Reference Number
Film : F26725
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[HILLARY & LOWE RETURN TO NEW ZEALAND AFTER CONQUERING EVEREST]
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Year
1953
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Production Company
A.H. Reynolds
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Country
new zealand
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Duration
0:01:37
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Category
actuality
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Edmund Hillary and George Lowe, on board a TEAL Flying Boat, arrive at an Auckland wharf for a public welcome after scaling Mt Everest.
000:00 Brief underexposed footage of [mountain]
000:03 Members of the public wait on the wharf; TEAL Flying Boat taxiing to wharf.
000:08 NZ flag over gateway; public in foreground; TEAL Flying Boat taxiing to dockway; people disembarking from Flying Boat; crowd waiting on wharf.
000:19 Edmund Hillary and Lowe walk along gangway and are met by family and friends. Edmund Hillary picks up a child [Peter Hillary?] and kisses a woman [Louise Rose?]; after mingling with the crowd they ascend the dais for official speeches, beginning with the Mayor. Edmund Hillary and George Lowe both speak; brief shot of press photographers.
001:16 Various shots of dignitaries on dais; Edmund Hillary and George Lowe leave the terminal amidst the well-wishers gathered; their vehicle leaves the scene under police escort.
001:37 Last picture frame.
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Credits
Filmed by A.H. REYNOLDS
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Site/Shelf Location
Film Archive, Wellington
Film Archive, Wellington
Film Archive, Wellington
Film Archive, Wellington
Film Archive, Wellington
Film Archive, Wellington
Film Archive, Wellington
Film Archive, Wellington
Film Archive, Wellington
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