AERIAL CAMERA CAPABILITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78T05439A000300350016-7
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 7
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 1, 2012
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: November 1, 1955
• Content Type: IM

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'iis rcmorar.d,:r, ;as ^rcrin cor:j-i^ction rztz Project
11yC'_Zi~.at~'ra1". It consists of several *>hoto-rar_hs and overi97rs
ill'1str3 .i.'7 _ e ;'res of intelli-ence t.?. t could be deriv_' from
":'ioto=a_l-h,,v flo:m at various scat s. The GP/I is too large to
file In this clra;'er, but. a CO- 11 locat- d In the mat, .file of
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PHOTOGRAPHIC ITUMLIGENCE F?`_I'ORA~DUM
GP/:E - 11,3
28 November 1955
ANTARCTICA
.1. 69, t;`tapter t
Central Intelligence Agency
Office of Research and Reports
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National intent ence :. urvey
/J ;T. :::TICA
Chapter IX. f:cction -no
?:ap and Chart. _lppraisal
A. General Trap, chart, and aerial photo coverage.
5.
Aerial P_zot o7ra .shy
9Otion Picture Photo -r-j by and internittent hand-held oblique
photoCraphs have been tat ken by ::i1'--Anjs. Byrd, _7311:5-forth and sever-al other
expeditions from 1923 to the present time. = owever. described belo.. arc
only those expeditions that took aerial photo -ranhy of a tync, quantity,
and quality that could be used for ru jor nip and chart revision. _::e Tr_-;e::
of Aerial Photo?. rn shy (Fit-.
photot-ra?;hy.
8? T i.l Sl-.r .
.:JC: I. ,i
U. . .`~ . is va 1
an intensive trirtro~,on
Antarctica. Lost of --.tie
:'~ - ) sho,ss the a p ~roxifiite areas covered by
Task Force 63, in `he 1556?9L7 season executed
? hot.o reconnaissance survey of the coasts
t betcrecn 150, and l7 and bet o
a . ,;men ~5 t7
and 130otd pus rAioto r irhed by slnc, e, doable or even triple trig ctro an
f1ir.'.hts -parallel to thc General shoreline, -rich occasion"! sorties into
the interior averarinr 2C0 :: 3e- in de-;:?h. Ina ition, photo reconna c:-: nce
.-ms carriec: out over nar:`s of. he polar plateau e... t, vest, and south or 'he
Ross ice 65,Or?0 eh-ra--j 1
h T:_10 0-.'r _ z at a scale of
1:20,000 re: a obtained. The fo1? oi. inC- seas son Force 39 Sent st.rvey ora ashore at selected oint.^, to obtain tha roun_ - control
neces :ry for utiliza io: of ..he _erial :oto--r~-
:_, nor ps _ysscs.
The oriLina1 firs is av:l] is at the Office of Nava.l In-t,c~li`-cnce, , ashin ton. D. C.
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The Ronne intarctio o earc:: : -ae?iticn ciarin ti_~. 19 ; ?{ tieason
rm- de a trimtro_-on photo roconnaiss3.,ce surrey of Ale nder- I Ilan:_ nd
both coasts of the Palmer Peninmala to their so...t:_c1 t 1i~itr.. inclu,?in[-
the Filchner shelf lee and portions of Edith t=onne Ian-2. 11:,000 sig.-inch
focal length photos were obtained, varying in scale from 1:13,000 to 1:2.___3,000.
C -i;Cinal film is available at Photo Records and ~ervices Division (I 'L and >D )
A r Force. Pcrntagon. : aEh3n :ton. D.
An Argentine exDedit.ion in the 1950-1-951 season obt ine trinet.rol-on
photographs of the Eanco Coast and other areas near the ti_) of Pal r
Peninsula and orae of -. .e adjacent islands. tegx rtedly, oti=or aerial photo-
C,raphy has been ta?-cn in this General area by various Argentine e:_ editions.
Copies of this Argentine photo[:raohy although not avaiia le in tc'~e U.
my be requested fro:- P^ and CD. -
b. 03LI,','U
The De:rt.sche Antarictiscna too : ? 2,0n.0
oblique airphotos in ltd': J. The area photo :r ph e: includes
of the coastline fro.- approxi-Inte?y 5?: to 20?x' and :azch of the interior to
a.. depth of approxi.^-atel.y 2GJ-25~ piles. The original ner-.atI es -t-cre destroyed
durlnr orld "VTar 11, but a,---r
by the Lritish and copies may be requested fro:-- PR and SD.
The U. Antarctic service, 1;39.1911, obtained 13.575 r^. p-ini; oblique
photographs of portion:, of the Doss Ice Leif. the coat and r-ach of the
int.=rior of !'aric Byrd =tan' from 133?1: to 15!?`'. In addition, ;.nrrin~ oblique
photos were taken of :'.1e~..:nder I and Charcot Islands, and the south~wc. and
southeast coast of Palmer Pcninsul?. These neCtivec ac filed in the tion_:1
Archives, :?~ashin3ton, C.
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The British Crsha.. land (f:, i11) ~:_pedition, 193 -19 7, obt . no i ^ ink
oblique nhotor mphy of the central cast of Pnnin'sux-:.
The ::'hristense Ji-,tit Ix-~edition, l936-19:7. o'bt- imd 2200 rr. pn n: o.O_iaue
photo; alanr sect-tons of t ,.c-- coast of :ueen -z,ud L-mz: from
20?E to 80?E.
A Swedish . it Unit attached to the cor ir.cd z .} i ::or-c inn
.-edit ion (1950-1 52) pho to.-r.> he*_~ t Esc c! f ice ca . sf ! in