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

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Streaming in:
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Cast & Crew.

Robert Falcon Scott

Self

Herbert G. Ponting

Self / Director

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: 2025-02-11

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.