General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION quot;HI JUMPquot; PRESENTATION OF AWARDS FEEDING OF PENGUINS

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION quot;HI JUMPquot; PRESENTATION OF AWARDS FEEDING OF PENGUINS

1947

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1) CU Presentation of awards, by ADM. BYRD, to the eight men who spent the winter night of 1940 in Little America.2) CU MR. PERKINS receives award.3) MS CU Inspection (all personnel are in whites).4) LS Officer staff ADM. BYRD in conter.5) CU ADM. BYRD and ADM. CRDZEN with other officer personnel.6) MS Admiral"s inspection aboard USS MOUNT OLYMPUS (AGC-8) (poor lighting) SV.7) DS From bridge, personnel standing at attention before presenting of awards.8) CU ADM. BYRD at microphone.9) CU ADM. BYRD presenting of awards. (these who received these awards were as follows: LCDR. McCOY, LT. C. C. SHIRLEY, CAPT. BOYD (USMC), CAPT. WIENER (USA), LT. RICHARDSON, CWO MORENCY (USA), CBM JOHN-SON, MR. PERKINS.)10) CU MR. PERKINS cleaning fish for feeding of penguins.11) CU Emperor penguins are brought out of their eages and fed whole fish fish are immersed in water before given to penguins vitamin pills are put inside of the fish"s mouth, then fed to penguins.12) MCU Personnel making the pengins walk back and forth on deck, before returning to cages.13) CU Feeding of Rock hopper (or Crested) penguins fish that has been out up, because the fish are too large. (These penguins feed mostly on shrimp and small fish.)QUALITY VERY GOOD.

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