Movie, 1908

Departure of the British Antarctic Expedition from Lyttelton, New Zealand, 1st January, 1908.

Name: Departure of the British Antarctic Expedition from Lyttelton, New Zealand, 1st January, 1908.
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1908-01-01
Duration: 8 min
Cast: Wilmot Fawkes, Ernest Shackleton

8 min, Documentary, United Kingdom

Footage of the expedition leaving Antarctica from New Zealand shot by government cameraman James McDonald. His excellency Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawksworth Fawkes, Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Navy's Australian Station, visits and inspects the "Nimrod."