South

The story of the 1914-1916 Antarctic exploration mission of Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 81 mins

Release Date : 1919-01-01

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When Frank Hurley loaded his cameras onto the Endurance in August 1914, ready to set sail with Ernest Shackleton's Trans-Antarctic expedition, he had no idea of what he would end up filming. This silent movie, released in 1919, contains Hurley's record of the expedition, and of what happened when t...

Using some originally shot footage from the expedition that started just as Europe went to war in 1914, this tells a fascinating story of human endeavour in the face of just about everything hostile that nature has in it's armoury. We see elements of their preparation, their voyage and of the treac...

Cast

Ernest Shackleton

(Leader of the Expedition (as Sir Ernest Shackleton))

Frank Worsley

(Captain of the Endurance (as Captain F. Worsley))

J. Stenhouse

(Captain of the Aurora (as Lieut. J. Stenhouse))

Captain L. Hussey

(Meteorologist)

Dr. McIlroy

(Head of Scientific Staff)

Mr. Wordie

(Head of Scientific Staff (as Wordie))

Dr. Macklin

(Doctor)

Frank Wild

(Second in Command of the Endurance)

Tom Crean

(Crewman)

Mr. James

(Crewman (as James))

Mr. Clark

(Crewman (as Clark))

Mr. Greenstreet

(Crewman (as Greenstreet))