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''With Byrd at the South Pole'' (1930) is a
documentary film A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in te ...
about Rear Admiral
Richard E. Byrd Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...
and his 1st quest to the
South Pole The South Pole, also known as the Geographic South Pole, Terrestrial South Pole or 90th Parallel South, is one of the two points where Earth's axis of rotation intersects its surface. It is the southernmost point on Earth and lies antipod ...
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. The film was the first documentary to win any Oscar and the only one to win cinematography.


Cast

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Richard E. Byrd Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, p ...
...Himself (Expedition Commander) (as Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd) * Claire Alexander...Supply Officer * Bernt Balchen...
Aviation Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot a ...
Pilot An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members, such as navigators or flight engineers, are also considered aviators, because they a ...
* George H. Black...Seaman and Tractor Man * Quin A. Blackburn...
Topographer Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the land forms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary sc ...
* Kennard F. Bubier...Aviation Mechanic * Christopher Braathen...Seaman,
Ski A ski is a narrow strip of semi-rigid material worn underfoot to glide over snow. Substantially longer than wide and characteristically employed in pairs, skis are attached to ski boots with ski bindings, with either a free, lockable, or partia ...
Man * Jacob Bursey...Seaman, Dog Driver * Arnold H. Clark...
Fireman A firefighter is a first responder and rescuer extensively trained in firefighting, primarily to extinguish hazardous fires that threaten life, property, and the environment as well as to rescue people and in some cases or jurisdictions also ...
* Francis D. Coman...Medical Officer (as Dr. Francis D. Coman) * Frederick E. Crockett...Dog Driver * Victor H. Czegka...Machinist * Frank T. Davies...Physicist * Joe de Ganahl...Mate * E.J. Demas...Aviation Mechanic * James A. Feury...Fireman * Edward E. Goodale...Dog Driver * Charles F. Gould... Carpenter * Lawrence M. Gould...
Geologist A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets, as well as the processes that shape them. Geologists usually study geology, earth science, or geophysics, althoug ...
and
Geographer A geographer is a physical scientist, social scientist or humanist whose area of study is geography, the study of Earth's natural environment and human society, including how society and nature interacts. The Greek prefix "geo" means "earth" a ...
/2nd Comm. (as Dr. Lawrence M. Gould) * William C. Haines...
Meteorologist A meteorologist is a scientist who studies and works in the field of meteorology aiming to understand or predict Earth's atmospheric phenomena including the weather. Those who study meteorological phenomena are meteorologists in research, while t ...
* Malcolm P. Hanson...Radio Operator * Henry R. Harrison Jr.Aerologist * Harold June...Aviation Pilot * Charles E. Lofgren... Personnel Officer * Howard F. Mason...
Radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmi ...
Operator * Ashley C. McKinley...Aerial Photographer (as Captain Ashley C. McKinley) * Thomas B. Mulroy...Chief Engineer * John S. O'Brien... Surveyor * Russell Owen...
Newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as p ...
Correspondent * Alton U. Parker...Aviation Pilot (as Captain Alton U. Parker) * Carl O. Petersen...Radio Operator * Martin Rønne...Sailmaker * Benjamin Roth...Aviation Mechanic * Paul A. Siple... Boy Scout *
Dean Smith Dean Edwards Smith (February 28, 1931 – February 7, 2015) was an American men's college basketball head coach. Called a "coaching legend" by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he coached for 36 years at the University of North Carolina at Chapel H ...
...Aviation Pilot * Sverre Strom...Second Officer * George W. Tennant...
Cook Cook or The Cook may refer to: Food preparation * Cooking, the preparation of food * Cook (domestic worker), a household staff member who prepares food * Cook (professional), an individual who prepares food for consumption in the food industry * ...
* George A. Thorne Jr.Seaman, Ski Man, Surveyor * Norman D. Vaughan...Dog Driver *
Arthur Treadwell Walden Arthur Treadwell Walden (May 10, 1871 – March 26, 1947) was a Klondike Gold Rush adventurer, dog driver and participant in the first Byrd Antarctic Expedition. He is also known as an author and developer of the Chinook (dog), Chinook sled dog bre ...
...In Charge of Dogs * Floyd Gibbons...
Narrator Narration is the use of a written or spoken commentary to convey a story to an audience. Narration is conveyed by a narrator: a specific person, or unspecified literary voice, developed by the creator of the story to deliver information to the ...


DVD release

''With Byrd at the South Pole'' was released on DVD in February 2000. It is part of a Milestone collection that is very limited.


See also

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The Lost Zeppelin ''The Lost Zeppelin'' is a 1929 sound adventure film directed by Edward Sloman and produced and distributed by Tiffany-Stahl. The film stars Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli and Ricardo Cortez. Tearle plays a navy officer modeled on U. S. Navy Com ...
'' (1929)


References


External links

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''With Byrd At The South Pole'' Movie Scrapbook
at Dartmouth College Library {{DEFAULTSORT:With Byrd at the South Pole 1930 documentary films 1930 films Black-and-white documentary films American documentary films Documentary films about Antarctica Documentary films about aviation American aviation films Documentary films about historical events Paramount Pictures films Films whose cinematographer won the Best Cinematography Academy Award American black-and-white films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films