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The Floyd Bennett plane being readied for Polar flight during the Antarctic Expedition.

Plane being readied for Polar flight during U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's Antarctic Expedition. The camp area is called as 'Little America'. The Floyd Bennett plane being prepared. Men enter through a hole in the snow-block wall constructed around the aircraft. The giant plane being assembled. The snow wall being broken. The engine of the aircraft roars. Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd checks his sextant and sun compass.

Location: Antarctica
Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054623
The Floyd Bennett aircraft takes off for the Polar flight and reaches the south pole during the Antarctic Expedition.

U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's Antarctic Expedition. The Floyd Bennett aircraft is readied for the Polar flight. The aircraft being loaded. Everything being weighed before loading. Men stand near the plane. 'Byrd's Antarctic Expedition' written on the aircraft. Blizzard sweeps down Doctor Laurence Gould's camp at Queen Maude Mountains. Admiral Byrd awaits for seven days due to the blizzard. Admiral Byrd seated at his desk and goes through several notes. Radio operator flashes the message from Gould's camp that the weather is clear. The Floyd Bennett aircraft takes off for the Polar flight. Admiral Byrd takes United States flag with him. Men in the camp area wave goodbye. The camp area is called as 'Little America'. Radio operator and several other men gather around the radio. The aircraft struggles and abandons some of the food. They receive the instructions to avoid Heiberg glacier. Admiral Byrd makes several calculations and decides that the aircraft is flying near South Pole. Aerial view of mountain ranges. The aircraft reaches South Pole. Men radio that the South Pole has been reached. The men check the gasoline for the flight back towards the camp area. The aircraft lands at the camp area. Men gather to meet Admiral Byrd.

Location: Antarctica
Date: 1928
Duration: 17 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054625
Sailing vessel 'City Of New York' arrives as men leave the area after the Antarctic Expedition.

United States Navy Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's Antarctic Expedition. Sled dogs in view. The radio operator receives the message about the arrival of the sailing vessel 'City Of New York'. They receive the news about the vessel being stuck in the ice pack. The 'City Of New York' anchors at the barrier ice. Admiral Byrd's dog 'Igloo' sits on the snow. The men take their belongings and board the vessel. Smoke rises up from the smokestack of the vessel. The men leave the camp area named 'Little America'. A penguin in view. The men take a last look at the camp area as they leave after the expedition is over.

Location: Antarctica
Date: 1928
Duration: 4 min 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054626
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
McMurdo Sound. Geologists examine rocks. Meteorologist release weather balloon. D-8 weasel tractor at work. Man feeds penguins

Aerial views from aircraft flying over McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. Convair 340 aircraft parked in blowing snow. Three men, in parkas, walk in blowing snow. A D-8 Weasel tractor backing up as men shovel snow in its path. Two geologists examine a piece of rock through a magnifying glass. A man looks through a microscope. A man in heavy parka and cold weather gear, walks on snow. Two meterolologists release and track a weather balloon. A man feeds penguins.

Location: McMurdo Sound Antarctica
Date: 1955
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675061344
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