Eternal Silence (1912)

England.

Documentary about the expedition of the English polar explorer R. Scott to Antarctica in 1910-1912, which ended with the death of Scott and his comrades.

Portrait of R. Scott.

Portrait of G. Ponting.

Ponting with a camera.

The ship "Terra Nova" off the coast of New Zealand.

On the deck - members of the expedition.

Loading Siberian ponies onto the ship.

Dancing on the shore of the ship.

Spectators applaud.

Boxing match.

Mock wrestling.

November 29, 1910. Captain Scott says goodbye to New Zealand. "Terra Nova" leaves the pier.

On board the ship.

Siberian ponies in stalls.

Haircut of a crew member.

Lieutenant Rennick as a barber.

Captain Oates getting his head cut bald.

In the distance overboard - the receding shores of New Zealand.

The crew pulls the rope.

Terra Nova at sea.

Raging waves.

Seagulls on the water.

The first iceberg encountered by the expedition.

Iceberg close up.

Appearance of individual ice floes.

Scheme of the upcoming journey

England.

A ship among ice floes and ice fields.

Ship masts.

Penguins on an ice floe.

Seals.

Seal carcasses.

They are loaded onto the ship.

The bow of the ship crushes the ice floes.

Demonstration of the device used to film the bow of the ship.

A ship in the open water of the Ross Sea.

The deck of the ship.

View of the Great Barrier.

Travel scheme.

Ross Island.

Mountain peaks.

Glaciers.

Evening shooting.

The sea covered with young ice and slush.

A ship at anchor.

View of Mount Erebus.

Unloading equipment and ponies from the ship.

Ponies in the snow.

They carry cargo.

Special tractors for moving through the snow at a speed of 5 km / h.

Dog sleds

Antarctica.

Dog sleds.

Cargo on them.

Equipment for the expedition's winter quarters.

Igloo huts.

The smoking summit of Erebus against the evening sky.

Black cat Peter, taken on a walk with the expedition.

The cat jumps over his hand.

Ice floes.

Seals on an ice floe.

They hide in the water.

Director and cameraman Ponting in front of his own camera.

He is about to film.

A female seal with her baby.

Sleds are unloaded from a ship.

A whale's fin in the water.

Its back is shown

Antarctica.

Whale back and fin.

Whale pod in water.

Whales frolicking.

Throwing a harpoon at a whale.

March 1911. Terra Nova sails back to New Zealand.

Scott's expedition in front of the camera.

Polar night.

Filming rocks.

Captain Scott writing a diary.

September.

The onset of the polar morning.

Playing football on a snowy field.

Skiing.

A huge ice slope.

Members of the expedition climb the slope.

Aladdin's Grotto.

Mount Matterhorn.

Mount Jack Trost.

Osman, the leader of the dog pack.

Other dogs.

Feeding the dogs.

The team with the load sets off on a journey.

Horses in front of the camera.

Victor, Ruver and other horses.

Seagulls splashing in the water

Antarctica.

Seagulls near the nest.

She sits on the eggs.

A chick hatches from the eggs.

Penguins on a rock.

The female builds a nest

Antarctica.

A flock of penguins.

Penguins covered with snow.

Penguin chicks.

An adult penguin guards its babies.

The expedition leaves for the South Pole on November 2, 1911. Carts in the snow.

The expedition's route to the Beardmer Glacier.

Snowstorm.

Expedition members drag sleds.

Antarctica.

The next morning.

Getting ready for the trip.

January 18, 1912. Scott reaches the South Pole.

From this point on, there is no documentary filming, since the cameraman parted with Scott and his comrades at the Beardmer Glacier.

The route of Scott's expedition.

Photo: a small tent left by Scott in memory of this event.

Group photo of the conquerors of the pole.

The route of the expedition back - from the South Pole to the Beardmer Glacier.

Photo Edgar Evans, who died on the way back.

Portraits of the deceased - Captain Oates, Scott himself, E. Williams, Lieutenant Henry Bowers.

Photo of a tent found on the way back of the expedition with the bodies of the frozen.

Symbolic picture: Britain in the form of an angel with outstretched wings blesses the dying Scott.

Excerpts from Scott's diary.

The grave of Scott and his comrades.

Cross on the grave

Antarctica.

Expedition members with sleds.

Shooting from above.

The same - on skis.

Halt.

Building tents.

Preparing snow for water.

Expedition members hide in a tent.

The expedition drags a sled with a sail through the snow.

Expedition members in front of the camera.

They are preparing for the next hike.

The expedition preparing lunch.

Distribution of soup.

Expedition members having lunch.

Packing kitchen utensils.

Expedition members climb into sleeping bags and prepare for sleep