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The Great White Silence

7.8(62)19241h 48m1

Herbert Ponting travelled to Antarctica with Captain Scott’s ill-fated South Pole expedition and filmed the stunning images that make up this extraordinary documentary. (Originally released in 1912 as With Captain Scott in the Antarctic, the material was re-edited and re-issued by Ponting in 1924 as The Great White Silence.)

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  • antarctica
  • south pole

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United Kingdom, Antarctica

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1 May 1924
    • TheatricalRe-release20 May 2011

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The Great White Silence was released on 1 May 1924.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/6/2022

    7/10

    The fact that Capt. Robert Falcon Scott had the presence of mind to ensure that a cinematographer accompanied his expedition to conquer the South Pole allows us - 100 years later - to enjoy this fascinating documentary. It has been recently restored to commemorate the centenary of the ultimately doomed attempt to reach their southernmost tip of the world before his Norwegian rival Amundsen. Using original imagery fro…

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