5 October 2022 - 20 January 2023 Open 10.00am - 5.00pm Monday to Saturday
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), 1 Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AR
Free No booking required
The Society’s new exhibition marking the centenary of the Everest expeditions in the 1920s explores how Captain John Noel’s films shaped the popular image of the mountain while sometimes obscuring the role of local intermediaries.
Featured image: Team members including Mallory and Sherpas at a rest stop on Everest, J.B Noel 1922
[In-person and online] The 1920s saw filmmaker-explorers bringing polar exploration, mountaineering and ethnography to the masses, with major film companies backing feature-length dramas. Ian will survey this surprisingly popular and controversial new genre.
[Online and in-person] Join Jan for an illustrated talk discussing the production, technology and presentation of films made on successive Everest expeditions between 1922 and 1953.
[Online and in-person] The centenary of the first Everest expeditions gives us an opportunity to reflect on the role of local knowledge and resources that facilitated the climbs and how the expeditions were documented and recorded.
[Online and in-person] Have you ever wondered what it is like to stand on the summit of Mount Everest? What does it take to get to the top?
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