South / Snow, Sand And Savages - 2-DVD Set ( In the Grip of Polar Ice ) ( Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic )

South / Snow, Sand And Savages - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: In the Grip of Polar Ice
Alternate Title: Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
133 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1919 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Ernest Shackleton

Written By:
Ernest Shackleton

Actors:
Ernest Shackleton ..... Leader of the Expedition (as Sir Ernest Shackleton)
Captain F. Worsley ..... Captain of the Endurance
Lieutenant J. Stenhouse ..... Captain of the Aurora (as Lieut. J. Stenhouse)
Captain L. Hussey ..... Meteorologist
Dr. McIlroy ..... Head of Scientific Staff
Mr. Wordie ..... Head of Scientific Staff (as Wordie)
Dr. Macklin ..... Doctor
Captain Frank Wild ..... Second in Command of the Endurance (as Frank Wild)
Tom Crean ..... Crewman
Mr. James ..... Crewman (as James)
Mr. Clark ..... Crewman (as Clark)
Mr. Greenstreet ..... Crewman (as Greenstreet)

Synopsis:

Frank Hurley, the acclaimed Australian photographer, filmmaker and war correspondent, and Ernest Shackleton, the famous adventurer, joined forces in 1914 to cross the South P ole by sea. This unprecedented DVD collection includes Frank Hurley's documentary on that epic voyage, South, plus a documentary on the life and career of Hurley, the pioneering cinematographer. In South, Ernest Shackleton's heroic expedition to the South P ole aboard The Endurance is captured in all its graphic intensity by Australian cameraman Hurley, a story of remarkable heroism against impossible odds as 28 men survived near certain death when their ship was crushed by ice.

In Snow, Sand & Savages - The Life of Frank Hurley, we follow the remarkable career of an extraordinary cameraman, from his trips to Antarctica with Mawson and Shackleton, to New Guinea in the 1920s, through both World Wars and Ross and Keith Smith's 1919 flight from L ondon to Australia.

Frank Hurley, the acclaimed Australian photographer, filmmaker and war correspondent, and Ernest Shackleton, the famous adventurer, joined forces in 1914 to cross the South Pole by sea. This unprecedented DVD collection includes Frank Hurley's documentary...

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 07 September, 2009.