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With Byrd at the South Pole / a Paramount Picture ; presented by Adolph Zukor & Jesse L. Lasky.

LIBRA DVD 002 079
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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976.
Lasky, Jesse L., 1880-1958.
Van der Veer, Willard.
Rucker, Joseph.
Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)
Milestone Film & Video.
Image Entertainment (Firm)
Series:
Milestone collection
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957--Documentary.
Byrd, Richard Evelyn.
Gould, Laurence McKinley, 1896-1995--Documentary.
Gould, Laurence McKinley.
Gould, Laurence McKinley, 1896-1995.
Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.
Byrd Antarctic Expedition--(1st : 1928-1930).
Byrd Antarctic Expedition.
South Pole--Discovery and exploration.
South Pole.
Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
Antarctica.
Discoveries in geography.
Genre:
Historical films.
Documentary films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (83 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Other Title:
Subtitle on container: Story of Little America
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : Milestone Film & Video ; Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [1999]
System Details:
DVD, Dolby mono.
digital
optical
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Summary:
Film taken on the Byrd Antarctic expedition with an onscreen spoken introduction by Byrd. Primarily a silent film with intertitles and musical score, but there is narration in the last section.
Credits:
Editor, Emanuel Cohen ; narrative of polar flight section, Floyd Gibbons ; titles, Julian Johnson ; music, Manny Baer ; photography, Willard van der Veer and Joseph Rucker.
Notes:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1930.
Academy Award for Best Cinematography, 1929/30.
OCLC:
44001938
Publisher Number:
ID5936MLSDVD Image Entertainment

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