Poster for the film 'Scott of the Antarctic'

Film poster advertising the Ealing Studios production, 'Scott of the Antarctic', 1948. Designed by Sidney John Woods.

'Scott of the Antarctic' is a 1948 British Technicolor film which depicts Robert Falcon Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition and his attempt to be the first to reach the South Pole. John Mills played Scott, with a supporting cast which included James Robertson Justice, Derek Bond, Kenneth More, John Gregson, Barry Letts and Christopher Lee. Produced by Ealing Studios, the film was directed by Charles Frend and largely shot at the studios, with some landscape and glacier exteriors shot in the Swiss Alps and in Norway. The film is known for its score by Ralph Vaughan Williams that was later reworked into his 'Sinfonia antartica'.

Details

Category:
Cinematography
Object Number:
1982-546/8
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
type:
poster