BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS, LITTLE AMERICA Part 1

Description

Signal Corps 111 ADC 7214-1 ADC 7214 SOURCE: AFCF (Peterson Film from National Archives) Card 1 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 999' ea Silent BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS LITTLE AMERICA 1933-35, 1939 (No captions) MSs, men coming out of undergroundhut at Little America. MLSs, flag raising at Little America. Men shovelling snow from entrance to under- ground shed. Tractor coming out of shed. Vehicle rolling swiftly over ice-covered field. Plane standing in ice. Coverings are removed from nacelles and plane is fueled. The plane, equipped with skis, taking off. AV, sea and coastline. Int., tunnels in ice where huskies are kept. Ext., dogs coming out of tunnel. MS, man holding dog by collar as he leads the animal to sled. MLS, several dog teams pulling out. MLS, men cutting cakes of ice and stacking them. Cakes of ice being stacked around plane. RG 111 Accession III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave., LIC 1, NY ERBS/me Signal Corps 111 ADC 7214-2 ADC 7214 SOURCE: AFCF (Peterson Film from National Archives) Card 2 of 2 FILM: ARCH & APC MP 999' ea Silent BYRD ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS, (Cont) LITTLE AMERICA (Cont) 1933-35, 1939 (Cont) (No Captions) LS, man walking among penguins. Pan, penguins standing in rocks. LS, Pan, plane equipped with skis taking off, mountains in the bg, while in the fg. several men on skis look on. LSs, two dog sleds with several men running alongside. (Sun setting in haze in bg. of one shot.) Specially designed vehicle with four large double-tired wheels moving slowly in snow. Pan, stacks of supplies, huts at Little America. 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