Antarctic Whale Hunt

Series

Series Name

This Modern Age

Issue

Issue No.

12

Date Released

Oct 1947

Length of issue (in feet)

1679

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Antarctic Whale Hunt

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 2

Summary

NoS synopsis: A modern whalehunt in the Antarctic. The films follows the expedition from the launch of the whaling shop to the end of the first season of work.

Researcher Comments

Trade shown on 5 September 1947.

Keywords

Ships and boats; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
Monthly Film Bulletin   Vol.14 No.166 October 1947, p146.
Enticknap, Leo. The Non-Fiction Film in Britain, 1945-1951 unpublished PhD thesis   p254.

Credits:

Camera

Alex Bryce

Production Co.

This Modern Age, Ltd.

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The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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