Out of sight, out of mind

Aotearoa / New Zealand, 1982

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Episode of Series “The Big ice: views of Antarctica”.
Looks at the history of Antarctic exploration, incorporating still photographs and rare archival film. Includes footage of the expeditions of Scott, Amundsen and Shackleton and Admiral Byrd’s flight to the South Pole, with Sir Edmund Hillary’s tractor journey to the pole.

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Credits

producer/director

Tom Williamson

production company

New Zealand National Film Unit

Duration

00:26:00:00

Production places

Aotearoa / New Zealand

Production dates

1982

Appears in

The Big ice: views of Antarctica

Group of items

The Big ice: views of Antarctica

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

507735

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Archival resources

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning, 1872-1928

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Antarctica - Discovery and exploration

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Explorers - Antarctica

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Hillary, Edmund, Sir, 1919-

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912

Crafts & Visual Arts → Images, Photographic

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - New Zealand

History → Antarctica - History

History → Explorers - Antarctica

History → History

History → Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912

People → Amundsen, Roald Engelbregt Gravning, 1872-1928

People → Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957

People → Hillary, Edmund, Sir, 1919-

People → Scott, Robert Falcon, 1868-1912

People → Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922

Short films

Short films → Short films - New Zealand

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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