Expeditie naar de Noordpool

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Channel: Eye Filmmuseum · 2014 · Film & Animation

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This film is from the Eye Filmmuseum collection. Many films in this collection contain outdated information or offensive language/images. While this is problematic, we do not wish to erase these films from (film) history. As a film museum, we show films as much as possible in their original form.   

 Director: unknown | Production Country: United States | Year: 1916 | Production Company: Movca Film Service | FLM19654 | Film from the collection of Eye (Amsterdam) - www.eyefilm.nl

A silent animated film about a trip by airship to the North Pole. The passengers play games with a seal and a polar bear. | The airship “Gum Drop” departs from Reno, headed towards the North Pole. We see America from the air, accompanied by all manner of signs, with texts including Mrs. Murphy and Blonde Eskimo. We see the captain heading off to catch seals, while another man finds a poster featuring “Doc Cook”, and fights with a polar bear. On the way back, the Gum Drop encounters the welcoming committee.

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