Hillary: A View from the Top - The Early Years

About this item

Title

Hillary: A View from the Top - The Early Years

Content partner

NZ On Screen

Collection

NZ On Screen

Description

These excerpts from part one of Tom Scott’s award-winning series on the life of Edmund Hillary look at his early years. Ed reflects on his youth as a gangly Auckland Grammar student, beekeeping, and a school trip to Ruapehu that sparked a “fiery enthusiasm” for alpine adventure. Coupled with a young man’s frustration with his “miserable, uninteresting life”, this passion for the hills soon led to a solo ascent of Mount Tapue-o-Uenuku as an RNZAF cadet — famously climbed on a weekend’s leave f...

Read more

Format

Video

Date created

1997

URL

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hillary-early-years-1997

Related subjects

hillary / ollivier / auckland grammar / honey / beekeeping / tapi / tapueouenuku / railways / apiarist / hodder / hodder river / shin hut / kaikoura / catalina / flying boat / harry ayres / mount cook / mt cook / mick sullivan / ruth adams / awatere / burns / burnt / woodbourne / rnzaf / ruapehu / south ridge / hermitage / climbing / mountaineering / crocodile / cadet

What is the copyright status of this item?

All Rights Reserved

This item is all rights reserved, which means you'll have to get permission from NZ On Screen before using it.

More Information

NZ On Screen has this to say about the rights status of this item:

All rights reserved

You can learn more about the rights status of this item at: https://www.nzonscreen.com/about/rights_clearance

What can I do with this item?

You must always check with NZ On Screen to confirm the specific terms of use, but this is our understanding:

Non-infringing use

NZ Copyright law does not prevent every use of a copyright work. You should consider what you can and cannot do with a copyright work.

No sharing

You may not copy and/or share this item with others without further permission. This includes posting it on your blog, using it in a presentation, or any other public use.

No modifying

You are not allowed to adapt or remix this item into any other works.

No commercial use

You may not use this item commercially.