Antarctic Expedition: Sir George Newnes' Farewell to Officers and Crew (1898)
• August 23rd, 1898 • 0h 1min
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Overview
This 1898 film is the earliest known surviving footage relating to the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration. Sir George Newnes, who first published Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short stories in The Strand Magazine, is seen here bidding farewell to the crew.
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