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Different species of birds on Ascension Island seen as Ernest Shackleton's ship, The Quest, is returning to Antarctica

Film of the Quest's return journey, 8 months after the death of SIr Ernest Shackleton at South Georgia, Antarctica (on January 3, 1922). The expedition has stopped at Ascension Island en route to Antarctica. On 4th August, the expedition's naturalist George Hubert Wilkins, together with Major C. A. Tennyson (Commandant of the Ascension Island Garrison), explores a colony of sooty terns (also known as Wideawakes).

Location: Ascension Island
Date: 1922, August 4
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065872
U.S. Air Force C-130 airplanes transporting Belgian troops to Congo, via Ascension Island.

A U.S. Air Force C-13OE plane lands at Ascension Island. Belgian soldiers get off the plane and unload their personal equipment and prepare to rest as they proceed to Congo via Ascension Island. Two more C-130s arrive with Belgian troops. U.S. Air force ground crew directs one to parking spot and chocks aircraft wheels as engines are shut down. Fuel truck is seen near a C-130.

Location: Ascension Island
Date: 1964, November 18
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058329
A U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft in flight and landing at Ascension Island

View inside cockpit of a U.S. Air Force C-13OE plane in flight approaching Ascension Island. Pilot's hands on throttles. Plan position radar in cockpit. The crew makes long straight in approach to runway and lands. Plane taxis along the runway.

Location: Ascension Island
Date: 1964, November 18
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058328
U.S. Air Force C-130 aircraft operating through Ascension Island on their way to Congo during hostage crisis.

A U.S. Air Force C-13OE plane parked at Ascension Island. Belgian soldiers, being transported by the airplanes, march away to their temporary overnight quarters. Ground crews refuel a C-13O plane from a fuel truck. They unwind hose from the truck and connect it to the C-130 center point refueling receptacle. View of connection and dials.

Location: Ascension Island
Date: 1964, November 18
Duration: 1 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058330
Task Force Commander briefs United States Air Force flight crews in Ascension Island during operations in Congo crisis

A U.S. Air Force C-13OE plane being refueled at Ascension Island. U.S. Air Force Task Force Commander briefs Air Force flight crews.

Location: Ascension Island
Date: 1964, November 18
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058331
Naturalist George Hubert Wilkins stands near an albatross during Sir Ernest Shackleton's 1921-1922 expedition to Antarctica

A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's to Antarctica in 1921-1922 (shortly before Shackleton's death on January 5, 1922). An albatross on or near the island of South Georgia. Crew member, naturalist George Hubert Wilkins, walks around the bird in a circle, moving his hand toward the defensive bird. The bird takes off. An albatross seated on a rock.

Location: South Georgia Antarctica
Date: 1921
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065861
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