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HNL 1206 : Mawson Expedition to the Antarctic 1911 - 14

An account of Australia's first expedition to the Antarctic continent.
Year : 1961 | Total Duration : 9 Minutes | Producer : Frank Bagnall
Ship Aurora & other vessel at dockside Hobart 1911, people on board & on dock, ships company, Aurora leaving Hobart, crowds farewell, rough seas ships rigging in f/g, ship to shore across sea . Frank Hurley (1911 to 1914)
Access No. 42361 | 1 min 24 secs | 1910s | Hobart, Tas, Australia & Antarctica | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Pan large iceberg, sea lion or seal, penguins in snow, group of penguins on icy ledge above water, water & ice, seal on ice, seals on edge of water, grainy footage of rough sea, across water to land (1911 to 1914)
Access No. 42362 | 4 mins 10 secs | 1910s | Antarctica | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |
Aurora in b/g, wall of ice, wall of frozen spray, water,pan snow capped landscape, man with camera on ice, icy vastness, long boats in b/g, icicles hanging above water, Antarctic Base, pan ice & water (1911 to 1914)
Access No. 42363 | 5 mins 16 secs | 1910s | Antarctica | © Contact Film Australia Collection Library | B&W |