[PAR] [TLE] Wings Over Everest [SEP] Wings over Everest is a 1934 British short documentary film directed by Geoffrey Barkas and Ivor Montagu.  It won an Academy Award in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).  It described the 1933 Houston-Westland expedition, in which Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, otherwise known as Lord Clydesdale, piloted a single-engined biplane on 3 April 1933, just clearing Everest's southern peak by a few feet, having been caught in a powerful downdraught.  The film used mixture of real footage of Everest from the record-breaking flight and theatrically produced scenes using the actual people rather than actors. [PAR] [TLE] Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton [SEP] Air Commodore Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon (3 February 1903 – 30 March 1973) was a Scottish nobleman and pioneering aviator who, together with D.F. McIntyre, was the first man to fly over Mount Everest.
[PAR] [TLE] Wings Over Everest [ SEP ] Wings over Everest is a 1934 British short documentary film directed by Geoffrey Barkas and Ivor Montagu . It won an Academy Award in 1936 for Best Short Subject ( Novelty ) . It described the 1933 Houston - Westland expedition , in which Douglas Douglas - Hamilton , 14th Duke of Hamilton , otherwise known as Lord Clydesdale , piloted a single - engined biplane on 3 April 1933 , just clearing Everest 's southern peak by a few feet , having been caught in a powerful downdraught . The film used mixture of real footage of Everest from the record - breaking flight and theatrically produced scenes using the actual people rather than actors . [PAR] [TLE] Douglas Douglas - Hamilton , 14th Duke of Hamilton [ SEP ] Air Commodore Douglas Douglas - Hamilton , 14th Duke of Hamilton and 11th Duke of Brandon ( 3 February 1903 – 30 March 1973 ) was a Scottish nobleman and pioneering aviator who , together with D.F. McIntyre , was the first man to fly over Mount Everest .
What Scottish nobleman was the subject of a 1934 British short documentary and was the first man to fly over Mount Everest?
What Scottish nobleman was the subject of a 1934 British short documentary and was the first man to fly over Mount Everest ?
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton
Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton