Lyons (1950)

Soundtrack for this film is currently missing. C/U of a businessman speaking to camera. He sits at a desk and camera tracks in. C/U of a map of the South Pole on the desk. The businessman uses a pen to point to a spot on the map. C/U of another man in a suit who speaks off screen left. Panning shot of a group of men in cold weather outfits - big anoraks and woollen hats - they are presumably at the South Pole. C/U of a penguin. C/U of a seal. Various shots of what look like military vehicles being transported across snowy landscape. A name painted on the side of a ship (?I think?) reads “Auster Aircraft“. Moving shot from on board a ship showing man holding a gun (?) a military aircraft is on the deck of the ship. M/S of ship breaking through ice. Moving shots of ice and icebergs. Aerial shots of snowy landscapes. Various shots of an igloo being built. Slabs of ice are cut and stacked. Low angle shot of an Eskimo (? - not sure of the correct term for an inhabitant of the South Pole).