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Antarctic Pioneers

One of Australia's most famous photographers, Frank Hurley, presents this absorbing film on the history of Australia's first expeditions to the Antarctic continent between 1911 and 1954.
Episode : 1 | Year : 1963 | Total Duration : 28 Minutes | Producer : Frank Bagnall, Maslyn Williams (Series Producer), Lee Robinson (Series Producer)
Director : Frank Hurley, Phillip Law |
Sir Frank Hurley speaking to camera about his invitation to join the Mawson Antarctic Expedition as official photographer in 1911.
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Access No. 87582 | 50 secs | 1960s | Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Sailing ship, Aurora, tied up at Hobart wharf. Mawson expedition . Taking on stores and equipment that would last for two years. Two sailors on board talking, busy activity on wharf in preparation for departure. Pan of the crew and MS of Captain Davis and Douglas Mawson VS of crowds bidding farewell. Ferry and boats on Derwent River farewelling Aurora. Mawson Antarctic Expedition. (1911).
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Access No. 87583 | 58 secs | 1910s | Hobart, Tas, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
Various shots on board sailing ship, Aurora, as it sails on Mawson Antarctic Expedition 1911. Wild rough seas. Life buoy with ÒS.Y. AuroraÓ painted on it. Rigging. Seals and penguins on Macquarie Island. Men hauling boat ashore. Seals playing in seaweed.
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Access No. 87596 | 55 secs | 1910s | Macquarie Island, Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Sir Frank Hurley speaking as he tracks route of sailing ship on globe of the world. Rough seas, men and husky dogs on board Aurora sailing ship. High angle shot of bow of ship breaking through the ice. Good shots of ice floes, icebergs. Sailor climbing rigging on mast. Pan along ice cliffs or walls of Antarctica. Mawson Antarctic Expedition 1911
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Access No. 87598 | 1 min 16 secs | 1910s | Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Mawson Antarctic Expedition 1911. Sailing ship moored in Commonwealth Bay, Cape Dennison. Men unloading stores, boats and equipment from Aurora. Setting up camp. Man chasing seal. Men working in camp at Cape Dennison against driving snow, wind and rain. Men at weather station on peak in snow
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Access No. 87601 | 36 secs | 1910s | Cape Dennison, Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Exploration parties preparing to set out from Cape Dennison during Mawson Antarctic Expedition 1911. Sleds and dog teams crossing snow slopes.
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Access No. 87603 | 1 min 51 secs | 1910s | Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Sir Frank Hurley speaking about Mawson Antarctic Expedition 1911 and the tragic loss of the dogs and one of the men falling down a crevasse, the stranded expedition waiting a year for the relief ship to collect them and Mawson struggling alone for 32 days across the snow. He also describes the 1914 expedition with Ernest Shackleton, the 1928 expedition with Sir Hubert Wiliness and the discovery of Mac Robertson Land and Princess Elizabeth Land in 1929 in the ship, Discovery. In 1947, Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition - post war exploration, led by Captain Stewart Campbell
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Access No. 87606 | 4 mins 34 secs | 1960s | Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Various shots loading goods including plane onto ship for Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition led by Group Captain Stewart Campbell in 1947. People on wharf waving goodbye. Loading seaplane onto boat.
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Access No. 87607 | 27 secs | 1940s | Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Map showing route of Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition led by Stewart Campbell in 1947. Boat rolling around in rough seas, men hauling pontoons on board saving them from being washed overboard. Crew looking at maps. Men using binoculars. Landing at Heard Island and opening emergency hut, left by British Admiralty in 1927.
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Access No. 87608 | 1 min 25 secs | 1940s | Heard Island, Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition led by Stewart Campbell in 1947 landing at Heard Island. Unloading stores and equipment, bulldozer being unloaded, curious penguins investigating. Piles of wooden crates. Ceremony of Australian flag raising and signing of proclamation. Pan of men on expedition. Stewart Campbell signs proclamation and salutes.
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Access No. 87610 | 1 min 10 secs | 1940s | Heard Island, Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Australian National Antarctic Research Expedition led by Stewart Campbell in 1947 landing on Macquarie Island. Ship, Wyatt Earp. Landing supplies interrupted by bad weather. Men in raincoats pushing barges ashore. Large fur seal wanders into water.
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Access No. 87611 | 1 min 1 sec | 1940s | Macquarie Island, Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Sir Frank Hurley to camera about establishing a base in Antarctica, introduction to 1954 expedition in Krista Dan
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Access No. 87613 | 40 secs | 1960s | © NFSA | B&W |
Various shots of Krista Dan leaving Melbourne Port for Antarctic Expedition to Antarctica under Philip Law in 1954. Shots at sea and landing stores on Herd Island. ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) loading husky dogs onto Krista Dan. Ship in heavy Antarctic seas. Breaking through pack ice and passing icebergs. Bow breaking through ice flows. Good shots of icebergs
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Access No. 87614 | 2 mins 31 secs | 1950s | Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Plane takes off from water around Krista Dan. Aerials Antarctic and Krista Dan breaking through ice. Penguins run to broken ice in front of ship. Planes on ice. Men with sled and tractor crossing ice. Testing strength of ice. Krista Dan stuck in ice. Raising flag on Antarctic mainland and naming camp ÒMawsonÓ. Unloading stores and creating camp. Aerials and scenics. Antarctic Expedition to Antarctica under Philip Law in 1954.
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Access No. 87615 | 55 secs | 1950s | Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Good shot of masses of penguins waddling across ice and diving into icy waters in Antarctica. Penguins jumping in water with Krista Dan ship in B/G. High angle shots of penguins playing in icy water. Good shot of penguins jumping out of water and waddling past Krista Dan ship. Plane taking off from snow. Aerials of Antarctica. Base camp, husky dogs in cages. Men build bridges for bulldozer to travel over cracked ice. Krista Dan wedged in ice and men digging at ice to release ship. Antarctic Expedition to Antarctica under Philip Law in 1954.
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Access No. 124937 | 3 mins 45 secs | 1950s | Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
Antarctic Expedition to Antarctica under Philip Law in 1954. Ceremony on February 13th, 1954 when Phillip Law raised the Australian flag and named the new station Mawson. Unloading supplies and equipment, setting up camp. Post marking letters. Husky dogs barking. Aerials over Antarctica.
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Access No. 124938 | 2 mins 7 secs | 1950s | Mawson, Antarctica | © NFSA | B&W |
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