The Great White Silence

1924 film by Herbert Ponting
Movie film Q7737994
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The Great White Silence

Summary

The Great White Silence is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Great White Silence's video is recorded as The Great White Silence (1924) by Herbert Ponting.webm[3].
  • The Great White Silence's instance of is recorded as film[4].
  • The Great White Silence's director is recorded as Herbert Ponting[5].
  • The Great White Silence's composer is recorded as Simon Fisher Turner[6].
  • The Great White Silence's genre is recorded as documentary film[7].
  • The Great White Silence's cast member is recorded as Robert Falcon Scott[8].
  • The Great White Silence's cast member is recorded as Herbert Ponting[9].
  • The Great White Silence's production company is recorded as British Film Institute[10].
  • The Great White Silence's IMDb ID is recorded as tt1764657[11].
  • The Great White Silence's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[12].
  • The Great White Silence's Commons category is recorded as The Great White Silence[13].
  • The Great White Silence's color is recorded as black-and-white[14].
  • The Great White Silence's FilmAffinity film ID is recorded as 590864[15].
  • The Great White Silence's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[16].
  • The Great White Silence's publication date is recorded as +1924-01-01T00:00:00Z[17].
  • The Great White Silence's publication date is recorded as +1924-05-01T00:00:00Z[18].
  • The Great White Silence's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0ghw06v[19].
  • The Great White Silence's Internet Archive ID is recorded as the-great-white-silence-1924[20].
  • The Great White Silence's distributed by is recorded as British Film Institute[21].
  • The Great White Silence's narrative location is recorded as Antarctica[22].
  • The Great White Silence's main subject is recorded as Antarctica[23].
  • The Great White Silence's Rotten Tomatoes ID is recorded as m/the_great_white_silence[24].
  • The Great White Silence's AlloCiné film ID is recorded as 185722[25].
  • The Great White Silence's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Great White Silence'}[26].
  • The Great White Silence's MovieMeter film ID is recorded as 102269[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

The Great White Silence's director is recorded as Herbert Ponting[5]. Cast members include Robert Falcon Scott[8] and Herbert Ponting[9].

Publication

Publication dates include +1924-01-01T00:00:00Z[17] and +1924-05-01T00:00:00Z[18]. The Great White Silence's original language of film or TV show is recorded as English[12]. Its genre is recorded as documentary film[7].

Subject and Themes

The Great White Silence's main subject is recorded as Antarctica[23].

Why It Matters

The Great White Silence ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (36 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Google Knowledge Graph. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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