The Great White Silence (1924) - Available to order on DVD & Blu-ray

[TheHolandTrip]

I'd say the music is completely over-emphasized. The footage is excellent, naturally.

[convict13]

It is restoration work like this that brings these movies to new audiences, audiences that wouldn't sit through nitrate damaged movies. But is it also the ability to see it how it should be seen, how it was seen. Amazing work.

[bunglaow]

The video is fantastic. Very moving, even the light-hearted parts because you know will happen to them. It's a stunning job by the BFI.

But best to watch it with the sound down. Although some parts of the score are well done -- such as the use of Abide with Me (sung at the memorial service a few years later) -- there are parts which are unbearable. The first 10 minutes or so is a single note, screeching like fingernails on a blackboard. Final 10m has an awful repeated bass note.

[steelheader08]

More than a pat on the back; needs an Oscar or universal equiv.!!!! AMAZING!

[Debakel99]

Fantastic movie by Herbert Ponting! 100 years old!!

[400LonelyThings]

Very nice, indeed. I will make a home for it on my virtual shelf next to:

"The Terror" by Dan Simmons

"Deep Frieze" by SleepResearch_Facility

"Polar Sequences" by Biosphere

TonAtom.net's "Frozen Fields" compilation

[peeveymd]

I thought that the color was a bit mucky. Not so great really . . .

[annereksik]

I saw this at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2011 with musical accompaniment from Sweden's Matti Bye Ensemble. It is beyond words. It's just an extraordinary film and such a valuable piece of history.

[nichotom]

The quality is overwhelming because we have become de-sensitized to the quick and dirty mobile cameraphone footage that is so prevalent now. But don't forget, we are making technological progress - as long as we can invent new ways to take your money off you more regularly.

[totaldynamix]

off to amazon to pre oder rn.

[fornov]

WOW... still gutted I couldn't see it on the big screen when I was in London recently def buying the DVD

[xf0rcerec0nx]

I've recently found a new interest in early films and cinematography and after seeing this video. I just sat in my chair awestruck by this expedition. I went on a search for more information on it, and i came across a program made by the BBC called The Secrets of Scotts Hut. I highly recommend this program to anyone who has an interest in this sort of stuff.

[BetaboyBuffet]

Fab, just pre-ordered the DVD. Also check "South" DVD if you're a fan. Pitty there is no footage from the Amundsen expedition.

[openfold]

BluRay/DVD package available to pre-order for June release at Amazon, etc.....

[lawiedc]

There will be a showing in Cambridge (England) at 4pm on Saturday 13 November 2010 - tickets at £10 each available from the Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute, Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1ER.

[RayButtifant]

Amazing - I would really like to view the whole video - will it be put out on general release to private cinemas I wonder?

[wissam24]

This is absolutely incredible! Fantastic work there!

[adcashmo]

Very eerie seeing their faces so clearly.

[nitramgnal]

Good gracious! I'm overwhelmed by the quality of this footage.

[LokiV]

My jaw hit the floor on seeing such quality some needs a pat on the back :)

[latham29]

looks amazing. Can't believe the quality. Hard to believe that this footage was shot 100 years ago!!!

[flickerflight]

I want to see this. Hopefully it will get a DVD release.

[RebelVoDKa]

@flickerflight

It's getting a joint DVD and Blu Ray release next May.

[flickerflight]

@RebelVoDKa Great news! ^_^ 

[MrFiale]

The footage is great but the music is just wrong. I know the expedition ended in tragedy, but the footage shown clearly shows people enjoying themselves,laughing, joking, experiencing news things-excitement. It is a shame the music makes it feel so ominous....

Anyway I nit-pick, great to see national film being preserved for the future.