May 1, 1924
Release Date

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The Great White Silence (1924)

Name: The Great White Silence
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1924-05-01

1h 48m

Running Time

May 1, 1924
Release Date

External Links & Social Media

Plot.

Herbert Ponting travelled to Antarctica as part of Captain Scott's ill-fated South pole expedition and shot the footage that makes up this extraordinary documentary.

Where to Watch.

Free

Currently The Great White Silence is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Kanopy

Streaming in:
🇺🇸 United States

Cast & Crew.

Robert Falcon Scott

Self

Herbert G. Ponting

Self

Henry R. Bowers

Self

Edgar Evans

Self

Lawrence E.G. Oates

Self

Edward Adrian Wilson

Self

Simon Fisher-Turner

Composer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
May 1, 1924

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 48m

Genres
Documentary

Last updated: 2024-07-28

This Movie Is About.

antarctica

south pole

Wiki.

The Great White Silence is a 1924 English documentary that contains brief cinematograph sequences taken during the Terra Nova Expedition of 1910–1913. The principal filmmaker was photographer Herbert Ponting. Originally a silent film, the documentary was restored and re-released in 2011 by the British Film Institute with a musical soundtrack by Simon Fisher Turner.