BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS, LITTLE AMERICA Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 7207-1 ADC 7207 SOURCE: AFCF (Peterson Film from National Archives) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 710' ea Silent BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS LITTLE AMERICA 1933-35, 1939 (no captions) Coastline of unidentified South American city photographed from ship. Admiral Byrd and British couple, probably the Duke Athlone and wife posing with Byrd aboard ship. (1933-35 expedition.) Byrd accompanying Duke and Duchess of Athlone down gangway to car. Shot of ship, Jacob Ruppert, at open pier. Street scene in South American city showing trolley cars, etc. Scenes, windstorm at Little America. vs, hydroplane landing and taking off from Little America. Re-enactment of Adm Byrd's voluntary isolation at meteorological station at Little America. Different CUs, Byrd sending message via wireless, playing gramophone, reading, changing a graph on recording machine. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/me Signal Corps 111 ADC 7207-2 ADC 7207 SOURCE: AFCF (Peterson Film from National Archives) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 710' ea Silent BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS (Cont) LITTLE AMERICA (Cont) 1933-35, 1939 (Cont) (No captions) Night scene, Byrd climbing pole which holds the wind indicator; removing data and looking at instruments inside of compartment. Pole in the open. Flares lighting the way for trucks carrying the supplies. MS, Byrd and unidentified officer at the South Pole. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/me

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities