Feat in the Ice

The film is dedicated to the expedition in search of the "Italy" airship by U. Nobile. 1h Chronicle footage: 1912 Seeing off the polar expedition of G. Sedov on the ship "St. Foka"; Ship at sea in ice, expedition disembarkation, expedition camp in ice. 1926 The airship "Norway" in the field, in the air, in the hangar of the airfield in Krasnogvardeysk, Colonel U. Nobile, the rise of the airship; Moscow. R. Amundsen's meeting at the Kazansky railway station. airplane "Fokker" in the air. 1928 Expedition of U. Nobile on the "Italia" airship to the North Pole: airship on the field, in the air, Nobile in a gondola, solemn farewell, views of the terrain from the airship; 2h Expedition to rescue the airship Nobile: the ship "Perseus" in the Murmansk port, sea, Arctic Ocean: waves, ice floes, polar bear. Arkhangelsk: streets, buildings, port. Icebreakers in the port. Icebreaker "Malygin" in the port for loading, in the Arctic Ocean. Head of the expedition V. Yu. Vize, icebreaker team. Icebergs, mountains. Leningrad: seaport, icebreaker "Krasin", loading of coal, equipment of the expedition, including the aircraft "Red Bear", pilot Chukhnovsky, head of the expedition R. L. Samoilovich, captain K. P. Egge, crew, departure ... 3h Icebreaker "Malygin" in the ice. Unloading the plane, preparing the airfield, pilot M.S.Babushkin, the plane in the air, about. Karla, icebreaker "Krasin" in the ocean (movement), about. Spitsbergen, ice landscapes. 4a, 4b: Icebreaker "Malygin", the return of pilot Babushkin's plane; icebreaker "Krasin" in motion, members of the expedition hunting for a polar bear while the icebreaker is stationed; the descent of Chukhnovsky's plane from the icebreaker, planes in the air, the pilot in the cockpit; 5h Emergency landing of Chukhnovsky's aircraft, crew (G.A. Straube, A.D. Alekseev, Shlagin), cameraman Bluvstein, icebreaker Krasin moving in the ice, camp of Vilieri's group (expedition Nobile), meeting of the expedition of icebreaker Krasin and members of the expedition Nobile, wreckage of the "Italia" airship; members of the Nobile expedition on board the icebreaker; plane, crew of Chukhnovsky on an ice floe; the transfer of the members of the Nobile expedition rescued by the Krasin to the floating base Citta di Milano; 6-7h The Krasin team at Citta di Milano, among those present are Chukhnovsky, Nobile; the ship "Monte Cervantes" in the Arctic Ocean; rescue of the Sonte Cervantes vessel by the Krasin icebreaker; passengers of "Monte Cervantes"; Solemn welcome of the icebreaker "Krasin" in Stavanger (Norway), among those present AM Kollontai; press conference; Icebreaker repair; the icebreaker sails from the port, moves in the ice.

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1928