At the South Pole

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1496

Date Released

3 Feb 1958

Date submitted

29 Jan 1958

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Smash in the Fog
2. 2The Premier in the Sun
3. 3Young Lovers Wed
4. 4A Ship in Record Time
5. 5At the South Pole
6. 6Turkish Flare-Up
7. 7Peter Collins’ Fine Win
8. *Wanderers Through

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 7

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Hillary at South Pole. DESCRIPTION: Five men, three tractors and their fuel almost finished, after the last 70 miles forced march. That’s how the New Zealand Antarctic team, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, reached the South Pole. Sir Edmund’s party is only the third ever to get there by the overland route. SHOTLIST: LS snow tractors on the move. MS snow tractor on the move. CU Sir Edmund Hillary on top of snow tractor, then gets down. CU Sir Edmund. MS Sir Edmund and members of his party.

Keywords

Vehicles; Environment

Locations

South Pole

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

72707

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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