Scotland
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Rettigheder: In Copyright
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Produktionsselskab: Gaumont British
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Farve: Black & White
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Director: Geoffrey Barkas and Ivor Montagu
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Sound: With sound
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Language: en