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- Hillary [videorecording] : Everest and beyond / by Mulheron, Danny,television director.; Munro, Andrew,actor.; O'Gorman, Dean,actor.; Usherwood, Amy,actor.; PBS Distribution (Firm),publisher.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),production company,publisher.;
Andrew Munro, Dean O'Gorman, Amy Usherwood.Sir Edmund Hillary was a bee-keeper, mountaineer, war veteran, explorer, philanthropist, husband, father, and the first person to ever reach the summit of Mount Everest. From his childhood in South Auckland, New Zealand, to the plane crash that killed his wife and daughter, the intriguing drama portrays the life, loves, and losses of one of the most famous explorers of all time.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.- Subjects: Television mini-series.; Biographical television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008; Mountaineering expeditions; Mountaineers; Mountaineers;
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- Everest : the remarkable story of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay / by Stewart, Alexandra(Alex); Todd-Stanton, Joe.;
Includes bibliographical references."In the late morning of May 29, 1953, the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing on the highest elevation of the world--and two men were there to witness it for the first time ever. Their names were Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, and they had ascended Everest. This is the breathtaking story of how two very different, yet equally determined, men battled frost-biting temperatures, tumbling ice rocks, powerful winds, and death-defying ridges to reach the top of the world's highest mountain"--Provided by publisher.Ages 8-12.Grade 4 to 6.LSC- Subjects: Hillary, Edmund, 1919-2008; Tenzing Norkey, 1914-1986; Mountaineering expeditions; Mountaineers;
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- Paris 1919 [videorecording (DVD)] : inside the peace talks that changed the world / by Cowan, Paul,1947-; Flahive, Gerry.; MacMillan, Margaret,1943-Peacemakers.Videorecording.; Saadou, Paul.; Thomson, R. H.; 13 Production (Firm); ARTE France.; Galafilm Inc.; National Film Board of Canada.; TVOntario.;
Photographed by Paul Cowan ; editors, Denis Papillon & Annie Ilkow ; original music composed by Robert M. Lepage.Narrator, R.H. Thomson.How can you make peace when what you really want is revenge? In the wake of 37 million casualties at the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson took his dream of a League of Nations to Paris to seek "peace everlasting," joining over 30 international delegations who descended upon the city fo the most ambitious peace talks in history. Helmed by the Big Four (the United States, France, Great Britain and Italy), the Paris Peace Conference ultimately and ironically sowed the seeds of resentment that led to World War II.E.DVD, widescreen presentation ; Dolby digital.- Subjects: MacMillan, Margaret, 1943-; Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924.; Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920); Treaty of Versailles (1919); Documentary television programs.; World War, 1914-1918;
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