OPERATION DEEPFREEZE 1966 (McMurdo Station, Ant.) Part 1

Description

1) LS (Looking down on main street of McMurdo) Chapel of Our Lady of Snow); Observation Hill in FBG; zoom in on street & on past chapel to PM-3A reactor site; snow is spotted on hillside, VG.2) MLS As before, VG.3) ECU (Front view) Bust of ADMIRAL BYRD; PAN R & zoom in toward PM-3A on side of hill.4) CU As before, VG.5) LA MS Mass of wires strung from utility pole, SV, G.6) LA CU Transformers between two utility poles, SV, VG.7) LA CU (Looking up toward one of the poles) Wires leading in every direction from pole, VG.8) LA MCU Transformers between two utility poles, G.9) MLS Utility poles along street with wires running from poles down to building, VG.10) MLS PM-3A framed by transformers in FG; zoom back away from transformers (three in all); PM-3A framed in BG on side of Observation Hill; wires run from transformers up to crossbars; zoom back in toward transformers (Looking between two of them with the PM-3A bldg. in BG), VG.11) LA MS PM-3A showing utility poles in BG; zoom back away from PM-3A on back behind transformers framing scene; wires run away from transformers upward & off L, SV, as before, VG.12) LA CU Street lights secured to utility pole (mass of wiring seen above light, ) VG.13) ECU Mass of wires secured to utility pole, G.14) LA CU Street light on utility pole; icicles hang from bottom of street light, VG.15) LA CU Many wires leading from utility pole moving L, R & up to top of frame, G.16) LA CU Insulator secured between two cables, VG.17) HA CU Transformers on platform between two utility poles; wires run up toward top of scene from transformers, VG.18) LA ECU Top portion of one transformer, VG.19) ECU (Looking between two transformers) Insulators with wires running from transformer, G.20) LA CU Protected light secured to side of bldg. in a gooseneck, VG.21) LA CU Four loud speakers secured to mid section of utility pole; speakers painted bright yellow, VG.22) LS McMurdo Station with PM-3A in distant BG along hillside of Observation Hill; scattered patches of snow seen throughout area; many bare areas also seen.23) LA MLS PM-3A on side of hill.24) HA MLS CB area; PAN R over base area to PM--3A; bldgs. of PM-3A are painted azure green with many other bldgs. painted bright orange, G.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities