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With Byrd at the South Pole
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJulian Johnson
Written byJulian Johnson (titles)
Produced byJesse L. Lasky
Adolph Zukor
StarringRichard E. Byrd
CinematographyJoseph T. Rucker
Willard Van der Veer
Edited byEmanuel Cohen
Music byManny Baer
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 19, 1930 (1930-06-19)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Part-Talkie)
English Intertitles

With Byrd at the South Pole (1930) is a sound part-talkie documentary film about Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his 1st quest to the South Pole beginning at the Little America-Exploration Base. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The dialogue sequences consist mainly of narration that is read aloud by Floyd Gibbons. The film won at the 3rd Academy Awards for Best Cinematography.[1][2]

The film was the first documentary to win any Oscar and the only one to win cinematography.

  1. ^ The New York Times Movies
  2. ^ "The 3rd Academy Awards (1930) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). October 9, 2014. Archived from the original on November 13, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2019.

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