Across The Antarctic

Series

Series Name

Transatlantic Teleview

Issue

Issue No.

17A

Date Released

1956

Completion

Mar 1956

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Across The Antarctic

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: A Transatlantic Teleview. In an interview with Robert McKenzie, (recorded in March, 1956) two members of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition - Dr. Vivian Fuchs, leader of the expedition, and Sir Edmund Hillary, in charge of the New Zealand party - discuss details of their plans for the crossing of the Antarctic continent during 1956-58.

Keywords

Exploration and explorers

Written sources

Overseas Film Library Catalogue   c.1958, p251. Used for synopsis
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]

COI Reference

MI 793/17A

Credits:

Sponsor

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Name

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Notes

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