OPERATION "DEEPFREEZE '63" McMurdo Sound, Antarctica Part 1

Description

1) MS Interior view of C-130, showing load of plywood being ready for off loading at Byrd Station; men standing around load, in BG. F2) MS Plywood on sled; scene taken from inside C-130. G3) MS Men working at tail gate; tractor pulls sled away from tailgate in BG. G4) MS D-8 pulling load of plywood on sled away from rear end of C-130. G5) MS Interior view of C-130; cargo hold with plane crew. F6) MS Cargo door of C-130 closing shut, getting completely dark.7) AtoA LA CU Str'bd. engine of C-130 during flight over ice, returning from Byrd Station. VG8) CU Looking thru one of the aircraft's portholes to under part of wing, while in flight.9) LS Down over McMurdo Station, from Nuclear Reactor Site. G10) LA MS U.S.A.R.P. personnel climbing Observation Hill, barren of snow. G11) LA MLS Two men climbing Observation Hill; small patches of snow along hillside. G12) LS Fuel dump at McMurdo Station, seen from Reactor Site (SV). G13) HA MS Down over McMurdo Station. G14) LS Williams Field from Nuclear Reactor Site. G15) LA LS U.S.A.R.P. scientists on Observation Hill; cross is seen situated up on hill, near the men. GtoF16) HA MS Fuel dump at McMurdo Station.17) MLS Man moving thru windy streets of Williams Field, McMurdo Station. G18) MS Several Jamesway Huts; fine snow blowing across ground. G19) MS Two men walking thru street of Williams Field; Jamesway Huts in BG. G20) CU Sick bay, also a Jamesway Hut. G21) CU Food storage hut, with door open. G22) MLS Men moving across snow, past Jamesway Huts; Mount Erebus in distant BG. G23) MS Mess hall at Williams Field; part of it is Jamesway, rest is wooden structure.24) MLS Four rubber fuel tanks filled with fuel, sitting on snow at Williams Field. VG25) LS C-130 coming in for landing at Williams Field; R5D's parked in mid BG; C-130 moves out of scene to right. G26) LS C-130 making a pass for landing. G27) MS Control Tower at Williams Field. G28) LS Flight line at Williams Field.29) MCU Control Tower at Williams Field; GCA Radar Units in FG, mounted on sleds. G30) MS Control Tower.31) LA CU Up towards Control Tower. VG32) MCU Nylon covering on boxes, whipping in high wind, at Williams Field; two C-130's in BG. G33) MS R4D's parked on line, at Williams Field; wind blowing fine snow across surface, toward camera.VG34) MS P2V-7 parked on line, with fine snow blowing across surface. G35) MCU Man kneeling on snow, taking a candid shot of a plane.36) MCU R4D parked on line, at Williams Field.37) CU R4D parked on line.38) CU Man standing in FG, looking towards Mount Erebus, walking off with his Speedgraph. G39) MS Special Services Issue Room at McMurdo small building on dry earth; ice in far BG, part of McMurdo Sound.40) CU Sign on building reading, ISSUE ROOM".41) MCU Supply building at McMurdo Station, Jamesway type hut. F42) LA CU Sign on building which reads, "ANTARCTICA SUPPORT ACTIVITIES SUPPLY OFFICE". VG

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities