ACTUALITY. A record of Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1914-16 Polar expedition.

Rl.1 Sir Ernest Shackleton, in CU and wearing military uniform (65-68); the Captain of the "Endurance", Captain F. Worsley in CU (75-81); Lt. J. Stenhouse, who commanded the Ross Sea ship "Aurora" (89-96); Captain L. Hussey, the meteorologist, with his banjo (108-119); Shackleton in polar dress (122-128); Worsley the same (131-137). The "Endurance" leaving Buenos Aires on October 27, 1914 (153-185); the dogs being fed on deck (199-281); Dr. McIlroy and Wordie, head of the scientific staff, grooming the dogs (292-304); Dr. Macklin administering medicine to a sea-sick dog (319-356), the dogs "Smiler" and "Hercules" (401); Frank Wild, second in command, playing with "Sue" (420-442). Shackleton at the binnacle taking sun observations (447-477); new land sighted and glaciers (486-500); view from above of the ship forcing its way through the pack ice, with a man at the prow (570); close shot of bows (584-674); view from above (737); Shackleton going aloft to direct operations, shouting instructions to Worsley who in turn transmits them to the man at the wheel, Wordie (747-789). The migration of some crab-eating seals (802-835ft).

Rl.2 An iceberg in the sun (848-856); the "Endurance" working her way through an open lead (869-903); the "Castle" berg (912-944); the ship imprisoned in the ice (959-994); an attempt to shift the ship nine months later (1010-1084); poling away the thin summer ice (1088-1150); Cheetham on an ice floe (1155- 1169); the ship going astern before charging the ice (1175-1191); awaiting the result (1199-1209); charging at full steam ahead with Shackleton in the bows (1218-1254); failure, the ship is again imprisoned (1266-1275); the ship remains frozen in (1294-1305); the water supply going aboard (1325-1407); the full complement of the expedition, with the exception of Hurley (1412-1433); Worsley and James replenishing the larder with fresh seal meat (1446-1485); Emperor penguins (1500-1555ft).

Rl.3 The ship at night, taken by flashlight (1567-1578); another view (1584-1594); building pylon of ice to act as guides (1626-1689); exercising the dogs (1702-1780); training them to draw sleighs (1789-1841); Shackleton directing the unharnessing of the dogs and their return to the kennels (1847- 1872); Hussy, the smallest man with "Samson", the largest dog (1880-1895); Tom Crean with pups (1903-1933); pups eating (1937-1974) and working at eight months (1986-2007) and in harness for the first time with "Surley" (2018-2035); an attempt to make a motor sleigh (2049-2113); dredging for deep sea specimens (2123-2185); Clark, the expedition's biologist (2188-2205). August 1st, 1915 - the beginning of the end. Scenes after a blizzard (2223-2237); Shackleton and Wild examining a broken rudder (2234-2252); the ship lifted by the ice, which is broken up to relieve pressure (2284-2302ft).

Rl.4 Further blocks of ice forming round the ship (2319-2327); the ship thrown to port at an angle of 30 degrees (2351-2419); Shackleton and Wild going aboard to examine damage (2424-2430); dogs and stores being taken on to the ice floe after all hope has been abandoned (2445-2539); the boats lowered and camp made in the vicinity (2548-2567); the "James Caird", the small 20 feet boat in which Shackleton and five companions made a 500 mile journey to South Georgia to obtain help (2586-2595); the camp on the ice (2620-2671); serving out the last issue of clothing (2674-2708); one of the tents in which the party lived for over five and a half months (2719-2761); the slow destruction of the "Endurance" continues (2769-2789); the forecastle held 3 feet below the ice (2809-2814); the ship sinking further into the ice with masts collapsing (2839-2913); all that remained a week later, November 27, 1915 (2919-2991); Greenstreet setting out with dog team to discover way to Elephant Island (3024-3100ft).

Rl.5 Establishing "Patience Camp" on a solid piece of ice on which the party drifted for 6 months... the glacier that Shackleton and his companions has to scale on reaching the uninhabited side of South Georgia (3192-3249); shots of the interior of South Georgia (3328); a young albatross (3354-3368); shags (3382-3423); giant petrels (3428-3453); Cape pigeons (3463-3492); Stromness Whaling Station which was reached on May 20th, 1916 (3517-3585); stripping blubber from a huge whale (3591-3615); sea-elephants bathing (3617-3675); a bull sea-elephant (3686-3726); his "wives" (3739-3824); a female sunning herself on the beach and in the water (3834-3913ft).

Rl.6 Various shots of sea elephants (3980); penguins (4037); King penguins (4039-4068); a young foundling penguin adopted by another bird (4072-4168); a female with eggs and a young bird (4169-4226); a flock of young penguins (4306-4319); setting out for their morning meal (4323-4393); entering the water (4432). Shackleton rescues the men marooned on Elephant Island after the fourth attempt (4443-4458); the Chilean tug, "Yelcho", with rescued members of the expedition on board steaming into Valparaiso between the lines of the Chilean navy (4469-4502); their reception in the town (4512-4549); a sunset (4594ft).