Explorer and director Captain John Noel's 1924 film of the British attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest has been restored by the BFI with a new multilayered score by composer Simon Fisher Turner.
THE EPIC OF EVEREST is a BFI National Archive restoration, in UK cinemas & on BFI Player now.
http://player.bfi.org.uk/
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