Dr. Cook at Copenhagen (1909)

Name: Dr. Cook at Copenhagen
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1909-09-21
Duration: 6 min
Rating: 8
Cast: Frederick Albert Cook, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Louis Holstein-Ledreborg, King Christian X, Niels Neergaard

6 min · Denmark

Documentary 1909 movies

On 4 September Frederick Albert Cook (1865-1940) arrived in Copenhagen on the ship 'Hans Egede'. He received a hero's welcome as the first man to set foot on the North Pole. He was greeted by the king, and given an honorary doctorate at the University of Copenhagen. Only a few days later, however, his endeavour was questioned, and in December the University rejected Cook's documentation. Carl Th. Dreyer is seen as one of the journalists taking notes. (DFI)