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Lt. Commander Byrd's Fokker tri-motor aircraft returns to Spitsbergen, Svalbard after a flight to the North Pole.
United States Navy Lieutenant Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd and aviator Floyd Bennett become the first to reach the North Pole by air. Byrd's streamer Chantler arrives at Kings Bay in Spitsbergen, Svalbard. Two ships in an ice clogged harbor. Lt. Commander Byrd is welcomed by his friendly rival Captain Roald Amundsen. Amundsen climbs from one ship to another and shakes hands with Byrd. Byrd and Amundsen walk around and look over Byrd's Fokker tri-motor aircraft 'Josephine Ford' which is equipped with skis and is parked in snow. Workmen push fuselage and wing section of the Fokker tri-motor across the snow. The airplane moves down a snow clad incline. The ski equipped Fokker tri-motor aircraft takes off from a snow covered field in Spitsbergen. The aircraft returns and lands on a snow covered field after a flight to the North Pole. A large hangar and snow covered mountains in the background. Capt. Amundsen congratulates Byrd and shakes hands with him. Many people, dressed in heavy clothing, shake hand with Lt. Commander Byrd.
Amundsen and Ellsworth wave to people as airship Norge takes off from Spitsbergen, Svalbard for a North Pole expedition.
A North Pole expedition undertaken by Captain Roald Amundsen and American explorer Lincoln Ellsworth. Capt. Amundsen and Ellsworth aboard USS Knut Skaaloren arrive at Kings Bay in Spitsbergen, Svalbard. They walk back and forth on the deck of the ship. Dirigible Norge arrives for a landing. A large hangar and snow covered mountains in background. A close up of Amundsen and Ellsworth. Airship Norge being backed out of a hangar. Snow clad hills in the background. A workman works on one of the motors on the side of the airship. Amundsen and Ellsworth in the gondola of the airship. They wave to the people around the gondola. Airship Norge takes off. 'Norge' written on the airship.
Captain Wilkins and Lt. Eielson stand near an aircraft in Spitsbergen, Svalbard after completing a trans-Arctic flight.
The history of famous airplanes. Australian polar explorer Captain Sir George Hubert Wilkins and American aviator Lieutenant Carl Benjamin Eielson in Spitsbergen, Svalbard after completing a 2,200 mile trans-Arctic flight from Alaska to Spitszbergen. Captain Wilkins in a civilian dress. An aircraft being moved out of the area. 'Detroit news, Arctic expedition' written on the side of the airplane. Captain Wilkins and Lt Eielson check over the airplane prior to a take off. Men dressed in civilian garb. The aircraft starts to taxi across the field. It is a Lockheed Vega aircraft. Animated world map shows the start of the Wilkins flight on April 15th from Point Barrow in Alaska and traces the route of the flight to Spitsbergen. The time of the flight was 20 hours, 20 minutes. They land at Green Bay in Spitsbergen.
Operation Barbarossa in Russia. Germans bogged down by severe Russian winter and stiff Soviet resistance
A map shows the Eastern front. German infantry moving slowly in difficult snow conditions. Mules and sleds used to transport snow-covered arms and supplies. German troops take cover frequently as Soviet artillery shells strike very closeby . Counterfire by German heavy artillery and machine guns. Germans endure continued artillery barrages from Soviet artillery during the night. Germans employ StuG III Assault Guns as shields and as field artillery. They also fire field artillery pieces. German infantry move behind StuG's. (World War II period).
German warplanes operating on the Eastern front during winter in World War II
German Me-109 and Stuka Ju-87 dive bombers take off from an airstrip near the Eastern Front during World War 2. Crews inside German Ju-88 aircraft in flight. Formation of Ju-88. Aerial view of snow-covered target area. German Luftwaffe Ju-88 aircraft drop bombs that explode on ground. Heavy black smoke seen from one strike. Soviet Yak fighter intercepter aircraft engage the bombers. Air-to-ground rockets being fired. Aerial dogfight scenes with air-to-air rockets purportedly striking a Soviet fighter aircraft
An officer inspects a bridge built by German recruits in France.
A bridge under construction in France. German recruits at work on the bridge. Workers assemble wooden planks. They pull a rope and lay an iron bar. '6 / EISB.PI.RGT.2' written on the side of a building next to railway tracks. German soldiers lined by the tracks. The Swastika insignia sewn on their sleeves. An officer inspects the troops. The officer and other soldiers survey the constructed bridge. A decorated train inaugurates the newly constructed bridge. (World War II period).