CRYSTAL PALACE TALKIES.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 29 September 1930, Page 7

CRYSTAL PALACE TALKIES.

"WITH BYRD AT THE SOUTH POLE." The public response to the film record of Byrd's Antarctic expedition haß been ao gratifying that it has been decided by the management of Crystal Palace Theatre to extend the season another week. At the same time it 1 is advisable to secure seats at The Bristol Piano Company, for the box plans will carry a heavy volume of booking. The picture "With Byrd at the South Pole is an nmazing record o£ a remarkable venture. Opening with an address by Commander Byrd on Scott and Amundsen, and a graceful tribute to the people of New Zealand, it closes, after depicting nearly two years of adventure and achievement, with Rear-Admiral Byrd making his race against time at his base, "Little America," just some few months ago, and the last scene is that of his ship steaming through the packice in the Bay of Whales, making direct for Dunedin. There are amusing little touches of human interest in the picture, shots of the strangest, wildest country down there underneath the world. Then there is the great scene in the picture, when Byrd makes Hight down to the Pole, circles over it, and drops the British, New Zealand, and American colours. The audience actually see tho Pole, as the accompanying cameraman photographed it through the trap-door. The picture is accompanied by a vivid, picturesque account of the flight by Floyd Gibbons, the radio announcer, a feature which adds so much more to the atmosphere of the film. The programme is completed with a most attractive selection of short features.