BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS, LITTLE AMERICA Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 7212-1 ADC 7212 SOURCE: AFCF (Peterson Film from National Archives) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 818' ea Silent BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS LITTLE AMERICA 1933-35, 1939 (No Captions) LS, snowstorm in Little America. MCU, husky curled up on ground being covered with snow. Man pulling sled, going through windstorm. MLS, men in ice trench helping dog down. Night scenes lighted by flares: men cutting blocks of ice and stacking them. Ints., men placing harness on huskies. Ints., men at table, some writing, other sending messages by radio. LS, mechanic working at lathe. Men at instrument panel in underground hut in Little America. MLS, men typing message. Man at radio wearing earphones and seated at typewriter. MLS, man in windstorm sticks ski poles in snow, gets out of skis and removes harness which he used to pull sled. Men placing frozen seals on sled. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/me Signal Corps 111 ADC 7212-2 ADC 7212 SOURCE: AFCF (Peterson Film from National Archives) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 818' ea Silent BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS, (Cont) LITTLE AMERICA (Cont) 1933-35, 1939 (Cont) (No Captions) Later the sled is hooked up to a truck. Hydroplane in snow. MCU, man chopping head from frozen seal. Seal meat is cooked to extract the oil. MCU, substance resembling sand is shaped into bricks and then cut. (Must be by-product of whale.) CU, radio operator at typewriter. CU, COW in stall. L&MLSs, frozen seals are let down chute. A man follows and begins chopping up seal. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Av., LIC 1, NY ERBS/me

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities