Diaries & records
Byrd’s archival broadcast audio
Historical recordListen to the original archive record before quoting a viral clip. No verified transcript or date-specific quotation is supplied here.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Byrd archival broadcast recording
- Artifact date
- Date not established in this catalog
- Holding institution
- US National Archives recording / Internet Archive
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd during the actual Longines Chronoscope television interview broadcast on 8 December 1954. This frame identifies the linked archive film; it does not authenticate later viral quotations, a secret diary, or claims of hidden lands.
Longines-Wittnauer / CBS, Longines Chronoscope with Richard E. Byrd, 8 December 1954, NARA LW-LW-361 / ARC 95934. Digitization by J. Williams, distributed by Public.Resource.Org / FedFlix through Internet Archive.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
NARA’s official Chronoscope catalog states that sponsor and copyright owner Longines-Wittnauer donated its rights and makes these programs available for research and duplication for any purpose. This is a source-specific rights donation, not an assumption that all donated NARA films are federal government works. The exact FedFlix/Internet Archive item separately carries CC 0 1.0. Reuse here is factual documentary identification; no endorsement implied.
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Sources and what they support
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- displayed image provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.95934
- image-specific reuse conditionshttps://www.archives.gov/research/guides/catalog-tv-interviews-1951-to-1955.html
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://catalog.archives.gov/id/95934
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.95934
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://archive.org/details/gov.archives.arc.95934
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