Description | Film produced to mark the Royal Society expedition to Halley Bay, as part of the International Geophysical Year.
Title screen & colour map. Tractors. Penguins. Setting up camp. Advance party. Building hut. Whirligig of snow. Icebergs on the horizon. Husky pups. Blizzards. Talking to BBC March 1956. Building 40ft meteorological tower. Digging out stores. Emperor penguins fighting. Men walking with the penguins. Penguins dipping in sea ice. Retrieving coal from coal store. Digging. American visitors by helicopter 1956. Magga Dan - arrival of main party. Ice breaking. Footage from the ship. Meteorological observations on board. Monte Video sunset. Ice breaking. Arrival of Magga Dan & Tottan. Tractors. Unloading ship. Radar scanner and generators. Generator hut. Moving dumps of stores. Aerial views of newly discovered Tottan mountains. Dr Fuchs (TAE). Seals winched back to ship. Seals used for husky food. Magga Dan returns to London with members of advance party, 1957. South Georgia. 'Meanwhile main party carry on their scientific work'. The end.
20-25 minutes.
Colour and sound print, 16mm film. |