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Admiral Richard Byrd and his party visits an old buried U.S. base camp on Antarctica.

Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his party ride Weasels visits an old buried U.S. base camp of "Little America" #1 and #2, from the 1930's on Antarctica. Captain Vernon Boyd of U.S. Marine Corps enters inside a ventilating hatch. Food and supplies preserved for several years beneath the ice are taken out. Admiral Byrd exits the hatch.

Location: Antarctica
Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029545
Shows U.S. Navy Central Group stuck in the ice and aircraft being prepared for exploration missions in Antarctica.

Relates to the U.S. Antarctic expedition,Operation High Jump. Shows a U.S. Navy fleet stuck in the ice in Antarctica at "Little America." Coast Guard Icebreaker Northwind and landing crafts break and loosen the ice. The fleet is freed and gets underway. Aircraft are prepared for exploration missions. Cameras including K17 models,film reels and other photographic apparatus are loaded aboard aircraft. Radar magnetic detectors are mounted on the plane to detect minerals under the ice. Aircraft takes off. Shows Admiral Richard E. Byrd aboard an aircraft flying above Antarctic glacier. He drops a boxed U.S. flag from the plane's window.

Location: Antarctica
Date: 1950
Duration: 4 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029551
Byrd Expedition party explores Rockefeller mountains. Stranded by Blizzard. Aircraft damaged. Rescued by another airplane

Admiral Byrd, Paul Siple (Boy Scout Eagle scout) and two other members of the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, in the library of Little America, Antarctica. They sit and plot an exploratory flight with a compass and pencil on a map. Two men smoke pipes. Men prepare their Fokker Super Universal plane and fuel it for the flight. A man stands with bags and supplies. The plane taxis and takes off. Men wave as it takes flight. Plane in the skies. The plane is parked near the crew's tent at the foot of the Rockefeller mountains. Men at a recording equipment note down readings. Two men climb uphill and put up flags. They remove rocks with an ice axe and examine them. A man takes out a pad from his bag and takes notes. A blizzard comes over the ice sheet. and wrecks their airplane. A man examines the damage to radio equipment. Men take out rations, cups, and chocolates from a bag. They sit dow to eat and drink. A man opens a sleeping bag. Another aircraft from the base camp arrives to rescue them. They celebrate.

Location: Antarctica
Date: 1929
Duration: 4 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675020812
Men attach a ski to a stabilizer during a United States Antarctica Research Program in Antarctica.

Operation Deep Freeze of the United States being carried on in Antarctica. A man tighten bolts on a ski tourk tube. A man connects hydraulic lines to a ski. A hand wrench being used to tighten it. Two men attach a stabilizer to the ski. Men on ice as they attach the stabilizer. An aircraft in a snow covered field with a sign on the fuselage that reads' little Horrible'.

Location: Antarctica
Date: 1962, October 22
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042937
United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends Airborne Federal troops to Little Rock Central High School to enforce desegregation policies in Arkansas

Crowd in front of Little Rock Central High School (2120 W Daisy L Gatson Bates Dr, Little Rock, AR 72202), protesting against desegregation called by a United States Court Order in 1957, during Civil Rights movement. 36th Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus at a press conference. National Guard in front of Little Rock Central High School. 101st Airborne Division Federal troops running. United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower speaks on enforcing Arkansas to respect court order and constitution. A U.S. Army Airborne Federal troop service man assists two African American students into a car. Airborne Federal troops assisting and guarding African-American students to get inside their car. Airborne Federal troops escort the car with African-American students on their way to school. 101st Airborne Division troops apprehend white teenagers and force others away at bayonet point. Airborne Federal troops escort an apprehended teenager. Students walk toward the school. An army truck passes by. Airborne Federal troops and federalized National Guard troops surrounding the Little Rock Central High School. Little Rock Central High School students crowd in front of the school as the troops apprehend them. President Dwight D. Eisenhower ends his speech with the words, “thus will be restored the image of America and all its parts as one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all”.

Location: Little Rock Arkansas USA
Date: 1957, September 24
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079009
Herbert Hoover and Alfred Smith campaign during the 1928 elections and the Wall Street crash in the United States.

The activities in the United States after the end of World War I. Herbert Clark Hoover as one of the candidates in the 1928 presidential election and another candidate Alfred Emanuel Smith campaigns during the presidential elections. Paper reads about the election of the President. Sketches of the Herbert Clark Hoover after being elected as the president. A graph depicts a warning situation in stock markets. On 24th October 1929 people panic as the stock market crashes. Several scenes of the people on streets during the crash. People gather on street at Wall Street during 'Black Tuesday' the Wall Street Crash of 1929. A person bends as he sits on a bench. Unemployed workers in a queue seeking aid. Several scenes of the life of people before the stock market crash including dancing. Sketch depicts America's non involvement in the league of nations. People dancing. Sketches of people sitting,dining after the crash. A man with a bowl seeking food handouts.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1928
Duration: 3 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032140
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