Epic Of The Frozen North (1928)

Cuts relating to ’EPIC OF THE FROZEN NORTH’ in G 1516. No titles. Various shots show two men getting into a biplane in an airfield; one of the men holds up a bag of film for the camera. A banner on the side of the plane reads ’Pathe News - Flying Nobile Relief Film 4750 Miles’. L/S of a seaplane, the Isaat, on the water in an Arctic area - Spitsbergen in Norway?; several men get into a boat and start rowing away, towing the plane along. On a ship we see three men in civilian clothes shaking hands with the ship’s officers (survivors of the Italia crew?). L/S and night M/S of a seaplane landing on the water; two Naval men row out in a small boat towards it. M/S of some kind of large metal grid on the snow - could be the frame of the lost Airship Italia? Several shots show a seaplane hoisted to the mast of a ship on the water. L/S of the snow-covered settlement at Spitsbergen. L/Ss of ships on the water. M/S of a Naval man pacing up and down on the deck of a ship. L/S from a moving boat of ic