THE GREAT WHITE SILENCE [DUAL FORMAT] - BLU-RAY

The Great White Silence (DVD + Blu-ray)
A Film by Herbert Ponting

Herbert Ponting's official record of Captain Scott's legendary expedition to the South Pole, restored by the BFI and featuring a score by Simon Fisher Turner, captures in breath-taking detail the alien beauty of the landscape, and ensured that the heroism involved would never be forgotten.
The BFI National Archive – custodian of the expedition negatives – created this award-winning restoration using the latest photochemical and digital techniques and reintroduced its sophisticated use of colour.

Special features

• Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition
• 90° South (1933, 72 mins): Ponting's final sound version of his legendary expedition footage
• The Great White Silence panel discussion (2011, 15 mins): a panel of experts discuss the remarkable restoration of Herbert Ponting's extraordinary record of Captain Scott's ill-fated race to the South Pole
• The Sound of Silence (2011, 13 mins): documentary about Simon Fisher Turner's approach to the score
• Location field recordings (2010, 5 mins): celebrated sound recordist Chris Watson's document of Scott's expedition hut
• Archive newsreel items (1910-1925, 5 mins): actuality coverage of the expedition's departure and return
• Newly created optional English subtitles for the d/Deaf and partial hearing on 90° South and The Great White Silence panel discussion
• **FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Fully illustrated booklet featuring a lead essay by the BFI's Bryony Dixon, selected biographies and notes on the extras

UK | 1924 | black and white, tinted and toned | 108 minutes | silent with music, optional English subtitles for the d/Deaf and partial hearing | original aspect ratio 1.33:1 | cert U (contains no material likely to offend or harm | BD50: 1080p, 24fps, PCM stereo audio (48kHz/24-bit | DVD9: 25fps, Dolby Digital stereo audio (320kbps)