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Annapurna (1953) (French title: Victoire sur l'Annapurna) |
French mountaineers climb Nepal peak and people pay with Nepal coins
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The 1953 French film "Annapurna" ("Victoire sur l'Annapurna") is a documentary about the
1950 French expedition to the Nepal Himalaya which climbed the 8000 meter peak Annapurna.
Early in the film a man hands coins to a Nepalese official. Later a man pays a porter with several coins.
1. Man hands coins to uniformed Nepal official
The coins are some kind of tax.
2. Man in red jacket pays a porter with a coin
The porter has one coin in his hand.
3. Porter has two coins
The porter has two coins in his hand which appear to be Nepal silver rupees.
A Nepal silver rupee of 1950:
4. Nepal Rupee VS Date 2007 (CE 1950)
Silver, 29.5 mm, 11.08 gm
Nepal's coins use the Vikram Samvat era (VS) dates which are 57 years later than CE dates
Nepal's coins use the Vikram Samvat era (VS) dates which are 57 years later than CE dates
Cast, Directors, Writers:
Expedition members: Maurice Herzog, Louis Lachenal, Lionel Terray, Gaston Rebuffat
Director: Marcel Ichac
Writers: Expedition Members
Writers: Expedition Members
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