Antarctic Pioneers

Antarctic Pioneers is a 1963 Australian documentary about Australia's history of Antarctic exploration from Sir Douglas Mawson's first expedition in 1911, to the 1954 expedition, under Phillip Law, which established a permanent Australian base on the continent. It was part of the Australia Today series.[1]

Antarctic Pioneers
Directed byFrank Hurley
Philip Law
Produced byLee Robinson
Frank Bagnall
Narrated byJohn West
CinematographyFrank Hurley
Production
company
Release date
1963
Running time
30 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

It was narrated by Frank Hurley, who died only a few weeks after the movie's completion.[2]

References

  1. Antarctic Pioneers at National Film and Sound Archive
  2. "AUSTRALIA'S ROLE IN THE ANTARCTIC". The Canberra Times. 37 (10, 527). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 May 1963. p. 18. Retrieved 19 January 2017 via National Library of Australia.


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