General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION "HI JUMP" ADM. BYRD amp; PARTY INSPECT LITTLE AMERICA *1 amp; *2 AERIAL VIEWS OF BASE CAMP, AIR STRIP, PRESSURE RIDGES, amp; BAY OF WHALES

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION "HI JUMP" ADM. BYRD amp; PARTY INSPECT LITTLE AMERICA *1 amp; *2 AERIAL VIEWS OF BASE CAMP, AIR STRIP, PRESSURE RIDGES, amp; BAY OF WHALES

1947

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1) MS HUskies eating (light leak).2) CU Puppies eating (light leak).3) CU BUD WADE coming from MOUNT OLYMPUS (AGC-8).4) CU ADM. BYRD coming down gangplank onto ice, to live for the first time.5) CU ADM. BYRD.6) CU WADE DUSTON (light leak).7) MS Tractor going over crevasse ADM. BYRD and party aboard, on sleds.8) LS Markers (stakes with flags) - last expedition"s trail markers.9) LS Little America *1 & *2 group of men in FG.10) MCU ADM. BYRD and party inspect radio towers.11) CU ADM. BYRD talking to group (out of foous).12) LS Windmill in operation men on ground looking up at man on tower.13) MCU Men digging for Little America Huskie by hole, looking in.14) CU BEN RUBIN (NBC) taking food supplies from hole.15) CU ADM. BYRD in hole, rolls out. (Little America is some 10 to 15 feet under ice and snow.)16) CU ADM. BYRD and party talking.17) LS Party return to weasel.18) AV Parachute jumper leaves plane, lands ice.19) AV Base camp good shot of the air strip.20) AV USS BURTON ISLAND (AGB-1).21) AV Base Camp and air strip.22) AV Pressure ridges.23) AV Bay of Whales.24) AV LVT pushing iceberg.25) LS R4D returns from hop weasel in FG, pulls up to gas planes.QUALITY VERY GOOD.

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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...