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The great white silence / directed by Herbert G. Ponting ; produced by Catherine Ball, Poppy Simpson, Gemma Starkey and the British Film Institute.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Silent film online.
- Silent film online
- Language:
- English
- No linguistic content
- Subjects (All):
- Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912--Travel--Antarctica.
- Scott, Robert Falcon.
- Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912.
- Film soundtracks.
- Motion pictures--Production and direction.
- Motion pictures.
- Silent films.
- Travel.
- Antarctica--Discovery and exploration.
- Antarctica.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (103 min.) : sound, black and white.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- The great white silence : the official record of Captain Scott's heroic journey to the South Pole
- Place of Publication:
- London : British Film Institute, [1924-2011?]
- Language Note:
- Great White Silence: How Did They Do It?: This edition in English.
- The Great White Silence: Newsreel Items:This edition silent with English intertitles.
- The Great White Silence: The Sound of Silence: This edition in English.
- The Great White Silence: This edition silent with English intertitles and musical background.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Great White Silence: How Did They Do It?: Bryony Dixon and Kieron Webb from the BFI National Archive detail the remarkable restoration of The Great White Silence (1924), Herbert Ponting's extraordinary record of Captain Scott's ill-fated race to the south pole. Composer Simon Fisher Turner then discusses the film's haunting soundtrack, and the decision to record ambient sound from Scott's hut in Antarctica.
- The Great White Silence: Herbert Ponting's version of Scott's Antarctic expedition.
- The Great White Silence: Newsreel Items: This documentary features newsreel footage on Robert F. Scott's Antarctic expedition and memorials to Scott and his men.
- The Great White Silence: The Sound of Silence: In this documentary produced by Poppy Simpson and Gemma Starkey, the composer Simon Fisher Turner discusses his haunting soundtrack to the restoration of The Great White Silence (1924), Herbert Ponting's extraordinary record of Captain Scott's ill-fated race to the South Pole, and his decision to record ambient sound from Scott's hut in Antarctica.
- Contents:
- The great white silence
- Great white silence : how did they do it?
- The great white silence : newsreel items
- The great white silence : the sound of silence.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames (Silent Film Online, viewed Apr. 4, 2014).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Silent film online). Available via World Wide Web.
- OCLC:
- 881550743
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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