With Captain Scott in the Antarctic

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 1, 1912

Original language

XX

Countries

United Kingdom

Production

Gaumont Company

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded