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Bud Brewster · Posted: Wed Apr 15, 2015 1:42 pm Post subject: Conquest of the Poles (1912)

Georges Melies (the stage-magician-turned-pioneer-film-maker who gave us "A Trip to the Moon" in 1902) wrote, produced, directed, and starred in this early sci-fi adventure about an international group of scientists who explore the North Pole in a newly invented aero-bus.

After crashing in the Arctic, the explorers encounter the Giant of the North (a full-sized, mock-up monster, manipulated by stage technicians). At the end of the thirty-three minute silent film the explorers return home in a dirigible.
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WadeVC · Posted: Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:41 am Post subject:

Just finished watching this on You Tube (the version I watched was in German)...still interesting enough.

The Giant of the North was actually pretty remarkable, especially given the year this film was made.

It was a fun 30 minute watch.
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