With Byrd at the South Pole

Name: With Byrd at the South Pole
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1930-06-19
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Floyd Gibbons, Richard E. Byrd

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1930

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82 min

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Documentary

Overview

With Byrd at the South Pole (1930) is a documentary film about Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his 1st quest to the South Pole 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.

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Keywords

u.s. navy

antarctica

south pole

polar exploration

Cast

Floyd Gibbons

Himself - Narrator

Richard E. Byrd

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@Geronimo1967

July 18, 2025

7/10

If you’ve ever seen “South” (1919) or “Endurance” (2000) about the Shackleton expedition to the South Pole in 1914, then you will have an idea as to what we are in for with this similar, though vastly technologically superior, trip to Antarctica. Ten years had passed since those earlier journeys and…

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