South Pole
Maker and role
Unknown, Maker
Production date
Circa 1955-Circa 1958
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Object detail
Accession number
WAV-2018-10
Maker
Production period
Description
Colour 8mm kodachrome film reel on safety film. Title on film canister is 'South Pole'.
Footage of journey to, from and at Antarctica setting up and during Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) and International Geophysical Year (IGY)
On film there is a square next to a triangle symbol; as well as SAFET.Y. Film is manufactured in Australia likely in 1927 1947 1967.
Footage includes:
Crowds on dock as ship departs port for Antarctica; man on board ship deck patting husky dogs; ship deck in rough weather and choppy seas; icebergs in water; Antarctica ice flows; penguins on ice; ship moving through ice flows; United States of America (USA) naval helicopter number 95 3142 landing in Antarctica; helicopters on landing pad on U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker ship Northwind (WAGB-282 / W 282). People seated under landing pad on ship; penguins sliding on snow; two ships moored in ice flows; off-loading supplies from moored ship, including tractors, tracked vehicles, supplies; two moored ships viewed from land, with US ship 'Northwind' in background with helicopter on landing pad visible; landscape in Antarctica; Scott Base; convoy of International Geophysical Year (IGY) Tucker Sno-Cat tracked vehicles with supplies; unloading Sno-Cat's at Scott Base; ship moored near land with tracked vehicle; person seated on a dog sled with dogs harnessed; footage from perspective of dog sled driver of eight dogs pulling the sled; unidentified person making ice blocks with shovels loading onto a modified tractor; Scott Base structures tractor; Scott Base Automobile Association sign; loading ice blocks from tractor into a hut at Scott Base; Adélie penguin colony and photographer; helicopter landing; views of Antarctica; shelters, huts and tracked vehicles at a base; TAE/IGY team member shovelling snow from interior of a hut; two aircraft parked on snow including a U.S. Air Force aircraft; footage from onboard aircraft of aircraft and the sea with ice-flows; footage from interior of aircraft unloading supplies; unloading parked helicopter; U.S. naval Lockheed aircraft 'Phoneix' taking off at Naval Air Facility (NAF) runway at McMurdo Station; tracked snow Plow vehicle; TAE used RNZAF Beaver aircraft NZ6001 landing; seal being poked with a stick; construction site; tracked vehicles and supplies on ice; large warehouse like building; views from ship of Antarctica; tractor on deck of ship; pilot boat assisting ship docking in New Zealand harbour
Footage of journey to, from and at Antarctica setting up and during Trans-Antarctic Expedition (TAE) and International Geophysical Year (IGY)
On film there is a square next to a triangle symbol; as well as SAFET.Y. Film is manufactured in Australia likely in 1927 1947 1967.
Footage includes:
Crowds on dock as ship departs port for Antarctica; man on board ship deck patting husky dogs; ship deck in rough weather and choppy seas; icebergs in water; Antarctica ice flows; penguins on ice; ship moving through ice flows; United States of America (USA) naval helicopter number 95 3142 landing in Antarctica; helicopters on landing pad on U.S. Coast Guard Icebreaker ship Northwind (WAGB-282 / W 282). People seated under landing pad on ship; penguins sliding on snow; two ships moored in ice flows; off-loading supplies from moored ship, including tractors, tracked vehicles, supplies; two moored ships viewed from land, with US ship 'Northwind' in background with helicopter on landing pad visible; landscape in Antarctica; Scott Base; convoy of International Geophysical Year (IGY) Tucker Sno-Cat tracked vehicles with supplies; unloading Sno-Cat's at Scott Base; ship moored near land with tracked vehicle; person seated on a dog sled with dogs harnessed; footage from perspective of dog sled driver of eight dogs pulling the sled; unidentified person making ice blocks with shovels loading onto a modified tractor; Scott Base structures tractor; Scott Base Automobile Association sign; loading ice blocks from tractor into a hut at Scott Base; Adélie penguin colony and photographer; helicopter landing; views of Antarctica; shelters, huts and tracked vehicles at a base; TAE/IGY team member shovelling snow from interior of a hut; two aircraft parked on snow including a U.S. Air Force aircraft; footage from onboard aircraft of aircraft and the sea with ice-flows; footage from interior of aircraft unloading supplies; unloading parked helicopter; U.S. naval Lockheed aircraft 'Phoneix' taking off at Naval Air Facility (NAF) runway at McMurdo Station; tracked snow Plow vehicle; TAE used RNZAF Beaver aircraft NZ6001 landing; seal being poked with a stick; construction site; tracked vehicles and supplies on ice; large warehouse like building; views from ship of Antarctica; tractor on deck of ship; pilot boat assisting ship docking in New Zealand harbour
Signature/Marks and Type
South Pole Hand-written
Bienton Hand-written
Bienton Hand-written
Physical description
1 film reel (14 min. 40 sec.) : colour ; 8mm
Record level
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Credit line
Unknown. Circa 1955-Circa 1958. South Pole, WAV-2018-10. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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<C> South Pole
Antarctica
Motion pictures
Antarctica
Aeronautics
International cooperation
Aerial exploration
Description and travel
Geography
History
Discovery and exploration
Antarctica New Zealand (Firm)
McMurdo Station (Antarctica)
Equipment and supplies
Antarctica
Scientific expeditions
Scott Base (Antarctica)
Antarctica
Transportation
Antarctica
Transportation, Military
New Zealand
Science
United States
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