AN EPIC FILM
Nation Secures Scott Picture HEROES OF THE ICE British Official Wireless Reed. Noon. RUGBY, Friday. The famous cinematograph record of the late Captain Robert F. Scott’s expedition to the South Pole was yesterday purchased for the nation. It will be held in custody by the British Empire Film Institute, and is the first film to be acquired. Efforts had been made by an American museum to acquire the film, £50,000 being offered for it. Mr. Herbert Ponting, photographer to Scott’s expedition and owner of the film, was, however, willing to accept a considerably smaller sum In order to preserve it for Britain. Arrangements are being made for its exhibition throughout Britain, the Dominions and colonies, and a contract has already been made for its display in the United States. As a background to this remarkable photographic record there are the well-known stories of Captain Scott’s
death and Captain Oates’s self-sacri-fice, both outstanding episodes in the history of polar exploration.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 520, 24 November 1928, Page 9
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162AN EPIC FILM Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 520, 24 November 1928, Page 9
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