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Edmund Hillary reading The Times, with his photo of fellow summiteer Tenzing Norgay on the cover, July 1953. The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded when Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary reached the summit on 29 May 1953.
The Conquest of Everest is a 1953 British Technicolor documentary film directed by George Lowe about various expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest. [2] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. [3] Cameraman Tom Stobart participated in the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition (as did George Lowe).
Sir Edmund Percival Hillary (20 July 1919 – 11 January 2008) was a New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist.On 29 May 1953, Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest.
Thomas Ralph Stobart OBE (10 March 1914 – 28 November 1980) was a British cameraman, film-maker and author, notable for having shot The Conquest of Everest, the official film of the 1953 British Mount Everest Expedition. Stobart was born in Darlington and was educated at St Bees School near Whitehaven, Cumberland.
This is a list of proxy wars.Major powers have been highlighted in bold. A proxy war is defined as "a war fought between groups of smaller countries that each represent the interests of other larger powers, and may have help and support from these".
The Conquest of Space is a 1949 speculative science book written by Willy Ley and illustrated by Chesley Bonestell. The book contains a portfolio of paintings by Bonestell depicting the possible future exploration of the Solar System , with explanatory text by Ley.
Battle of Bileća – 1326 – Ottoman conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Ottoman wars in Europe) ... Battle of Puutli – 1953 – Partisan war; Ethiopia
Man of Conquest: 1939 Brian Donlevy: The Remarkable Andrew: 1942 Charlton Heston: The President's Lady: 1953 The Buccaneer: 1958 Basil Ruysdael: Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier: 1955 Martin Van Buren: Charles Trowbridge: The Gorgeous Hussy: 1936 Francis Sayles: Man of Conquest: 1939 Nigel Hawthorne: Amistad: 1997 William Henry Harrison ...