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Icebreaker, USS Burton Island, reaches St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, during annual ice reconnaissance cruise

View from ice-covered bow of the icebreaker ship, USS Burton Island (AGB-1) moving northward into region of larger ice sheets. Several walrus off to starboard, sitting on ice flows and diving into the water. Rime ice getting heavier on the ship's railings as she begins breaking through ice sheets. St. Lawrence Island in the midst of ice. A welcoming committee of Siberian Yup'ik Eskimos from village of Savoonga arrive by dog sleds to greet the USS Burton Island. They are invited and climb aboard the ice-covered vessel, where they are seen gathered on deck. Several Women in their group are invited to climb to the ship's bridge, where they pose looking over the railing. The Eskimos walking out to their respective sleds and dog teams (the dogs look like husky or malamute). Several crew members from the USS Burton Island are taken on a dogsled rides by the Eskimos. Afterwards, those crew members are seen walking back to their waiting ship.

Date: 1952
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675077435
A ferry boat ride to Ellis Island as seen from the wheel house of the ferry "Ellis Island."

Wheel House of Ellis Island Ferry boat, with the name "Ellis Island" painted on it. View from the wheel house, as the ferry travels toward Ellis Island immigration center. Wheel house view as the ferry heads into its slip on Ellis Island, and as it berths. Deck hands set bridging plate in position and passengers leave the ferry. A luggage trolley being driven aboard the ferry.

Date: 1948
Duration: 3 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078223
Aerial view of airstrip at Kolombangara, Rendova, Solomon Islands.

Aerial view of airstrip at Kolombangara, Rendova, Solomon Islands. Terrain on one of the island shows roadways, buildings, beach area. Airfield with bomb craters near it. View of Villa Airstrip. Coconut plantation on the Island. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023145
Birds, palm trees and surf at Clipperton Island during Byrd expedition.

U.S. Rear Admiral Byrd expedition to Clipperton Island to assess its use as an air field. Birds fly over the beach. Vegetation and palm trees on the island. Formation of water waves due to strong wind. Trees sway in the wind. Two officers, one of them possibly Admiral Byrd, get into a jeep on the island.

Date: 1943, September 14
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033678
A jeep travels around, a man walks on a rock formation and two birds in a nest on Clipperton Island.

Birds and rock formation on Clipperton Island. Birds seated on a rock. Birds in flight. A jeep travels around the island. The coast of Clipperton Island. A rock formation shows a peninsula. A man walks on the rocks. Birds on rocks. A navigation light. Two birds in a nest.

Date: 1943, September 14
Duration: 3 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033680
Aerial view of Clipperton Island in the South Pacific.

Aerial view of Clipperton Island during Admiral Byrd's special Navy mission in the South Pacific. Shoreline of the island reveals massive stagnate freshwater lagoon within island's interior. Waves break against the coastline.

Date: 1943, September 19
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675033685