Scott of the Antarctic: Directed by Charles Frend. With John Mills, Diana Churchill, Harold Warrender, Anne Firth. The story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition and his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole.
Ealing Studios' Scott of the Antarctic (1948) was designed to inspire post-war British and Commonwealth audiences that imperial heroes still had something to offer. While critics were courteous, box office receipts for the film were modest. In North America the film performed poorly. More ...
The filmScott of the Antarcticwas produced by Ealing Studios and released in 1948. It tells the story of Robert Falcon Scott’s ill-fated second expedition to the Antarctic in 1910-13. The film is well known for its score by Ralph Vaughan Williams, which was later reworked to createSinfonia...
The story of Captain Scott’s tragic voyage to the South Pole is one of the greatest of all adventures, and the 1948 film Scott of the Antarctic is a true classic of British cinema, shot in spectacular full-colour. Naturally, they asked Vaughan Williams to write the score and now, in ...
6.(Biography) his father,Robert Falcon.1868–1912, British naval officer and explorer of the Antarctic. He commanded two Antarctic expeditions (1901–04; 1910–12) and reached the South Pole on Jan 18, 1912, shortly after Amundsen; he and the rest of his party died on the return journey...
Scott of the Antarctic: Directed by Charles Frend. With John Mills, Diana Churchill, Harold Warrender, Anne Firth. The story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition and his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole.
Scott of the Antarctic : the film and its productionD. James