- Title: P-213-4
- Summary: NORTHWEST PASSAGE IS SAILED: NORTHWEST PASSAGE IS SAILED. THE UNTOUCHED, MATCHLESS BEAUTY OF THE ARCTIC IS FILMED ON A HISTORY-MAKING VOYAGE. NAVY EXPEDITION. NORTH POLE.
- Description:00:09:35 - DOGS LEAD SLED TEAMS THROUGH THE ARCTIC. 00:09:42 - BOAT SAILS THROUGH ICY WATERS. BIG CHUNKS OF ICE FLOAT AROUND. BOAT'S NAME "BERTON ISLAND" ? 00:09:45 - SEALS HANG OUT ON ICE & PLAY IN WATER 00:09:53 - INTERIOR OF BOAT. MAN STEERS BOAT. OTHERS WORK OUT COURSE ON TABLE. 00:09:56 - GREAT SHOT OF BOAT PASSING THROUGH HUGE CHUNK OF ICE, GLACIER WHICH HAS BEEN CARVED OUT BY MOTHER NATURE. ARCHWAY MADE BY ICEBERG. BEAUTIFUL. 00:10:06 - NAVY FROGMEN IN SMALL BOAT. MEN IN WATER TIGHT EXPOSURE SUITS LOWER THEMSELVES INTO WATER. NAVY FROGMEN COLLECT DATA. 00:10:22 - SHIP'S HELICOPTER FLIES OVER LANDSCAPE. ICY HUGE CHUNKS OF GLACIERS. 00:10:34 - POV FROM HELICOPTER 00:10:38 - ICE BREAKER SHIP CHOPS THROUGH ICE PACKS. BOAT BREAKS THROUGH ICE, CARVING A PATH. ICE PACKS. 00:10:51 - ICE TOO THICK, BOAT COMES TO A STOP. 00:11:05 - CREW MEMBERS SIGNAL FROM SHIP'S DECK 00:11:07 - AERIAL CIRCLE OF STUCK SHIP. SHIP GETS STUCK & MUST BE BLASTED OUT. 00:11:12 - MEN STAND ON ICE AROUND BOAT 00:11:14 - CREW WITH SNOW SHOES WALKS ON ICE 00:11:18 - MONTAGE CREW READYING TO BLAST ICE 00:11:20 - SCIENTIST PULLS OUT DRILL FROM ICE. COLLECTING SAMPLES TO STUDY. CUTTING HOLE IN ICE WITH PICK. 00:11:32 - MONTAGE CREW LOWERING DYNAMITE INTO PLACE. MAN WITH PICK IN HAND LOOKS AROUND, HAND UP SHIELDING EYES FROM SUN, LIGHT. MAN PUSHES DETONATOR, PLUNGER, BLAST GOES OFF 00:11:48 - CREW CHOPS ICE COATING OFF BOAT. CHOPPING ICE OFF SHIPS RAILS. 00:11:55 - BOAT CONTINUES ONWARD 00:12:00 - CAMERAMAN PERCHED UP ON WOODEN PLATFORM HANGING ON ROPES FILMS. HELD OVER WATER. 00:12:03 - MONTAGE BOAT MOVING THROUGH ICY WATERS. 00:12:14 - ICE BREAKER BOAT MEETS UP WITH ANOTHER ICE BREAKER AT END OF JOURNEY. CAPTAINS TALK. 00:12:26 - BEAUTIFUL SUNSET SHOT FROM PLANE, WING SEEN.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1954
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-213-4