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Summary:BYRD FLIES OVER NORTH POLE: RICHARD E. BYRD FLIES OVER THE NORTH POLE. AN INSPIRING LOG OF MAN'S FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT ACROSS THE TRACKLESS FROZEN WASTES OF THE ARCTIC. FLOYD BENNETT. EARLY POLAR FLIGHT. AVIATION.
Description:00:00:10 - AVIATORS IN WARM ESKIMO COATS, EVERYBODY SHAKING
HANDS GOODBYE. COMMANDER BYRD & CO-PILOT. MAY 9,
1926.
00:00:28 - PLANE TAKES OFF. ISLAND OF SPITZBERGEN.
00:01:00 - MEN CHEER AND THROW THEIR HATS INTO THE AIR.
00:01:08 - BYRD'S PLANE IN FLIGHT
00:01:39 - OPENING THE AIRPLANE WINDOW.
00:01:45 - ANIMATED MAP OF JOURNEY. KINGS BAY.
00:02:21 - CU OCEAN LINER STEAM CHIMNEY.
00:02:25 - BYRD'S PLANE LANDING.
00:02:43 - JUBILANT CREW MEMBERS. ATTACK EXPLORERS WITH
CONGRATULATIONS. LIFTED UP AND CARRIED.