Gaumont Company Limited, papers

This material is held atScott Polar Research Institute Archives, University of Cambridge

  • Reference
    • GB 15 Gaumont Company Ltd/Papers
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1910-1911
  • Name of Creator
  • Physical Description
    • 1 agreement, 2 documents.

Scope and Content

  • MS 761/8/10;D Agreement with Robert Falcon Scott, 24 November 1910 [Regarding film rights drawn up in Christchurch]
  • MS 1453/20;D Documents (2) regarding rights in the cinematographic films of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 [Copy of contract between Gaumont and Scott, 23 November 1910, letter from Gaumont to Kathleen Scott, 21 December 1911, concerning protection of the film in Germany] typescript

Administrative / Biographical History

The material relates to the film distribution rights for the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 (leader Robert Falcon Scott).

Arrangement

Chronological.

Related Material

The Institute holds over a hundred archival collections containing material relating to this expedition see SPRI collection GB 015 British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913 for more information.