First pictures from base camp on Mount Everest, shows General C. B. Bruce, leader of the expedition.
Panning shot along a row of explorers and Nepalese porters / guides. C/U of three white men; two youngish and one older (one of the younger ones wears a jauntily tilted fedora...
First pictures from base camp on Mount Everest, shows General C. B. Bruce, leader of the expedition.
Panning shot along a row of explorers and Nepalese porters / guides. C/U of three white men; two youngish and one older (one of the younger ones wears a jauntily tilted fedora hat), pan along to show more of the explorers, some smoke cigarettes. M/S of Nepalese soldiers playing bag pipes as they lead the party of explorers, some on horseback, through the base camp, as they go they tip their hats and wave. C/U of a (white) woman talking to three of the explorers. M/S of the party of explorers gathered around a table, one man appears to be looking at a map.
Panning shot along a group of fifty or so Nepalese men, pan to white men sitting around a table. Panning C/U of a row of Nepalese men, they smile at the camera, some have their arms around others' shoulders. C/U of a Nepalese man with long scruffy hair laughing. M/S of a little girl holding a blanket, a bowl and a cup, she walks off frame. C/U of the older white man - General Bruce? M/S of the expedition members sitting outside at a low table eating a banquet.
Note: this is one of three versions of the story - MOUNT EVEREST EXPEDITION - all are in G 1078. Other versions include intertitles and titles and scenic shots of the mountains. AH 2000.
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