Antarctic Crossings: Postwar shorts

+ intro by BFI curator Patrick Russell

Antarctic exploration explodes into dazzling colour in this unmissable triple-bill.

  • Total running time c.96min

  • 35mm and 16mm

The resumption of Antarctic exploration in the 1950s was captured in dazzling colour by some of Britain’s finest documentary filmmakers. Don’t miss a rare Technicolor print of The White Continent (1951, 20min), about the Norwegian-British-Swedish Expedition to Queen Maud Land, shot by Thomas Stobart of Conquest of Everest fame. Plus Derek Williams’ Oscar®-nominated accounts of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Foothold on Antarctica (1956, 21min) and Antarctic Crossing (1958, 47min).

Please note: this programme contains scenes of animal cruelty.