"LOST IN THE ARCTIC."

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19502, 26 December 1928, Page 5

"LOST IN THE ARCTIC."

A REMARKABLE PICTURE. LIBERTY THEATRE. No one can soe the film "Loßt in the Arctic," which ifl now being screened *t the Liberty Theatre, without being profoundly impressed by it. It is not an ordinary drama that it tells of, but a real drama of life, in which brave men risk their Uvea to gain knowledge of the ill-fated Stefanson Expedition, which left on a voyage of dis* covory in 1913, and the members of which perished in the wastes of the frozen Arctic. The ship is seen battling its way through the pack ice, progress being slow owing to the terrible conditions experienced. At however, the vessel reaches Herald Island, where it was expected that traces of the missing men would bo found. The expectations proved to be true, for on this lonely and barren island less than six miles long the bones of eigh't scientists were found surrounded by unopened tins of provisions sufficient to have kept them alive for a longtime. What had happened to the party, seeing that they bo well supplied, must forever remain a mystery. The film shows the actual discovery of the party's remains, and also the reverential collecting of . the bones and burial beneath a heap of stones. But besides this there are many interesting features about the picture. The chase after a huge whale, its capture and cutting up for the precious blubber is shown, as also is the cap* ture of a live Polar bear. The way this was done was to chase the animal until when nearly exhausted it turned to charge its pursuers. who then lassooed it and hauled it aboard the vessel in a cargo net. The animal is said to be the largest ever caught alive in the Arctic, and it certainly looks as though such is the case. Another thrilling scene depicts the stalking of a herd of walruses and the killing of a big bull. There is no doubt that. * 'Lost in the Arctic" is an epic of its kind, and it will be surprising if the film is not seen by thousands of Ohristchurch citizens during the present week. The second picture is entitled 4 'The Horseman of the Plains," and presents Tom Mix at bis best. Among the lesser pictures is one of the departure of the Southern Cross from the Sockburn Aerodrome for Blenheim, and its departure from Marlborough for Australia, tho whole making a splendid pictorial of an historical event. Another interesting film shows his Majesty the King at the recent tennis championships at Wimbledon. Ab usual, the Liberty Concert Orchestra, under the baton of Mr Ernest Jamieson, plays an • attractive and appropriate selection or music.