The Conquest of Everest

{{short description|1953 film by George Lowe}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Conquest of Everest

| image = The_Conquest_of_Everest.jpg

| caption = Original poster by James Boswell

| director = George Lowe

| producer = Leon Clore
John Taylor
Grahame Tharp

| writer = Louis MacNeice (commentary)

| narrator = Meredith Edwards

| starring =

| music = Arthur Benjamin

| cinematography = George Lowe
John Noel
Tom Stobart

| editing = Adrian de Potier

| studio = Countryman Films
Group 3

| distributor = British Lion Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1953|12|07|df=yes}}

| runtime = 78 minutes

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| budget =

| gross = £158,584 (UK)Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p501

}}

The Conquest of Everest is a 1953 British Technicolor documentary film directed by George Lowe about various expeditions to the summit of Mount Everest. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. {{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954 |title=The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners |date=4 October 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2019|publisher=Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)}}

Cameraman Tom Stobart participated in the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition (as did George Lowe). After the successful second assault, Stobart told the descending party to provide no indication to the men waiting at the base that Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay had succeeded until they were close enough for Stobart to catch the emotion of the moment on film.{{cite book |last= Gill |first= Michael |title= Edmund Hillary: A Biography |year= 2017 |publisher= Potton & Burton |location= Nelson, NZ |isbn= 978-0-947503-38-3 |page=211 }}{{cite book |last1=Stobart |first1=Tom |title=Adventurer's Eye |date=1958 |publisher=Odhams Press Limited |location=Long Acre, London}}