Talk:Scott of the Antarctic (film)

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As I believe there is only one film of this name surely it should be moved to "Scott of the Antarctic (film)"? Or should it just be moved to "Scott of the Antarctic", which at present redirects to the man himself, Captain Scott? PatGallacher (talk) 23:51, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move[edit]

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Moved but to Scott of the Antarctic (film). Consensus was to not move as proposed. Vegaswikian (talk) 23:04, 12 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Scott of the Antarctic (1948 film) → Scott of the Antarctic — There is no other film of this name. At present "Scott of the Antarctic" is a redirect to the man himself, Robert Falcon Scott, but most links to it refer to the film. If this is moved it should of course have a hatnote pointing to R.F. Scott. PatGallacher (talk) 15:10, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Strong oppose It shuold redirect to the man himself. 65.94.253.16 (talk) 04:27, 8 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Scott of the Antarctic correctly redirects to the man. The film should be moved to Scott of the Antarctic (film): as there is no other film with that title, the year should not be used as a disambiguator. Skinsmoke (talk) 16:51, 11 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Link to Terra Nova expedition[edit]

This link exists, but is hidden in the justified but less informative "ill-fated expedition" phrase. May I suggest that one can kill two birds with one stone by rewriting the phrase "ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition", with the proper link punctuation added? Alternatively, one might use the official "British Antarctic Expedition" term. I think either solution does a better job of immediately pinning down which (of many) expeditions the film covers and showing the internal link to the historical event behind the film. Originalylem (talk) 23:06, 27 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Agree: Done. David Spector (user/talk) 15:05, 31 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Antarctic Footage[edit]

In the introduction, it mentions "no actual scenes were made in Antarctica, though some pre-war stock footage from Graham Land may have been used." However, at least two references (ref 4 and 9) cited in this page mention considerable work by cameraman Osmond Borrowdale (well-known at that time), in the Antarctic to film background scenes for 6 months, traveling 30,000 miles. Was none of this footage actually used in the film?

I also found this note, "David James returned to Antarctica in 1946 as the civilian technical advisor for the film Scott of the Antarctic, some of the scenes being shot there from the Newfoundland vessel MV Trepassey." footnote 22 in page 8 here: https://www.cnrs-scrn.org/northern_mariner/vol26/tnm_26_1-20.pdf ~~klossoke