General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. ADMIRAL BYRD'S SOUTH PACIFIC EXPEDITION

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. ADMIRAL BYRD'S SOUTH PACIFIC EXPEDITION

1944

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PAN (L to R) Icefields.LS Four men out playing on the ice; mooring lines of the ship.PAN (R to L) Icepacks (SV).MLS Old-type ice breaker; PAN (L to R) of the ice breaker.MS Man on skis.HA MS Hoisting a dog aboard ship.HA MS Men standing on ice, harnessing dogs up.CU Barrier ice (shot to show height); PAN (R to L) of barrier ice.LS PAN (R to L) to the barrier ice.CU PAN (R to L): Barrier ice.CU Cliff of ice with a Navy man in FG.HA PAN (R to L) Barrier ice.LS Seaplane taking off; barrier ice in S Old-type ice breaker putting skids on its side.MLS Dogs pulling sled; two men running alongside.LS Whale in the water; ice in FG.MCU Seal lying on the ice.HA MCU Navy men have a seal caught in a net (SV).LS Icepack with whales in FG.HA MS Whales playing in the water.LS Ice breaker tied up alongside the icepack; men in FG.MLS ADM. BYRD"s flagship USS BEAR (AG-29); ice pack in FG.MLS Ice breaker hoisting out old-type bi-plane.MCU Men attaching skis to aircraft.MLS Dogs pulling sled across ice; two men accompanying.LS Ice; deck of ship in FG with men on same.CU Overhanging ice.LS Man on skis.HA MLS Two members of the expedition out on the icepack.LS Man on skis moving across the frame (L to R).HA MLS Man on skis moving away from camera (SV).MLS Five men pulling a block of wood across the icepack (SV).LS ear of the booms; men standing on icepack in BG (shot from deck of ship).LS Men standing on icepack; five men with dog and sled.LS Two men "skylarking" on the icepack; in FG, breaking against the ice.

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Byrd, Richard Evelyn Jr., 1888-1957

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Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. Byrd claimed that his ex...