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With Byrd at the South Pole
(1930) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 7411 feet / 82 minutes
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Rear-Admiral Richard E. Byrd U.S.N. [himself, the expedition commander], Doctor Laurence M. Gould [himself, the second-in-command], Clair D. Alexander [himself, a supply officer], Bernt Balchen [himself, an aviation pilot], Seaman George H. Black [himself, a tractor operator], Quin A. Blackburn [himself, a topographer], Kennard F. Bubier [himself, an aviation mechanic], Seaman Christopher Braathen [himself, a ski man], Seaman Jacob Bursey [himself, a dog driver], Arnold H. Clark [himself, a fireman], Doctor Francis D. Coman [himself, a medical officer], Frederick E. Crockett [himself a dog driver], Victor H. Czegka [himself, a machinist], Frank T. Davies [himself, a physicist], Joe de Ganahl [himself, a sailor], E.J. Demas [himself, an aviation mechanic], James A. Feury himself, a fireman], Edward E. Goodale [himself, a dog driver], Charles F. Gould [himself, a carpenter], William C. Haines [himself, a meteorologist], Malcolm P. Hanson [himself, a radio operator], Henry R. Harrison Jr. [himself, an aerologist], Harold I. June [himself, an aviation pilot], Charles E. Lofgren [himself, a personnel officer], Howard F. Mason [himself, a radio operator], Captain Ashley C. McKinley [himself, an aerial photographer], [?] Captain ? Melville [himself], Thomas B. Mulroy [himself, the chief engineer], John S. O’Brien [himself, a surveyor], Russell Owen [himself, a newspaper correspondent], Captain Alton U. Parker [himself, an aviation pilot], Carl O. Peterson [himself, a radio operator], Martin Ronne [himself, a sailmaker], Benjamin Roth [himself, an aviation mechanic], Joseph T. Rucker [himself, a cinematographer], Paul A. Siple [himself, a Boy Scout], Dean Smith [himself, an aviation pilot], George W. Tennant [himself, a cook], Seaman George A. Thorne Jr. [himself, a ski man and surveyor], Willard Van der Veer [himself, a cinematographer], Norman D. Vaughn [himself, a dog driver], Arthur T. Walden [himself, the man in Ccharge of the dogs], Igloo the dog, Spy the dog, Floyd Gibbons [narration voice]
Paramount Publix Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Publix Corporation [A Paramount Picture]. / Cinematography by Willard Van der Veer and Joseph T. Rucker. Additional cinematography, Harold I. June. Film editor, Emanuel Cohen. Intertitles written by Julian Johnson. Music by Manny Baer. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 12 June 1930 by Paramount Publix Corporation [LP1418]. Premiere 19 June 1930 in New York, New York. Released 28 June 1930. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. Western Electric Movietone sound-on-film synchronized sound system. / Academy Award winner for Cinematography. Released in sound and silent versions. Includes footage of the steamship Leviathan and the ship The City of New York. / Silent film, with talking sequences, synchronized music and sound effects.
Documentary.
Synopsis: Historic record of Admiral Byrd’s antarctic expedition of 1928 through 1930 and of his southern polar flight of 28-29 November 1929.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Academy Award - Airplane pilots - Airplanes - Babies - Baths - Beacons - Binoculars - Blizzards - Boats - Books - Bunk beds - Cameras - Chains - Chocolate - Cigarette holders - Cigarettes - Construction - Crates - Crevasses - Dog clothes - Dogs: Huskies - Fights - Flags: American, British, Norwegian - Flares - Fur hats - Glaciers - Goggles - Guns - Handwriting - Ice - Icebergs - Ice picks - Letters - Leviathan - Lifesavers - Little America, Antarctica - Maps - Masts - Morse Code - Motion picture cameras - Oceans - Penguins - Photographs - Pipes - Puppies - Queen Maude mountain range - Radios - Radio towers - Rations - Rescues - Rope - Sailing ships - Seals - Seas - Sextants - Scales - Shears - Shovels - Sled dogs - Smoke - Snapshots - Snow - Synchronized sound film - Tub bathing - Tunnels - Typewriters - Water - Waves - Whales - Wind
Listing updated: 28 August 2023.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Pitts-Hollywood pp. 296-297 : ClasIm-204 p. 3 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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