Fuchs And Hillary

Series

Series Name
Transatlantic Teleview

Issue

Issue No.
17
Date Released
1956
Completion
Mar 1956
Length of issue (in feet)
1223
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: In an interview with Robert McKenzie, (recorded in March, 1956) two members of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition - Dr. Vivian Fuchs, leader of the expedition, and Sir Edmund Hillary, in charge of the New Zealand party - discuss details of their plans for the crossing of the Antarctic continent during 1956-58.
Researcher Comments
Another version of this issue was produced with the title Across The Atlantic.
Keywords
Exploration and explorers
Written sources
The National Archives INF 6   /1985 - used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Reference
MI 793/17
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Foreign Office
Presenter
Robert McKenzie
Production Co.
World Wide Pictures Ltd

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
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Notes
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How to cite this record

'Fuchs And Hillary', Transatlantic Teleview Issue No. 17, 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329680 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)