News: RARE SCOTT FILM TO BE SHOWCASED IN ATHY
This year the school will host a screening of 'The Great White Silence', Herbert Ponting renowed cinematic record of Captain Scott's last expedition. A sensation when first released in 1924 the film has achieved iconic status. A sound version was released in 1933 with the title '90 Degrees South'.
The British Film Institute has restored the 1924 film using the latest digital technology. The result of the restoration gives a stunning sense of the hardships and challenges faced by Scott and his men on the expedition.
The film will be presented by Luke McKernan, Lead Curator of Moving Image at the British Library. Luke is also the founder of 'Bioscope', a website dedicated to the subject of early and silent cinema.