[1] The publicity surrounding the film provoked a diplomatic incident, the "Affair of the Dancing Lamas", that delayed future expeditions and may have destabilized the Tibetan government.

[2][3] "Captain John Noel was the official photographer on the 1924 British Expedition to Mount Everest, famed for the tragic loss of mountaineers, George Mallory and Andrew Irvine.

It is this centenary that the BFI is celebrating with the restoration of his film, which Noel financed himself and released as The Epic of Everest in 1924.

[6] The Morning Post commented that "No film in London today has had more care taken in securing good and appropriate music".

[8] A newly commissioned score for the restoration was composed, orchestrated and conducted by Simon Fisher Turner.