With Captain Scott in the Antarctic 1912 Directed by Herbert G. Ponting
Filmed by Herbert G. Ponting during Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition (1910–1913), this 1912 documentary presented British audiences with the first moving pictures of Antarctica. Sponsored and distributed by Gaumont, the multi-reel program showed the Terra Nova ship, the Cape Evans base camp, daily routines of the expedition team, Antarctic wildlife, and striking scenes of the ice landscape. Released in London in 1912—before news of Scott’s death reached Britain—it became enormously popular, combining scientific record with patriotic spectacle.
Country
United Kingdom
Production Country
United Kingdom
Language
No Language
Spoken Language
No Language
Gnere
Documentary
Production Company
Gaumont Company
Release Date 1 January 1912
90 mins
