Wings Over Everest

Wings Over Everest (1934)

Genres - Documentary  |   Release Date - May 31, 1934  |   Run Time - 42 min.  |  
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Wings over Everest is a 1934 British short documentary film directed by Geoffrey Barkas and Ivor Montagu. It won an Academy Award in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Novelty). It described the 1933 Houston-Mount Everest flight expedition, in which Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, otherwise known as Lord Clydesdale, piloted a single-engined biplane on 3 April 1933, just clearing Everest's southern peak by a few feet, having been caught in a powerful downdraught. The film used mixture of real footage of Everest from the record-breaking flight and theatrically produced scenes using the actual people rather than actors.

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Aviation, Biplane, British, Chassis, Duke, Everest, Expedition, Foot, Lord, Short, Southern, Wing

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Subject: aviation

Alternate Titles

Wings Over Everest
GB
Wings Over Mt. Everest
US