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South
Also known as Endurance and In the Grip of Polar Ice in Australia; Shackleton’s Expedition to the Antarctic in the United Kingdom
(1919) British
B&W : Five reels / 4494 feet
Directed by Frank Hurley

Cast: Ernest Shackleton [himself], Captain F. Worsley [himself, captain of the Endurance], Lieutenant J. Stenhouse [himself, captain of the Aurora], Captain L. Hussey [himself, meteorologist], Doctor McIlroy [himself], Mr. Wordie [himself], Doctor Macklin [himself], Frank Wild [himself, second in command of the Endurance], Tom Crean [himself], Mr. James [himself], Mr. Clark [himself], Mr. Greenstreet [himself]

[?] ITA Film Syndicate or Ralph Minden Film? production. / Cinematography by Frank Hurley. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / [?] The film may have been released in the USA as The Bottom of the World by Robertson-Cole circa 1920-1921? The film was released in Germany in August 1923.

Documentary.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Listing updated: 20 October 2009.

References: Butler-Cinema p. ? : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.