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Ponting, Herbert (1870-1935)
 

Cinematographer, Director

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Herbert Ponting was the photographic officer on Captain Scott's last South Pole expedition, 1910-1913. He wrote of his experiences in The Great White South; or, with Scott in the Antarctic (1921) and in 1914 received a royal command to present a film lecture on his experiences at Buckingham Palace. More than a thousand other lectures followed, including one at the Philharmonic Hall in 1915.

His footage was first released in 1911 and again in 1912 as With Captain Scott, RN, to the South Pole; it was also released in 1924 in feature-length form as The Great White Silence; and it was re-edited in 1933 as 90° South and again, in 1936, as The Story of Captain Scott.

Anthony Slide, Encyclopedia of British Film

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Thumbnail image of 90 Degrees South (1933)90 Degrees South (1933)

Herbert Ponting's sound account of Scott's tragic polar expedition

Thumbnail image of Great White Silence, The (1924)Great White Silence, The (1924)

Astonishing film record of Scott's tragic 1910-13 expedition to the South Pole

Thumbnail image of Scott of the Antarctic (1948)Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

Lavish recreation of Captain Scott's doomed expedition to the South Pole

Thumbnail image of South - Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic (1919)South - Sir Ernest Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic (1919)

Stunning record of Shackleton's ill-fated but heroic expedition

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