The Great White Silence

May 1, 1924

1h 48m

★ 7.9

Overview

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.)

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Gaumont-British Picture Corporation

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Cast

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Robert Falcon Scott

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Herbert G. Ponting

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Henry R. Bowers

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Edgar Evans

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Lawrence E.G. Oates

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Edward Adrian Wilson

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The Great White Silence

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