| FROM THE FARTHEST NORTH (version 1 of 2) first flight over unchartered Endicott Range in Alaska. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5338 |
| Catalog #: | 55060 | |
| Clip Number: | 55060-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | G 1292 | |
| Timecode: | 01:14:11 - 01:15:34 | |
| Location: | Alaska | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EXPLORATION: Alaska LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Alaska TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Record Flights | |
| Description: | From the Farthest North. Exclusive pictures by our Camera-man with Detroit Arctic Expedition. Alaska, United States of America, U.S.A. L/S of an airplane taking off on a field, the ground looks wet and marshy; the plane's wheels make big splashes. Panning shot of an airplane taking off. "The first flight ever made over the unchartered Endicott Range". M/S, looking under the wing of the stationary airplane, a group of Eskimos are looking curiously at the plane, the landscape is bleak and snow swept. M/S of two pilots in fur-lined parkers getting out of the airplane. M/S of the pilots standing with another man and a woman in front of the plane. M/S of the airplane parked in the snow, the pilots, Detroit explorers and group of Eskimos stand around it. "Eskimos 'tumble over themselves' at first sight of an airplane". L/S of the airplane, a snow blizzard blows around it, Eskimo youngsters do acrobatic flips and turns in front of the plane. | |
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