South (Hurley, 1919)
Sir Ernest's Shackleton Glorious Epic to the Antartic
“A las siete de la tarde, Greenstreet condujo al Endurance entre dos paredes témpanos hacia una zona de agua abierta. A medio camino, el barco tropezó con uno de los témpanos y entonces otro lo cerró por detrás. Aunque pusieron los motores a toda máquina, tardaron dos horas en conseguir atravesarlo. Lo que parecía una decisión de rutina fue anotado en el cuaderno de bitácora de Worsley: «Nos detendremos un rato hasta que la banquisa se abra cuando cese este viento del NE.» Transcurrieron seis días fríos y nubosos hasta que el 24 de enero cesó la tempestad del noreste. Para entonces, el hielo rodeaba al Endurance por todas partes, hasta donde la vista podía alcanzar.”
Dirección y Fotografía:
Frank Hurley
Reparto:
Ernest Shackleton .... Leader of the Expedition (as Sir Ernest Shackleton)
Captain F. Worsley .... Captain of the Endurance
Lieutenant J. Stenhouse .... Captain of the Aurora (as Lieut. J. Stenhouse)
Captain L. Hussey .... Meteorologist
Dr. McIlroy .... Head of Scientific Staff
Mr. Wordie .... Head of Scientific Staff (as Wordie)
Dr. Macklin .... Doctor
Captain Frank Wild .... Second in Command of the Endurance (as Frank Wild)
Tom Crean .... Crewman
Mr. James .... Crewman (as James)
Mr. Clark .... Crewman (as Clark)
Mr. Greenstreet .... Crewman (as Greenstreet)
Runtime: UK:81 min (restored version)
Country: Australia / UK
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
Also Known As:
Endurance (Australia) (working title) (UK)
In the Grip of Polar Ice (Australia) (wide-release title)
Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (UK)
Southward on the Queste
Shakletons Todesfahrt zum Südpol (Germany) [de]
http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0198559/
DVD Credits
Photography: Frank Hurley
Production company: Imperian Trans-Antartic Film Syndicate
Restoration: National Film and Television Archive
Music: Neil Brand
Film Commentary: Luke McKernan
# Format: Black & White, PAL, Silent
# Language English
# Region: All Regions
# Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
# Number of discs: 1
# Classification: Exempt
# Studio: Bfi Video Publishing
# DVD Release Date: 27 May 2002
# Run Time: 80 minutes
Sir Ernest's Shackleton Glorious Epic to the Antartic
“A las siete de la tarde, Greenstreet condujo al Endurance entre dos paredes témpanos hacia una zona de agua abierta. A medio camino, el barco tropezó con uno de los témpanos y entonces otro lo cerró por detrás. Aunque pusieron los motores a toda máquina, tardaron dos horas en conseguir atravesarlo. Lo que parecía una decisión de rutina fue anotado en el cuaderno de bitácora de Worsley: «Nos detendremos un rato hasta que la banquisa se abra cuando cese este viento del NE.» Transcurrieron seis días fríos y nubosos hasta que el 24 de enero cesó la tempestad del noreste. Para entonces, el hielo rodeaba al Endurance por todas partes, hasta donde la vista podía alcanzar.”
Dirección y Fotografía:
Frank Hurley
Reparto:
Ernest Shackleton .... Leader of the Expedition (as Sir Ernest Shackleton)
Captain F. Worsley .... Captain of the Endurance
Lieutenant J. Stenhouse .... Captain of the Aurora (as Lieut. J. Stenhouse)
Captain L. Hussey .... Meteorologist
Dr. McIlroy .... Head of Scientific Staff
Mr. Wordie .... Head of Scientific Staff (as Wordie)
Dr. Macklin .... Doctor
Captain Frank Wild .... Second in Command of the Endurance (as Frank Wild)
Tom Crean .... Crewman
Mr. James .... Crewman (as James)
Mr. Clark .... Crewman (as Clark)
Mr. Greenstreet .... Crewman (as Greenstreet)
Runtime: UK:81 min (restored version)
Country: Australia / UK
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Silent
Also Known As:
Endurance (Australia) (working title) (UK)
In the Grip of Polar Ice (Australia) (wide-release title)
Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (UK)
Southward on the Queste
Shakletons Todesfahrt zum Südpol (Germany) [de]
http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0198559/
DVD Credits
Photography: Frank Hurley
Production company: Imperian Trans-Antartic Film Syndicate
Restoration: National Film and Television Archive
Music: Neil Brand
Film Commentary: Luke McKernan
# Format: Black & White, PAL, Silent
# Language English
# Region: All Regions
# Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
# Number of discs: 1
# Classification: Exempt
# Studio: Bfi Video Publishing
# DVD Release Date: 27 May 2002
# Run Time: 80 minutes
South is the film record of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated but ultimately heroic attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914-16.
As Shackleton was setting out, Britain declared war on Germany. It was to be two years before Shackleton and his men were to learn of the progress of that war, and how utterly changed was the world they had left behind. That romantic world had encouraged a cult of heroism, and it was as a heroic polar explorer that Shackleton wished to be known. He had first journeyed to the Antarctic in 1902 under Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the future rival against whom he would always be compared. In 1908 Shackleton led an expedition that reached the furthest distance south yet achieved, less than 100 miles from the Pole.
The race to the Pole was won by Amundsen's Norwegian tea m in 1911, but the lasting acclaim perversely went to Scott, who followed after Amundsen, and who died with his men on their return. The South Pole had now been attained, and to go one better than Amundsen or Scott, Shackleton planned to cross Antarctica via the Pole. Raising finance was always a huge struggle, and a significant member of Shackleton's expedition was the experienced Australian cameraman Frank Hurley, whose films and photographs would hopefully pay for part of the expedition if they could emulate the success of Herbert Ponting's acclaimed record s of the Scott expedition.
The plan was to land on the Weddell Sea coast and then to cross Antarctica via the Pole to the Ross Sea, being met by a relief party based on the other side of the continent. But within 80 miles of land their ship Endurance became stuck fast in the pack ice. Shackleton and his crew drifted helplessly north for nine months before the ship began to be crushed in the ice. It was abandoned, and sank a month later on 27th November 1915.
Shackleton initially gave the order to abandon as much gear as possible, so as not to encumber their planned march across the ice. This included all of Hurley's films and bulky photographic glass plates. When it became apparent that such a march was wholly impractical, Hurley returned to the ship and dived into the icy waters of the hold to rescue his films. He then faced the heartbreaking task of smashing around 400 of those plates to lighten his load, but took the remaining 150 together with his precious rolls of cine film. Now Shackleton and his men drifted ilQrthwards on ice floes for a further five months, taking three boats with them, eventually reaching the sea and rowing to Elephant Island. There on a desolate shore the bulk of the party were left behind as Shackleton and five others undertook a truly heroic journey by open boat across 800 miles of the wildest of seas until they reached the uninhabited southern shores of South Georgia. Shackleton and two others then crossed the mountainous island to a whaling station. After four rescue attempts Shackleton was able to defeat the pack ice and to rescue his men.
The expedition returned to a Europe plunged into war. In 1919 Shackleton published his written account of the expedition, South, and lectured with Hurley's film and slides as accompaniment. He returned south on his fourth expedition in 1921, but died of a heart attack on South Georgia, where he was buried.
He was just 47, and with hispassing the heroic age of polar exploration came to an end.
Hurley's expedition film was first shown as South in 1919, in the version used by Shackleton for his lectures. It was thereafter shown in various forms as both a lecture film and a conventional theatrical release abroad, including in Hurley's native Australia, where it was released as In the Grip of Polar Ice in 1920. In 1933 a sound feature film version was released, entitled Endurance: The Story of a Glorious Failure, with a commentary by Frank Worsley, the ship's captain. Frank Hurley was a superb and courageous photographer, whose intelligent interest in his subject is apparent in every shot. As Hurley was among those left on Elephant Island, there is no film record of the boat journey to South Georgia or its crossing, but Hurley was later sent back to the island to take scenes that would complete the film, including the lengthy sequences of animallife that are quite exceptional for their time. The scenes of Shackleton's triumphant reception in Chile were filmed by a local cameraman.
This restored version of the film has been constructed by the National Film and Television Archive from a wide range of materials, including a print and negative deposited by the distributor Sir William Jury, a tinted print from the Nederlands Filmmuseum, and a set of glass slides that originally accompanied the film and lecture, and which have been incorporated into this print. The NFTVA has applied its own tinting and toning to match the original prints, and has produced this handsome and richly coloured testament to a remarkable episode in the history of exploration.
Dennis Schwartz - Film Threat - Time Out - San Diego Metropolitan
Montañismo y Exploración - Sir Ernest Shackleton - Wikipedia españolJean Lowerison escribió:Cinematographer Frank Hurley went along on the expedition which, though sanctioned by the British government, was insufficiently funded. Shackleton hoped to get a photographic record of high enough quality that the film could pay some of the trip's expenses; it did serve that purpose. Unfortunately, there is no photographic documentation of the trip to South Georgia Island, as Hurley was one of those left on Elephant Island.
Several versions of the film circulated after their return. Shackleton used one on his lecture tours; different versions were used as lecture films and in theatrical release.
The ITA Syndicate, which had sponsored the expedition, went into liquidation in 1926 and the rights to the film were sold to Sir William Jury. The British Film Institute acquired the rights to the film and all the surviving material -- including some of Hurley's original glass slides -- after Jury's death in 1944.
In 1994 the Film Institute began the task of restoring a definitive version of the film from the available versions. It took nearly four years. This silent film is the result. It is not colorized, but has been "tinted and toned." There is some stunning photography of the ship at night (it's eternal night in Antarctica in winter) made with the use of 18 huge flash lamps. The daytime photos give a harrowingly accurate picture of life on an ice floe.
Desgraciadamente para nosotros Frank Hurley fue uno de los que esperaban en la Isla Elefante, por lo que no tenemos imágenes de la épica travesía de Shack y sus 5 compañeros hacia la isla South Georgia. A cambio se nos obsequia con imágenes de pingüinos y focas. : mrgreen :1914 - 1916 Expedición Imperial Trans-Antártica (Expedición Endurance)
La Expedición Imperial Trans-Antártica partió de Londres el 1 de agosto de 1914 con el objetivo de atravesar la Antártida desde un lugar cercano a la Bahía Vahsel, al sur del Mar de Weddell, alcanzar el Polo Sur y continuar hasta la Isla de Ross en el extremo opuesto del continente.
El objetivo de la misión tuvo que ser abandonado cuando el barco Endurance quedó atrapado en el hielo cerca de su destino en la Bahía Vahsel. Más tarde quedaría destrozado, aplastado por los bloques de hielo que lo aprisionaban, lo que obligó a la tripulación del barco y los miembros de la expedición a realizar un viaje épico en trineo atravesando el helado Mar de Weddell y posteriormente en bote hasta la Isla Elefante, en el archipiélago de las Islas Shetland del Sur (Islas Piloto Pardo, según la denominación oficial chilena). Una vez allí, reconstruyeron uno de sus pequeños botes y Shackleton junto con otros 5 hombres navegaron hasta la isla Georgia del Sur en busca de ayuda. Este viaje embarcados en un bote, de tan solo 6,7 m d eslora (el James Caird) a través del Paso Drake hasta Georgia del Sur a finales del otoño Antártico (Abril-Mayo) era arriesgadísimo y posiblemente no tiene rival en la historia de la navegación. Tocaron tierra en la costa sur de la isla Georgia del Sur y atravesaron la cordillera que recorría la isla como si fuera su espina dorsal, en 36 h en un igualmente destacable viaje (habría que destacar que el interior de la isla aún no había sido cartografiado). Los 22 hombres que habían permanecido en la Isla Elefante fueron rescatados por el buque chileno Yelcho, comandado por Luis Pardo Villalón, el 30 de agosto de 1916, tras otros 3 intentos fallidos a causa de las pésimas condiciones meteorológicas. Toda la tripulación del Endurance sobrevivió.
----------------------------
Enlaces
Torrent del DVD entero en KG - Frank Hurley - South aka Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (1919)
South (Hurley, 1919) DVDRip (Eng.Intert).avi 
[info]
South (Hurley, 1919) DVDRip (commentary).srt
South (Hurley, 1919) (español).srt
Subs español en descarga directa: Subdivx
Y en inglés para los audiocomentarios: Opensubtitles
Enlaces
Torrent del DVD entero en KG - Frank Hurley - South aka Shackleton's Expedition to the Antarctic (1919)
South (Hurley, 1919) DVDRip (Eng.Intert).avi [info]South (Hurley, 1919) DVDRip (commentary).srt South (Hurley, 1919) (español).srt Subs español en descarga directa: Subdivx
Y en inglés para los audiocomentarios: Opensubtitles
El film lleva intertítulos en inglés. He incluido la cadena de comentarios a cargo de Luke McKernan (mp3 vbr 126). La música de acompañamiento consiste en un pianito dando la lata que de vez en cuando acierta (mp3 vbr 188), no tenía sentido dejarlo en .ac3.--- File Information ---
File Name: South (Hurley, 1919) DVDRip.avi
File Size (in bytes): 1,046,968,320
--- Container Information ---
Base Type (e.g "AVI"): AVI(.AVI)
Subtype (e.g "OpenDML"): OpenDML (AVI v2.0),
Interleave (in ms): 40
Preload (in ms): 504
Audio alignment("split across interleaves"): Aligned
Total System Bitrate (kbps): 0
Bytes Missing (if any): 0
Number of Audio Streams: 2
--- Video Information ---
Video Codec Type: xvid
Video Codec Name: XviD 1.1.2 Final
Duration (hh:mm:ss): 1:20:48
Frame Count: 14618320
Frame Width (pixels): 592
Frame Height (pixels): 448
Storage Aspect Ratio("SAR")" 1.321
Pixel Aspect Ratio ("PAR"): 1.000
Display Aspect Ratio ("DAR"): 1.321
Fields Per Second:
Frames Per Second: 25.000
Pics Per Second: 25.000
Video Bitrate (kbps): 1399
MPEG-4 ("MPEG-4" or ""): MPEG-4
B-VOP ("B-VOP" or ""): B-VOP
QPel ("QPel" or ""):
GMC ("GMC" or ""):
NVOP ("NVOP" or ""):
H264 ("H264" or ""):
Quality Factor (bits/pixel)/frame: 0.211"
--- Audio Information ---
MPEG Stream ID (e.g. "0xbd"): Music
MPEG VOB file Substream(e.g. "0x80"):
Audio Codec (e.g. "AC3"): 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Sample Rate (Hz): 48000
Audio Bitrate(kbps): 188
Audio Bitrate Type ("CBR" or "VBR"): VBR
Audio Channel Count (e.g. "2" for stereo): 2
MPEG Stream ID (e.g. "0xbd"): Commentary
MPEG VOB file Substream(e.g. "0x80"):
Audio Codec (e.g. "AC3"): 0x0055 MPEG-1 Layer 3
Audio Sample Rate (Hz): 48000
Audio Bitrate(kbps): 126
Audio Bitrate Type ("CBR" or "VBR"): VBR
Audio Channel Count (e.g. "2" for stereo): 2
El ripeo es lo mejor que he podido conseguir teniendo en cuenta que el DVD sufría de entrelazado, ghosting (apreciable en la 5ª captura) y millones de artifacts más, y que yo soy un novato en el tema y mis ganas de aprender son más bien reducidas. Que sí, que está bien hacer pruebas y tal, pero con imágenes de 1915 resulta imposible conseguir una imagen limpia, y uno ya no termina por diferenciar lo que se debe al ripeo o al DVD (o al master, o al transfer, o a las cosas esas raras) o a la propia imagen o a tus ojos que empiezan a enrojecer como efecto de mantenerlos fijos en la pantella varias horas (bueno, vale, y por algún pitillo también).
Bueno, me dejo de justificaciones. Si alguien tiene verdadero interés le recomiendo que se baje el DVD entero que procederé a compartir próximamente en Karagarga. Y por supuesto muchas gracias a todos los que amablemente me ayudaron o se ofrecieron a ello.
En breve añado los subtítulos en español (que todavía ando traduciendo) para los intertítulos. [Disponibles un poco más arriba.] Ya añadí los subtítulos en inglés para la cadena de comentarios.
Imax Shackleton's Antartic Adventure
The Endurance Kodak.com
South!, by Sir Ernest Shackleton (Gutenberg Project)
Nova Online
The Endurance Kodak.com
South!, by Sir Ernest Shackleton (Gutenberg Project)
Nova Online
Hasta luego.
CKDexterHaven escribió:El viernes pusieron en La 2 este documental:
Y la verdad es que está bastante bien. Me di una sesión doble con el documental y después la película de Hurley y creo que lo disfruté más que si sólo hubiese visto la película sin conocer algunos detalles de la historia. Os lo recomiendo.
