With Captain Scott in the Antarctic

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With Captain Scott in the Antarctic (1912)

Directed by Herbert G. Ponting

Documentary · 1h 30m

Filmed by Herbert G. Ponting during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913), this 1912 documentary presented British audiences with the first moving pictures of Antarctica. Sponsored and distributed by Gaumont, the multi-reel program showed the Terra Nova ship, the Cape Evans base camp, daily routines of the expedition team, Antarctic wildlife, and striking scenes of the ice landscape. Released in London in 1912—before news of Scott’s death reached Britain—it became enormously popular, combining scientific record with patriotic spectacle.

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Crew

Director
Herbert G. Ponting

Details

Release date
1912-01-01
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
XX
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
Gaumont Company