Admiral Richard E. Byrd Collection. 1926 - 1935. Motion Picture Films. 1926 - 1935. POLAR FLIGHT (1926) AND TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT (1919)

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Admiral Richard E. Byrd Collection. 1926 - 1935. Motion Picture Films. 1926 - 1935. POLAR FLIGHT (1926) AND TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT (1919)

1926-1935

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Part 1 (Pathe), Adm. Byrd and his crew celebrate the successful North Pole flight aboard the freighter Chantier. Part 2 (International), Navy Cmdr. Read leaves the Azores in an NC-4 seaplane and lands in Lisbon. Part 3 (Pathe), Adm. Byrd receives congratulations for his polar flight from explorers Amundsen and Ellsworth and gives them the navigation instruments used on the flight.

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Read, A. C. (Albert Cushing), 1887-1967

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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...