S. R. Bonnett --- the first photos of Mt Everest

[CMoore]

It was 1933 and these guys were the first to photograph Mt Everest. This is F'ing Fantastic..!!!.
My only complaint (regards the video) is that it was not Three Hours longer.
Not just regarding more info about film, development, printing and cinema..... but also the planes and other equipment.
Unbelievable..... Just Fabulous

https://mashable.com/2016/10/01/flying-over-everest/

 

[mmerig]

Thanks for the links -- very interesting.
There are earlier, still photos from the 1924 expedition. Maybe someday, someone will find Irvine's camera (Mallory did not have on when they found him).

 

[Louis Nargi]

Thanks for the links

 

[CMoore]

Thanks for the links

You are welcome.
As i say, the whole story is simply fascinating to me.......

 

[pentaxuser]

What puzzled me was why the cameraman closed himself in for take-off but at altitude seemed to be doing all of the film while open to the elements. I had presume that being closed in was for the camera's benefit rather than the cameraman's as clearly the pilot was in an open cockpit. I can only think that the camera could only shot in the open for a short period and had to be enclosed for the majority of the time but why? The windchill factor on an open camera
perhaps?

Incidentally most of us no longer speak like that in the U.K. if indeed most of us ever did but Hollywood seemed to think we did for many years after the war


pentaxuser