Movietone’s Film Preserves Record of Arctic Flight

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
113A
Date Released
6 Aug 1931
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Jersey Parades Its Floral Wealth
  2. 2Movietone’s Film Preserves Record of Arctic Flight
  3. 3Territorials Enjoy Their Annual Camp
  4. 4English Athletes Defeat France
  5. 5King Sails His Yacht at Cowes Regatta

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Movietone’s Film Preserves Record of Arctic Flight. DESCRIPTION: We present the exclusive story of Graf Zeppelin’s Polar Exploration. Fol. Pictures which make us all explorers! Movietone with camera and microphone, tells the tale of the great undertaking in the northward flight by Leningrad and Archangel, the cruise over the Arctic and the return by way of the North Siberian coast. The film fulfils the purpose of the explorer - to make north lands known to the World. SHOTLIST: Zepp in the air. Interior of controls. CU Dr Eckener seated. Aerial shots of Leningrad. People on ground watch for the airship. CU of group of Red Army soldiers helping in the mooring of the ship. Shot of the airship on the ground with Russian Soldiers in the fore. Shots of the airship passing over forestland. Shadow on ground. Interior shot and people walking along inside. Crew inside working the machinery. Shot of the interior of ship and showing arctic scenes through window. Aerial shot of the Arctic wastes. Interior of the Zepp with the scientist mapping new land. Operators on the wireless. Shot of the base of the Zepp flying over Arctic wastes. Bag is sent from Zepp to wireless station on lonely Siberian coast. Bag sent down by parachute. Aerial of the outpost. Aerial over Archangel. Aerial of Zepp over city. Night shot of city. The Zepp over Archangel. Aerial of the city. Aerial of frozen blocks. Shot of frozen wastes but with part of the Zepp in the picture. Lookout keeping watch with glasses. Shots of the crew in the gondola. Shot of cook cutting meat in the kitchen of the Zepp. Shots of the crew and Dr Eckener eating. Navigator shooting the gun by sextant. Crew of navigators at work. Aerial shot over coast with ice breaker on the sea. Shots of harbour and coast with icebreaker in harbour. Shot of the base of the Zepp descending. The crew land and are helped out by Polar exploration. Aerial of Ice barrier.
Keywords
Food and cooking; Environment; Aviation; Aircraft; Communications; Exploration and explorers
Footage sources
Movietone
Card file number
1348
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