With Byrd at the South Pole / a Paramount picture.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Van der Veer, Willard, director of photography.

Rucker, Joseph, director of photography.

Alexander Street Press.

Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927), production company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957.

Byrd, Richard Evelyn.

South Pole--Aerial exploration.

South Pole.

Genre:

Feature films.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (83 minutes)

Other Title:

With Byrd at the South Pole : the story of little America

Place of Publication:

Harrington Park, NJ : Milestone Films, 1999.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

Admiral Richard E. Byrd was one of the most popular heroes in the age of exploration of the twenties. While he is nearly forgotten today, Byrd nearly beat Lindbergh to Paris (he flew a month later). In 1925, he was the first to fly over the North Pole making international heroes of himself and his pilot, Floyd Bennett. Then in an amazing feat of organization, heroism and courage in 1929 Byrd became the first to fly over the South Pole. The South Pole flight could be called the first media expedition. It was conducted as much for publicity as for science. A contest was held for a Boy Scout to join the Byrd party. Russell Owen, a reporter for The New York Times, won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the adventure, published daily on front pages throughout the country. Two Paramount Newsreel cameramen, Willard Van der Veer and Joseph Rucker, captured the entire journey on film and won an Academy Award® for the amazing With Byrd at the South Pole. The National Geographic Magazine published Byrd's account of the adventure and his book, Little America, was a best-seller.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017).

Won 1930 Academy Award, Best Cinematography

Other Format:

Original version:

OCLC:

971292435

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.