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DEEPFREEZE '61 Part 2

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1) MLS AtoG PAN from port side to bow of the USCGC EASTWIND (WAGB-279) in the ice at McMurdo Sound. VG2) MLS AtoG The EASTWIND in the ice; PAN, to strbd side of ship and the broken ice. VG3) LS AtoG The long white section of broken up ice. VG4) MCU AtoG USS EDISTO (AGB-2) in ice at McMurdo Sound. VG5) MS AtoG The EDISTO at the edge of the ice at McMurdo Sound; open water at left of frame. VG6) MLS AtoG THE EDISTO at the ice edge; ship is more or less in silhouette. VG7) MCU ATOG PAN, the stern of the USNS PVT. JOHN R. TOWLE (TAK-240) at the ice in McMurdo Sound.8) CU AtoG PAN, the EDISTO up to the ice. G (SV)9) CU AtoG Looking out the door of the helicopter as it lands on the deck of the EDISTO. G10) HA MCU Crew of the EDISTO looking out over the side as two penguins run over the ice. G11) LS Over the ice toward Mt. Terror. VG12) HA MLS Two Adelie penguins on the floating ice near ship. GtoF13) HA MS Over the bow of the EDISTO as the ship plows thru large cakes of ice. G14) HA LS USNS PVT. JOHN R. TOWLE following the EDISTO thru ice. G15) HA MLS Adelie penguins scurrying over the broken ice. G16) MCU The USNS PVT. J.R. TOWLE following the EDISTO (this is a telephoto view). G17) MS The lookout on the bridge of the EDISTO as he looks toward the Mt. Terror. G18) MLS The TOWLE following the EDISTO thru the ice. EXCELLENT19) LS Mt. Erebus; this is framed by a crewman standing in the lifeboat. VG20) HA MCU Over the bow of the EDISTO as the ship enters the channel to McMurdo. EXCELLENT21) CU Helmsman on the wheel on the bridge. F22) CU The bridge watch standing by the annunciator. F23) CU The officer of the day on the bridge; he wears sound powered phones (SV). G24) CU CDR EVENS, Captain of the EDISTO and the OOD on the open bridge; a third officer steps from the bridge and onto the open bridge. G (SV)25) MCU CDR EVENS, standing next to the pelorus, looks out over the water. G26) CU PVT. JOHN R. TOWLE passing close to the EDISTO; large iceberg in medium BG in the open sea. EXCELLENT27) ECU A crewman of the EDISTO. G28) CU INTERIOR: Man's hand following a chart on the bridge. F29) CU Two men looking at a chart on the bridge. F30) MS HUL helicopter taking off; Mt. Erebus in BG; HO4S helicopter is parked on flight deck in medium FG. EXCELLENT31) MS The USNS PVT J. R. TOWLE in open water; this scene is slightly sidelighted.VG32) CU Man looking thru a long glass; two HO4S 'copters parked on deck in BG; several men are on the helicopter. VG33) MCU The HO4S turning up on the flight deck; men put mail sacks aboard the HO4S.(SV)G34) MS Flag man on flight deck waves green flag. G35) CU The HO4S helicopter taking off. G36) MS HUL helicopter coming in for landing on the EDISTO; flag man directly in FG; the helicopter has two pontoons. VG37) MS The men tie the 'copter down. G38) HA LS HUL helicopter taking off from the solid ice ahead of the bow of the EDISTO in McMurdo Sound; the helicopter hovers over the ice. VG

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General Records of the Department of the Navy

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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities

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1960
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