Explorer - Plans New Trip 1939

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Full titles read: "EXPLORER PLANS NEW TRIP"

L/S's of Admiral Byrd looking at a globe of the World and mapping plans on it. The American explorer explains his plans to claim a large piece of Antarctica for the United States of America.

Cataloguer's note: This is an American newsreel.

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20135
Sort Number:
39/062
Time in/Out:
01:49:29:00 / 01:50:23:00
Canister:
39/62
Film ID:
1017.49
Issue Date:
03/08/1939

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