Antarctic Pioneers

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Antarctic Pioneers
Directed byFrank Hurley
Philip Law
Produced by Lee Robinson
Frank Bagnall
Narrated byJohn West
Cinematography Frank Hurley
Production
company
Release date
  • 1963 (1963)
Running time
30 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

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]

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 . Vol. 37, no. 10, 527. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 4 May 1963. p. 18. Retrieved 19 January 2017– via National Library of Australia.


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