Frank Hurley
Publisher
British Film Institute
Pub. Date
1919.
Language
English
Description
The film record of Sir Ernest Shackleton's heroic but ill-starred attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914-16, photographed by Frank Hurley. A restored version of the silent original constructed by the National Film and Television Archive from a wide range of materials, including a print and negative deposited by the distributor Sir William Jury, a tinted print from the Nederlands Filmmuseum,and a set of glass slides that originally accompanied the film...
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1919.
Language
English
Description
When Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton set sail into the Antarctic on August 8, 1914, he was already considered an explorer extraordinaire around the globe. With an eye for profit down south, Shackleton hired experienced cameraman Frank Hurley to join him on a brave journey across the South Pole...but within 80 miles of land, they found themselves and their ship trapped amongst heavily packed ice. What followed this moment of low is one of the greatest...
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