With Byrd at the South Pole
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Genre Documentary, Adventure Screenplay Julian Johnson Language English | 7/10 IMDb Music director Manny Baer Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Writer Julian Johnson (titles) Release date June 19, 1930 Cast Richard E. Byrd, Bernt Balchen, Jack Bursey Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Similar movies The Secret Land (1948) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
With Byrd at the South Pole (1930) is a documentary film about Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his 1st quest to the South Pole beginning at the Little America-Exploration Base. The film's soundtrack consists mostly of music and sound effects, with narration read by Floyd Gibbons. The film won at the 3rd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography.
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This was the first documentary to win any Oscar and the only one to win cinematography.
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DVD info
This was released on DVD in February, 2000. It is part of a milestone collection that is very limited.
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With Byrd at the South Pole Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
With Byrd at the South Pole IMDb With Byrd at the South Pole themoviedb.org