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Return to the mountains

United Kingdom
film

Shows Sir Edmund Hillary’s return to the Everest area to establish a school. Illustrates the work of the Sherpa guides, and some aspects of life of the ..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Beyond Everest (1980). Beyond Everest: the ongoing climb of Sherpa Hillary (2000)

Australia, 2000
Similarity: 80%

Call of the mountains

India, 1958
Similarity: 77%

The Glacier climbers

Aotearoa / New Zealand, 1960
Similarity: 76%

Conquest of Everest

United Kingdom, 1953
Similarity: 75%

Classic Everest

Australia, 1991
Similarity: 74%

The Sherpas of Everest

Australia, 1980
Similarity: 74%

Hillary ventures south

Australia, 1962
Similarity: 73%

India: A Personal Encounter

India, 1987
Similarity: 72%

Wilderness: The Himalayas

United Kingdom, 1974
Similarity: 72%

The Great achievement

Aotearoa / New Zealand, 1957
Similarity: 71%

Bhutan

Australia, 1980
Similarity: 71%

Fool on a hill

Aotearoa / New Zealand, 1975
Similarity: 70%

Mountains of adventure

Australia, 1983
Similarity: 70%

Michael Palin: Himalaya

United Kingdom, 2004
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The Rescue

United Kingdom, 1958
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A Distant sound of bugles

Australia, 1974
Similarity: 69%

High altitude skiing in Switzerland

Switzerland, 1975
Similarity: 69%

Prelude to Aspiring

New Zealand, 1949
Similarity: 69%
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