March 29 - Scott of the Antarctic

Today’s movie is an adventure film with a scene that happens on March 29. Watch this film tonight and enjoy.

SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC    

In 1904 Robert Scott returns from the Antarctic and plans another expedition. The government refuses to back him, so he makes a public appeal. Scott decides to use ponies and motorized sledges in addition to dogs. They finally raise enough money and sail to New Zaealand. After they sail for Antartica, Scott learns Roald Amundsen is also going on an expedition to the South Pole. The expedition arrives and they set up a base camp. Scott learns Amundsen has set up a base nearby. They have a feast to celebrate mid-winter’s day. The expedition leaves for the Pole. The motorized sledges soon fail. Bad weather proves to be too much for the ponies, who are killed. Scott and three other men travel on skis to the Pole. They arrive at the South Pole only to discover that Amundsen has been there first. The weather is terrible on their return trip. First Evans dies of frostbite and malnutrition. Later, an ill Oates sacrifices himself to avoid being a drag on his companions. On March 29, 1912 [1:41:48 to 1:45:16] Scott and his two remaining companions die frozen in their tent eleven miles short of a supply depot.

       

Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen by David Thomson (Thunder’s Mouth Press, New York, 2002) at page 261 gives his death date

Producer - Michael Balcon

Director - Charles Frend

Screenwriters - Walter Meade, Ivor Montagu and Mary Hayley Bell

Released – November 29, 1948

Runtime – 1 hour 51 minutes

Starring –

John Mills as Captain Robert F. Scott R.N.

Diana Churchill as Kathleen Scott

Harold Warrender as Dr. Edward A. Wilson

Derek Bond as Captain Lawrence E.G. Oates

Reginald Beckwith as Lieutenant Henry R. Bowers

James Robertson Justice as Petty Officer 'Taff' Evans R.N.

Kenneth More as Lieutenant E.G.R. 'Teddy' Evans R.N.

John Gregson as Petty Officer Tom Crean R.N.

Barry Letts as Apsley Cherry-Garrard

Dennis Vance as Charles S. Wright

Christopher Lee as Bernard Day

Bruce Seton as Lieutenant H. Pennell R.N.

Clive Morton as Herbert Ponting

Sam Kydd as Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N.

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015