Radio New Zealand - Te Reo Irirangi o Aotearoa
26 May 2012 - 2:47 am NZ time
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Sir Edmund Hillary - A Tribute
Award-winning Documentary
Radio New Zealand received a Gold Medal from the prestigious New York Festival Radio Awards for this documentary by veteran producer, Jack Perkins, on the life of Sir Edmund Hillary... read more
It's One Thing To Climb A Mountain
- Part 1 - It's One Thing To Climb A Mountain
Everest to Antarctica (50′44″)
- Part 2 - It's One Thing To Climb A Mountain
We came for the mountains and stayed for the people. (47′10″)
- Part 3 - It's One thing To Climb A Mountain
White Water and Diplomacy. (45′04″)
Hillary Returns, Short Film, 1953
Information
Edmund Percival Hillary
[ca 1953]
Reference number: 1/2-020196-F
Alexander Turnbull Library
Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay in Wellington
11 August 1971
Reference number: EP/1971/3690/6A-F
Alexander Turnbull Library
Links
Sir Edmund Hillary on NZ On Screen
On top of the World: Ed Hillary on NZ History online
Acknowledgments
Excerpts of audio used in the tribute documentary 'Everest And Beyond' are sourced from the following DVDs:
Beyond Everest, DVD which contains two 50 minute films , one made in 1980, one in 1999, both about Hillary's work with the Sherpa people.
From the Ocean to the Sky, DVD about Hillary's 1977 Ganges jetboat expedition.
DVDs of Sir Edmund's journey through India in 1985 India - a Personal Encounter, and his 1983 Fijian adventure A Journey to the Dawning of the Day.
Used by permssion. Enquiries to mcdillon@ozemail.com.au
Archive material has also been sourced from Radio New Zealand Sound Archives
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