Age of Exploration, The

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90 Degrees South: With Scott to the Antarctic

Director: Herbert Ponting Herbert G. Ponting's spellbinding chronicle of Captain Robert Scott's heroic and ultimately tragic race for the South Po...

Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack Before they dreamed up that oversized ape, King Kong's creators filmed this magical story of a Thai family's struggle to...

Edge of the World, The

Director: Michael Powell A critical and popular hit at the New York Film Festival, Michael Powell's The Edge of the World received a thrilling theatr...

Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life

Director: Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Marguerite Harrison A classic adventure by the makers of "King Kong." In 1924, neophyte filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsa...

In the Land of the War Canoes

Director: Edward S. Curtis In 1911, as part of his massive undertaking, famed Northwest photographer Edward S. Curtis travelled to Vancouver Island, Britis...

Legong: Dance of the Virgins

Director: Henry de la Falaise Legong: Dance of the Virgins, filmed entirely on location in Bali in 1935, is a tragic tale of love denied. Poutou, a young girl...

People of the Wind

Director: Anthony Howarth Academy Award® and Golden Globe nominee for Best Documentary There are two hundred miles of raging rivers and impassable m...

Shackleton's Boat Journey

Director: Harding McGregor Dunnett April 1916. Twenty-eight men in desperate condition are stranded on a barren island. Even the whalers of the South Atlantic neve...

Simba: The King of the Beasts

Director: Martin Johnson, Osa Johnson The Johnsons were national celebrities in the 1920s. For Simba, these explorer-filmmakers forded crocodile-infested rivers and s...

South: Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition

Director: Frank Hurley When Sir Ernest Shackleton set sail on the Endurance on August 8, 1914, he was already an internationally renowned Antarctic exp...

Tabu: a Story of the South Sea

Director: F.W. Murnau Filmed entirely in Tahiti, TABU represents an unusual collaboration between legendary directors F.W. Murnau (Nosferatu, Sunrise)...

White Thunder

Director: Victoria King On March 9, 1931, the SS Viking left the port of St. John's, Newfoundland, and sailed into motion picture history. On board ...

With Byrd at the South Pole

Director: Joseph Rucker, Willard van der Veer Byrd was one of the most popular heroes in the age of exploration of the twenties. While he is nearly forgotten today, Richard ...