https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f0230aac-2df5-4abe-abec-ebf39f054511 Love our channel? Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Created by famed photographer Tex Helm and his wife Grace, "A Pictorial Voyage Through The Straits of Magellan" shows a trip through the treacherous waters of Cape Horn. The film likely dates to 1940 when Helm served aboard the schooner Bear, which was Admiral Richard E. Byrd's flagship during his Antarctic expedition. Byrd is seen at 1:35 on deck with his dog. At 2:15 the Straights of Magellan are seen. At 9:12 a "nomad Indian" visits the ship at anchor. At 10:57 the ship enters the Narrows, the most dangerous part of the passage. At 12:40 the Bear heads out to sea, having transited the passage. Ennis C. "Tex" Helm worked for the Daily Oklahoman as a photographer and once set a world's record by photographing Carlsbad Caverns National Park with 2,400 flashbulbs, died Sunday at his New Mexico home at the age of 79. In the early 1930s, the news photographer's Oklahoma experience ranged from chasing Bonnie and Clyde through the southwest to taking shots of early space flight tests for the U.S. government. Later, Helm moved to New York and Chicago and was credited with being the second newsman on the scene of the infamous St. Valentine's Day massacre. His career expanded into newsreels, a move that took him around the world seven times and included him on the expeditions of Erle Stanley Gardner and Adm. Richard Byrd. The Strait of Magellan (Spanish: Estrecho de Magallanes), also called the Straits of Magellan, is a navigable sea route in southern Chile separating mainland South America to the north and Tierra del Fuego to the south. The strait is the most important natural passage between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The route is considered difficult to navigate due to frequent narrows and unpredictable winds and currents. Maritime piloting is now compulsory. The strait is shorter and more sheltered than the Drake Passage, the often stormy open sea route around Cape Horn. Along with the narrow and sometimes treacherous Beagle Channel and the seasonal and historically treacherous North West Passage, these were the only sea routes between the Atlantic and Pacific until the construction of the Panama Canal. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9Vl3pNI6Ng Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:19:10 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f0230aac-2df5-4abe-abec-ebf39f054511 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.