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Morning scenes, vox pops in Katmandu, following Hillary's death
1. Sunrise in Katmandu, cars and people passing in foreground
2. Mid of traffic in Katmandu
3. People buying newspapers on street
4. Close-up of newspaper article about Hillary's death
5. SOUNDBITE: (Nepali) Manoj Agrawal,...
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Mountaineers gather to mark 60th anniversary of conquering of Everest
1. Mountaineer Reinhold Messner placing garlands of flowers on the statues of Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay who made first ascent up Everest
2. Horse-drawn carriage decorated with flowers carrying Everest climbers and...
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Condolence book opened by Mountaineering Association
1. Flowers and sacred scarf offered near photograph of late New Zealand adventurer Sir Edmund Hillary
2. Condolence book at the Nepal Mountaineering Association
3. Wide of government officials and mountaineers at the memorial service
4....
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Reax to death of Sir Edmund Hillary from mountaineers
1. Exterior of Nepal Mountaineering Association building
2. Wall in restaurant where Mount Everest summiteers sign their names
3. Close-up of Hillary's signature on wall
4. SOUNDBITE (Nepali) Zimba Zangbu, Nepal Mountaineering...
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Memorial service for Everest mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary
1. Wide of memorial ceremony at Buddhist monastery
2. Wide of banner at ceremony reading (in English): "In memory of our Beloved Sir Edmund Hillary, Sherpa Community, January 22, 2008."
3. Wide of Buddhist monks playing horns
4. Various...
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Nepalese official confirms two Korean climbers killed on Mt Everest
1. Wide of Nepal Mountaineering Department building
2. Photograph of Korean mountaineer Hyun Jo Lee
3. Photograph of Korean mountaineer Hee Joon Oh
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Khadananda Dhakal, Chief of Nepal Mountaineering Department:
"The...
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Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa companion Tenzing Norgay report about climbing Mt. Everest at a press conference.
Sir Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa companion Tenzing Norgay report about climbing Mt. Everest at a press conference.
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First female climber to conquer Everest returns to Kathmandu
1. Wide shot of Junko Tabei, the first woman to reach Everest's summit, being greeted by President and members of Nepal Mountaineering Association
2. Cutaway cameras
3. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Junko Tabei, First female Everest summiteer:...
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WRAP Opening of celebrations for 50th anniversary of ascent of Everest
Nepal
1. Wide shot of Mount Everest at dawn
Kathmandu, Nepal, May 28, 2003
2. Wide shot, street scene with welcome banner
3. Mid shot of banner
4. Various shots of Kathmandu street life
5. Wide shot, people standing around newspapers...
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WRAP Events in Kathmandu marking 50th Everest anniversary
Kathmandu, Nepal, May 28, 2003
1. Various traffic on road
2. Wide shot, street scene with welcome banner
3. Mid shot banner welcoming participants of the Golden Jubilee Celebrations
4. Pedestrians in street, man carrying baskets
5. Wide...
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US teenager comments after climbing Everest, setting youth record
1. Samantha Larson coming out of the airport Katmandu airport on arrival from Mount Everest
2. Larson with other team mates walking towards the bus waiting to take them to hotel
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Samantha Larson:
"When I got to the...
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WRAP Celebrations on 50th anniversary of Everest conquest
Tengboche
1. Various of Everest
2. Wide of Tengboche monastery
3. Close up monks playing conch shells
4. Peter Hillary, son of Edmund Hillary and daughter Amelia walking past Tengboche Rinpoche, Head of Monastery
5. Wick catching candle...
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Memorial service for Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary
1. Wide shot of the memorial ceremony in Katmandu
2. Hindu priests praying
3. A sherpa woman placing a sacred scarf over a picture of Sir Edmund Hillary
4. Buddhist monks praying
5. SOUNDBITE: (Nepali) Prithvi Gurung, Nepal Tourism...
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Violent anti-monarchy demo ahead of Everest celebrations
1. Wide shot protester marching
2. Police in riot gear
3. Mid shot protesters chanting
4. Row of police in riot gear
5. Mid shot protesters
6. Police watching
7. Wide shot police retreating as protesters throw objects
8. Various of demo...
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Appreciation of huge contribution of Sherpas in Everest conquests
Eastern Nepal - May 18, 2003
1. Various of Mount Everest seen from an aircraft
2. Wide shot Himalayas (plane wing on left of picture)
3. People taking photographs from plane interior
Katmandu, Nepal - May 22, 2003
4. Wong Chu Sherpa...
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Bodies of two South Koreans killed climbing Mt Everest retrieved
1. Van with the bodies of Korean climbers killed on Mount Everest driving with motorbikes to the cremation site
2. Buddhist monks, playing drums and cymbals, escorting the bodies to the cremation site
3. Friends and relatives putting the...
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WRAP Hillary criticises conditions on Everest, demo mars anniversary
1. Edmund Hillary walking into room to applause, walks up to table
2. Cutaway
3. Wide shot presser
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer:
"I have always felt that at the great moments on Everest, the moments when you are...
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Last two sherpas from first Everest conquest reminisce 50yrs on
Namche, Solu Khumbu region, 17 May, 2003
1. Various of Mount Everest
2. Scene from outside Namche Bazaar
3. Various of Namche Bazaar
4. Various of shops in Namche with foreign trekkers
5. Various of Shortan, a kind of temple
6. Set up...
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70 yr old Japanese man become oldest person to scale Everest
1. Wide shot Everest
2. Wide shot, Khumbu Ice Fall
3. Climbers descending Ice Fall
4. Wide shot, Yuichiro Miura and his son at bottom of ice fall
5. Cutaway, feet
6. Yuichiro Miura and friends being greeted by friends at the bottom
7....
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New Everest climb record on 50th anniversary of original conquest
1. Wide of Lakpa Gyelu trekking down icefall
2. Cutaway of man looking through binoculars
3. Lakpa Gyelu waving at supporters
4. Wide of Lakpa Gyelu supporters at base camp
5. Supporters clapping
6. Supporters putting blessing khata...
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WRAP Events at/around Everest base camp for 50th anniversary
1. Wide shot Mount Everest
2. Mid shot Everest peak
3. Interior monastery with monks carrying out morning prayers
4. Buddha statue
5. Monks praying during morning prayers
6. Close shot Buddha statue
7. Monks carrying out morning...
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Sherpa beats speed record for conquering Everest
1. Wide shot Mount Everest
2. Wide shot journalist and others watching Pemba Dorjie approaching the camp
3. Wide shot of Pemba Dorjie escorted by others from Dream Everest 2003 Expedition arriving
4. Mid shot Pemba Dorjie rising his...
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Prayers for mountaineers killed on Everest
1. Close up Everest
2. Wide of Monastery
3. Close up monks playing conch shells
4. Pan down prayer flag to wide of visitors outside
5. Peter Hillary enters
6. Monks
7. Peter Hillary and daughter lighting lamps
8. Close up lamps
9....
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Hillary unhappy with Everest conditions ahead of anniversary
1. Sir Edmund Hillary enters room, walks up to table
2. Cutaway
3. Wide shot presser
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sir Edmund Hillary, mountaineer:
"I have always felt that at the great moments on Everest, the moments when you are meeting...