The Changing Polar Films: Silent Films from Arctic Exploration 1900–30

This chapter discusses not only the first known examples of film shot in the polar region, but also elucidates the role polar expedition films played as cinema was becoming of broad attraction globally. Analysing footage from archives around the world, Diesen contextualises how mass media and techno...

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Main Author: Diesen, Jan Anders
Format: Book Part
Language:unknown
Published: Edinburgh University Press 2015
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/edinburgh/9780748694174.003.0021