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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
The comical appearance of the penguins on South Georgia island during Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica is noted.

Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. Penguins on South Georgia island. A number of penguins on a field. Commentary notes the comical appearance of penguins.

Location: South Georgia
Date: 1921
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065862
A penguin steals grass from another penguin on South Georgia island during Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica.

Views of Sir Ernest Shackleton's final expedition to Antarctica. Penguins on South Georgia island. The penguins seated in their nests. A penguin steals away grass from another penguin's nest. The penguins seated in nests.

Location: South Georgia
Date: 1921
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065863
Members of Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton's Antarctic expedition accompany a Norwegian whaling vessel during hunt in waters off South Georgia Island.

Opening slate states that "South Georgia is one of the greatest whaling centers in the World." It notes that more than 10 thousand are taken annually. View from a whaling vessel of a pod breaking the surface of the water. Flocks of birds follow them closely. Slate states that "A whaling trip was a delightful experience for the crew. (This alludes to members of the Shackelton Antarctic expedition who are aboard the whaler for the experience.) Slate states, "The gunner stands on a forward platform to direct the movements of the boat." View of the gunner in the ship's bow. Next, he is seen manning a harpoon gun and directing the ship''s movement. Slate reads: "The harpoon hits the bulls eye and away goes the whale under water at a terrific speed." View of heavy line in the rigging that is attached to the harpoon. (Slate says it is a quarter of a mile in length.) View of the whale being hoisted aboard the ship by its flukes. Whaling crew members use wooden poles with harpoon points to maneuver the whale. The whale is tagged with a Norwegian flag and released. Another view of the gunner in the ship's bow preparing to harpoon another whale. He fires the harpoon gun, twice, at this whale. Closeup of the whale next to the ship's starboard side, where crew members are retrieving it with a line.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1921
Duration: 5 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065865
Elephant Seals sleep on South Georgia island during an expedition to Antarctica.

A film about Sir Ernest Shackleton's last expedition to Antarctica. An elephant seal (referred to as a sea elephant in the film slates) is seen on a coast. The elephant seal opens its mouth and is also seen sleeping on the shore. Another elephant seal sleeps near bushes. Elephant seals sleeping in shallow water at the coast. A elephant seal climbs up on a rock.

Location: South Georgia
Date: 1921
Duration: 2 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065864
Use of mobile clinic against Syphilis in Georgia, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden, areas in United States.

An awareness film about Syphilis by United States Public Health Service, United States. Film titled 'Three countries against Syphilis'. Map of Georgia. Scenes of areas in coastal Georgia. Atlantic ocean waves breaking on shores south of Savannah, Georgia. View of the old slave hospital building on the grounds of Retreat Plantation in Glynn County, Georgia. Wide panning view of the Sidney Lanier Oak Tree in the marshes of Glynn (Lanier's Oak in Brunswick, Georgia). Fisherman waits on docks and watches fishing boat come in at Brunswick, Georgia. Line of fishing boats at docks. View inside fishery and cannery operations, with rows of women seated in front of conveyor holding shrimp or crab. Filling cans, women use mallets to pound open crab claws and add crab meat to canning operations. Wide view of a large wood pulp mill, with many logs waiting in exterior yard, and smoke coming from plant factory. An industrial plant in Brunswick Georgia is shown where workers distill pine oil and other wood by-products. A man is seen in a production factory pulling wood veneer off of a press for us in wooden boxes. At a syphilis control clinic, a medical technigican takes a blood sample from an African American man. Doctor takes sample at a modern clinic. Doctor puts Neoarsphenamine drug on shelf of dispensary. White doctor or medical technician draws blood from a white patient. African American doctor or medical technician draws blood from an African American man. A free health department clinic is seen where nurses work with multiple patients at one time. African American boys and girls are seen in a school yard. The children run and play outside. View inside health clinic at St. Simons Island Georgia, with nurses and doctors treating patients. A rural doctor treating a man at a home clinic. View deep in a pine forest of working men operating a sawmill to cut Pine logs. Workers at a turpentine still perform tasks to produce turpentine. Mobile health clinic seen traveling via bus on roads in woods. Map shows Georgia, McIntosh, Glynn and Camden, areas covered by mobile clinics. Women walk towards a mobile clinic for an examination. Men loaded on an ox cart. Old man walks towards the clinic. School bus brings patients. The medical vans consist of electric sterilizers, refrigerators, fans and lights. A nurse immunizes a African American boy against Typhoid fever. A nurse takes blood samples for laboratory tests. A doctor examines a male patient.

Location: Georgia United States USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 9 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047048
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