Oct 8th
South** (U)
sub-title: Shackleton's Glorious Epic of the Antarctic
(Electric Palace, Harwich)

aka: Endurance; In the Grip of Polar Ice

(GB 1919)
80m. bw. silent

A BFI restoration of the extraordinary well captured film record of Shackleton's epic escape from the Antarctic after his ship and crew were stranded in the ice in 1915 - where the film itself was only saved that was sufficient for the surviving explorers to travel with. Also a notable early example of the nature documentary field, with the animals frequently stealing the show.

Photography: Frank Hurley.

SOUTH (1919). Frank Hurley's camera meticulously covers every aspect of the 1914 Shackleton expedition, including Endurance's dramatic sinking - with the wreck itself remarkably rediscovered under the ice in March 2022