Wings Over Everest (1934)

On air travel across the top of the Himalayan mountain range - Mount Everest.

A man with a pointer at the map of Asia.

The sign on the door: "The Committee on the air expedition to Everest."

Presentation of the expedition team (pilots, operator, commander of the expedition).

Drawings of aircraft.

Preparation for the expedition.

Oxygen, the technical details.

Heading for the port of Karachi.

Aircraft rolled out of the hangar.

Takeoff.

Flying over the territory of Central Asia.

Flying over the Delhi, the river Ganges.

Nepal border.

Airbase.

The study documents the expedition.

April - need to have time before the start of the monsoon season.

Pilots before the start.

The team sits in the plane.

Local people gather around the aircraft.

Seeing before the start.

The team sits in the plane.

Local people gather around the aircraft.

Seeing the two planes.

The peasants of Nepal detached from the work in the field, look to the sky for planes.

Flying, shooting from a height.

Indicators devices.

Airplane above the clouds

Under the clouds showing the Himalayas.

Flying over the mountains, shooting Mountains at a height of 32 feet.

Working with the topographic map.

The operator in an oxygen mask, a breathing apparatus, special ammunition removes mountains.

The top of Mount Everest.

The plane near the top, flies around.

panoramic view of the Himalayas.

Return.

Unique documentary shooting completed