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APPOINTMENT WITH DESTINY (1972-1973)

PEARY'S RACE FOR THE NORTH POLE

Doc. Series & Series of Special

Synopsis

The story of the bitter rivalry for the North Pole between Commander Robert E. Peary and Dr. Frederick A. Cook and the controversy which destroys one man and scars the other forever.

Sponsored by Dupont Co.
Air Date 3/28/73
NETWORK CBS
RATINGS 15.6
SHARES 29

Main Credits

Writer Theodore H. Strauss
Executive Producer Warren V. Bush
Producer Robert Guenette
Director Robert Guenette
Narrator Lorne Greene
Cinematographer William B. Hartigan
Editor Earl Herdan

Full Credit List

Writer Theodore H. Strauss
Film Research Frances Guenette
Executive Producer Warren V. Bush
Producer Robert Guenette
Associate Producer Paul Asselin
Director Robert Guenette
Cast Richard Comar
Cast Peter Doederlin
Cast Peter Henderson
Cast Richard Ronne
Cast Alan Torchin
Cast Walter Wakefield
Cast Peter MacNeill
Cast Alan Mills
Actress Maria Guilbault
Actress Jean Richard
Narrator Lorne Greene
Production Manager Harry F. Hogan
Production Associate Michael Manheim
Historian John Edward Weems
Production Supervisor Conrad Holzgang
Art Director Jocelyn Joly
Cinematographer William B. Hartigan
Production Services Christine Foster
Editor Earl Herdan
Assistant Editor Murray Jordan
Post Production Supervisor Phillips Wylly
Location Filmed at Eskimo Point, Northwest Territories, Canada
Acknowledgements The Arctic Institute of North America, The ExplorerÕs Club, The National Geographic Society, The Frozen Sea Research Groups, Vancover, B.C., The U.S. Geological Survey, The National Archives, The Library of Congress, Project Char, University of Toronto, McGill University, Montreal, Government of Northwest Territories, Canada

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THE PLOT TO MURDER HITLER
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THE CRUCIFIXION OF JESUS
SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX
CORTEZ AND MONTEZUMA: The Conquest of an Empire
PEARY'S RACE FOR THE NORTH POLE