The Great White Silence
7.9
Herbert Ponting travelled to Antarctica with Captain Scott’s ill-fated South Pole expedition and filmed the stunning images that make up this extraordinary documentary. (Originally released in 1912 as With Captain Scott in the Antarctic, the material was re-edited and re-issued by Ponting in 1924 as The Great White Silence.)
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Cast
29 people
Robert Falcon Scott
Self
Also in
Gaumont Graphic: Captain Scott and Dr. Wilson with the Pony 'Nobby'
90° South
Herbert G. Ponting
Self
Henry R. Bowers
Self
Edgar Evans
Self
Lawrence E.G. Oates
Self
Edward Adrian Wilson
Self
Also in
Gaumont Graphic: Captain Scott and Dr. Wilson with the Pony 'Nobby'
George P. Abbott
Self
Edward Leicester Atkinson
Self
Alfred B. Cheetham
Self
Apsley Cherry-Garrard
Self
Tom Crean
Self
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South
Frank Debenham
Self
Herbert G. Ponting Director
First release May 1, 1924 · Produced in United Kingdom, Antarctica · Languages English, No dialogue
Production
Gaumont-British Picture Corporation
Production
British Film Institute
Production
New Era
Production
United Kingdom · Antarctica
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · No dialogue
Release dates
United Kingdom · May 1, 1924
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
May 20, 2011 · Theatrical · Re-release
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