Directed by
George Lowe |
Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)
Louis MacNeice | ... | (commentary) |
Cast (in credits order)
Meredith Edwards | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
John Hunt | ... | Self (Army Officer) | |
George Band | ... | Self (Student) | |
Tom Bourdillon | ... | Self (Research Scientist) | |
Charles Evans | ... | Self (Surgeon) | |
Alfred Gregory | ... | Self (Travel Agent) | |
Edmund Hillary | ... | Self (Bee Keeper) | |
George Lowe | ... | Self (Schoolmaster) | |
Wilfred Noyce | ... | Self (Schoolmaster) | |
Griffith Pugh | ... | Self (Physiologist) | |
Thomas Stobart | ... | Self (Film Technician) (as Tom Stobart) | |
Tenzing Norgay | ... | Self (Sherpa Sirdar) (as Tensing Norkay Sherpa) | |
Michael Ward | ... | Self (Doctor) | |
Michael Westmacott | ... | Self (Statistician) | |
Charles Wylie | ... | Self (Army Officer) (as Charlie Wylie) | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Jan Morris | ... | Self (James Morris, correspondent, London Times) (uncredited) | |
Queen Elizabeth II | ... | Self (in coronation carriage) (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Eric Shipton | ... | Self (leader, 1951 expedition) (uncredited) |
Produced by
Leon Clore | ... | producer |
Bernard Coote | ... | associate producer |
John Taylor | ... | producer |
Grahame Tharp | ... | producer |
Music by
Arthur Benjamin |
Cinematography by
George Lowe | ... | (High altitude photography, 1953 expedition) |
J.B.L. Noel | ... | (as Captain J.B.L. Noel) (1922 and 1924 expeditions) |
Thomas Stobart |
Editing by
Adrian de Potier | ||
David Howes |
Sound Department
Ken Cameron | ... | sound recordist |
Jean Mackenzie | ... | sound editor |
Ken Scrivener | ... | sound recordist |
Music Department
Muir Mathieson | ... | conductor |