General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. OPERATION "HI JUMP" PRESSURE ICE; OY-1; SEAL SANCTUARY; CAMP AREA; MAN PARACHUTES FROM R4D; ADMIRAL RICHARD E BYRD BIDS FAREWELL TO MEN LEAVING ON LVT FOR TRIP INLAND TO ROCKEFELLE

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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" PRESSURE ICE; OY-1; SEAL SANCTUARY; CAMP AREA; MAN PARACHUTES FROM R4D; ADMIRAL RICHARD E BYRD BIDS FAREWELL TO MEN LEAVING ON LVT FOR TRIP INLAND TO ROCKEFELLER ISLAND

1947

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1) AV MS Pressure ice. OY-1. G2) AV Pressure ice. (OX)3) AV MS PAN Cravasse; OY-1.4) MS Iceberg. (shaky)5) AV Camp area.6) MS CU MS Seal Sanctuary ; Seal; Seals.7) MS Two men on ice near seals.8) CU Seal opens his mouth. (shaky)9) MCU CU Ricky playing with seal. G10) MCU Seal wiggles into water. G.11) MS R4D in flight; man parachutes from plane. (slightly UX)12) LS MS Following shot as man parachutes to ice, weasel on way over to man.13) MCU Paratrooper picks up chute and smiles at camera. G14) MS ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD shakes hands with men before they leave on LVT for trip inland to Rockefeller Island. (OX)15) MS LS LVTs proceed inland on trip. (OX)16) AV LVTs making way across ice leaving tracks.17) MS PAN Pressure ridges; USS MT. OLYMPUS AGC-8) BG.

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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...