U.S. explorer Admiral Richard Byrd's Antarctic III expedition to Antarctica. Expedition members assemble a dog sled on the deck of the Barkentine, USS Bear, while underway to the Antarctic during Admiral Byrd's 3rd Expedition.
Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's Antarctic Expedition. Two cameramen (Willard Van der Veer and Joseph T. Rucker) accompany Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd and his team on the expedition. USS Leviathan escorts sailing vessel 'City Of New York' from the New York harbor. Smoke rises up from the smokestack. U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Evelyn and his team gather around a table aboard the vessel. A dog barks aboard the ship. High waves rise at the sea. The supply ship 'Eleanor Bolling' underway at sea. A dog sleeps aboard the ship. Iceberg and ice pack in the ocean. Ice barrier 'Ross Barrier'. Men aboard the vessel observe the ice barrier through binoculars. A control meter. The ship being anchored. The men and dogs walk on the ice.
Members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition observe wild life in Antarctica. A waddle of Penguins on ice in Antarctica. They slide on their bellies across the ice. Men with dogs follow the penguins. The penguins run as the men rush along. They surround the penguins. The men put an artificial penguin near a penguin as it reacts strongly. The artificial penguin on the ice. Other penguins come closer to explore the artificial one. They examine it and drop it on the ice. The ocean in the background. Penguins walk through a gap in the ice. Baby penguins follow. The waddle stands near a net.
Activities of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1929.A waddle of Penguins on ice in Antarctica. They slide on their bellies across the ice. Men with dogs follow the penguins. The penguins run as the men rush along. They surround the penguins. The men put an artificial penguin near a penguin as it reacts strongly. The artificial penguin on the ice. Other penguins come closer to explore the artificial one. They examine it and drop it on the ice. The ocean in the background. Penguins walk through a gap in the ice. Baby penguins follow. The waddle stands near a net.
Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows Douglas DC-3 airplanes (R-4D in U.S. Navy) loaded aboard the deck of USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) at a U.S. naval base in Norfolk, Virginia. U.S. sailors spot an iceberg in the Southern Ocean. Christmas celebrations held aboard U.S. ships. Scenes from the Central Group underway. Cruzen and other officers gather for a conference. Views of Scott Island and waves crashing on its rocks. The ships reach the Scott Island in Southern Ocean. Cruzen transfers his flag to the USCGC Icebreaker Northwind to become the lead boat in cutting channels for the group.
A medium bomb (probably dropped by a U.S. Navy aircraft) is seen hitting the German Battleship Ostfriesland on July 20, 1921 in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. A formation of U.S. Navy Curtiss F5L flying boats is seen in the air. The following day, July 21, 1921, 2000 lb. bomb is seen exploding near the Ostfriesland. The bomb is dropped by an airplane from an Air Corps unit commanded by Army Brigadier General Billy Mitchell (neither seen). Several other 2000 lb. bombs explode on and near the Ostfriesland, causing it to roll over and sink.