Hillary Reaches Pole 1958

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Full title reads: " Hillary Reaches Pole".

CU New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary. GV Of the Himalayas. SV Hillary and Tensing with others coming down the mountainside after the conquest of Mount Everest. GV Street scene in Nepal. LV Crowds cheering. SV. Tensing, Sir John Hunt and Hillary garlanded....

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
49204
Sort Number:
58/002
Time in/Out:
01:19:14:00 / 01:20:13:00
Canister:
58/2
Film ID:
1515.07
Issue Date:
06/01/1958

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  • "Dr. Fuchs" referred to is Dr Vivian Fuchs.

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