Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Dec 11th 1910. 9. Mr HG Ponting Cinematographing “Watering Ship”;Hand written on top of envelope: 9. Small piece broken out from bottom corner & side. Popper foto label reads: Scanned V.I. ;Box 1 Hand written by Ponting(?) on outside of box: Antarctica 1A. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 1-34. Hand written on inside of lid: 39. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. 52 negatives in box. Scratched.;Typed label: 9. Ponting biographing “Watering Ship”. Dec. 11th 1910
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: Ponting stands at a film camera mounted on a tripod on snow. He is filming Expedition members digging at the snow with pickaxes and making piles of snow. Broken pack ice in background.