Polar Airship “Italia“ Lost? (1928)

Full titles read: “Polar Airship “Italia“ Lost? - Pathe Gazette presents dramatic and exclusive pictures, taken at risk, of ill-fated expedition.“ Somewhere in the Arctic. Intertitle reads: “General Nobile - the Commander.“ [New intertitle] “The famous Italian Ace... Major Maddelena’s first attempts were unsuccessful... later he located and rescued the lost airmen, adrift on the pack ice.“ [New intertitle] “Spitzbergen - Capt. Larsen... sent by Norwegian Government... is first to arrive on the scene.“ L/S of a seaplane; a man standing on the wing is putting on overalls; another man stands beside him; on the water beside the plane is a rowing boat. High angle L/S of one of the men starting off the propellor of the plane, and it starts to move off. (This sequence probably belongs before the previous intertitle, but I am not convinced it is actually Maddelena or Larsen.) Intertitle reads: “The Pathe Gazette presents exclusively... “ [New intertitle] “...the most dramatic News-picture taken yet.“ [New