From The Farthest North Version 1 Of 2 (1926)

Alaska, United States of America, . Title: “From the Farthest North. Exclusive pictures by our Camera-man with Detroit Arctic Expedition“. L/S of an aeroplane taking off on a field, the ground looks wet and marshy; the plane’s wheels make big splashes. Panning shot of an aeroplane taking off. Intertitle: “The first flight ever made over the unchartered Endicott Range“. M/S, looking under the wing of the stationary aeroplane, a group of Eskimos are looking curiously at the plane, the landscape is bleak and snow swept. M/S of two pilots in fur-lined parkers getting out of the aeroplane. M/S of the pilots standing with another man and a woman in front of the plane. M/S of the aeroplane parked in the snow, the pilots, Detroit explorers and group of Eskimos stand around it. Intertitle: “Eskimos ’tumble over themselves’ at first sight of an aeroplane“. L/S of the aeroplane, a snow blizzard blows around it, Eskimo youngsters do acrobatic flips and turns in front of the plane. Not
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