Antarctic - Over the Ice Cap
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 4 / 4
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Antarctic - Over the Ice Cap. DESCRIPTION: Ten Nations are combining in a first big study of the Antarctic, including about a hundred British scientists. As well as mapping the area the work includes research into geology, biology and meteorology. These are some of the pictures brought back by members of the British survey team after they’d completed their two year spell of duty. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV ice cap. MS members of British Antarctic Survey team plan route. CU same. MCU map. CU map. LS dogs pull sledge. MS party and sledge. TS same. LS same. GV same. MCU man climbs ice cliff. CU sledge hauled up ice cliff. LAS same. CU Husky dogs pulled up cliff. LS same. CU same. LS same. LS sledge team cross ice cap. GV same cross crevice. LS same. BS sledge team. GV same across ice cap.
- Keywords
- Exploration and explorers
- Locations
- Antarctica
- Footage sources
- Central Office of Information
- Card file number
- 88934
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 171
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