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Record information – Brief Aerial Survey in the Frozen North
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1923-04-27Item number (ISN):61374Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:COTTON, SidneyAccession:1984-0118Media:FilmPart:1 of 1Production date:1923-04-27Description:Documentary of the completion of the first Arctic survey where airplanes were used in a gold rush. Scenes include: take-off from Botwood, Newfoundland; aerial view of White Bay and Hawke's Bay; landing at Hawke's Bay trading post; view of Blue Mountain; three bi-planes in flight; T. Knowles-Breakell congratulates pilot F. Sidney Cotton on successful completion of first Arctic survey and the first time in history where aeroplanes were used in a gold rush; "patent skids made possible the first mid-winter Arctic flight at 40 below zero under commercial conditions"; shot of pilot, Sidney Cotton and mechanic J.R. Stannard next to airplane with identification number G-EARV. <8mn 22s>Language:Silent with English intertitlesNotes:Detailed holdings information: -
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