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With Byrd at the South Pole

75th Anniversary Screening
Introduced by Byrd scholar Sheldon Bart Joseph Rucker, Willard van der Vee, 1930

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With Byrd at the South Pole is the cinematic account of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's spectacular first flight over the South Pole. Part publicity stunt, part scientific milestone, the film was named one of the ten best films of 1930 by the New York Times. (82 mins.)

Copresented with Ohio State's Byrd Polar Research Center Archival Program. support credits

Season support provided by the Rohauer Collection Foundation and the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation.
 

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With Byrd at the South Pole