The British Silent Film Festival
Event
- Title:
- The Race to the Pole: Britain and Norway
- When:
- 16.04.2010 16.15
- Where:
- Screen 2 Phoenix Sq - Leicester
- Category:
- Silent Film
Description
The Race to the Pole: Britain and Norway
A programme of short films documenting early Polar exploration
The extraordinary story of the race to the South Pole by Amundsen and Scott is put into context by polar film expert Jan-Anders Diesen from University of Lillehammer in Norway. The programme concludes with a special preview of the BFI National Archive’s forthcoming restoration of The Great White Silence, Herbert Ponting’s record of Scott’s final expedition to Antarctica introduced by Bryony Dixon.
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Presented in association with De Montfort University Centre for Cinema and Television History
Venue
- Where:
- Screen 2 Phoenix Sq - Website
