KENYA HIMAL CHULI EXPEDITION 1955
This film is held by the BFI (ID: 352577).
Synopsis
The participants of and shots of the Kenya Himal Chuli expedition of 1955.
Shot of the Himal Chuli (Himalchuli Mountain) in Nepal. The Participants - John Howard and the photographer of the expedition Arthur Firmin and John Lane, David McDowell-Wilson, Bob Corkwell and Pat Nolan-Naylor. The expedition from Kenya. The mountain. Arrival by Dakhota (?). The loading of a truck with supplies. View of a town (Katmandu ?) from hotel. Washing clothes in a river. Street scenes in the town and people carrying wood. Expedition members talk to sherpas. Various shots of the expedition - walking through a village, ploughing and weaving, a rope bridge, camp by the river and shots of the mountain. Close up of a ladybird and rodent. Climbing the lower levels of the mountain in poor weather. Cloud over the mountain. A group shot of the expedition members, including women sherpas. More mountain shots and a general view of the mountain.
Titles
- KENYA HIMAL CHULI EXPEDITION 1955 (Archive)
Technical Data
- Year:
- 1955
- Running Time:
- 21 minutes
- Film Gauge (Format):
- 16mm Film
- Colour:
- Colour
- Sound:
- Silent
Production Credits
- Production Countries:
- Great Britain
- on-screen participant
- CORKWELL, Bob
- on-screen participant
- FIRMIN, Arthur
- on-screen participant
- HOWARD, John
- on-screen participant
- LANE, John
- on-screen participant
- MCDOWELL-WILSON, David
- on-screen participant
- NOLAN-NAYLOR, Pat
- Photography
- FIRMIN, Arthur