U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's Antarctic Expedition. The camp area is called as 'Little America'. Doctor Laurence Gould establishes emergency depots for preparations of the Polar flight's emergency landings. The dog teams pull sleds across crevasses. An ill dog named 'Spy' finds it's way to join the team. Footsteps of the sled dog on snow. The dogs pull the sleds and the men walk with them.
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.
Emergency depots being established during U.S. Navy Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's Antarctic Expedition. Doctor Laurence Gould establishes emergency depots for preparations of the Polar flight's emergency landings. Food caches being made along the Polar route to the Queen Maude Mountains. Mountain ranges in view. Sled dogs rest on snow. Camps erected on the mountain ranges. The dog sled party finds a cairn left by Roald Amundsen and his team seventeen years ago.
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.
United States Naval fleet in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I defending shipping lanes from German U-boats, and transporting soldiers to battle front. Battleships and cruisers of U.S. Navy at sea. Sailors aboard the deck. A group of African American crew members dancing during a relaxation time. A destroyer ship escorts a convoy. A German submarine in view. The crew being called to quarters as they man a battery. Men aboard ship rush to quarters. U-boat alarm on the transport ship. Torpedo being fired from the submarine and misses the transport ship. Deck guns and Y-Gun depth charges being fired at the submarine. Explosion in water. Smoke rises up from water. A destroyer spreads a smokescreen around a convoy.
Commissioner Henry O' Malley's inspection trip to Alaska. The Bristol Bay Salmon Fisheries. Numerous ships and fishing boats sail in the water. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Haida among the boats. The Red Salmon Canning Company's new cannery in Bristol Bay. View of the cannery's dock. Cannery buildings and docks on the Bering Sea coast.
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