RARE! HISTORIC!  OTELLO MARTELLI (b.1902-d.2000) AS DIRECTOR CAMERAMAN AND EDITOR WAS SENT TO DOCUMENT THE NORTH POLE EXPEDITION OF THE AIRSHIP ITALIA FOR ITALIAN GOVERNMENT NEWS REEL COMPANY " LUCE ". 

OTELLO MARTELLI GETS ON A SMALL ITALIAN NAVY SKIFF DURING THE NORTH POLE EXPEDITION IN 1928. 

Otello Martelli was an Italian cinematographer whose films include La Dolce Vita.

The dirigible ITALIA crashed after reaching the Pole in May 25, 1928. An international rescue operation lasting three months involved ten ships and twenty fliers. The Soviet ice breaker Krasin picked up the survivors.

HAND ID'd ON THE REVERSE BY THE HAND OF UMBERTO NOBILE FROM HIS COLLECTION:

Operatone  Othello  Martelli

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Operator  Otello  Martelli 

DIMENSIONS: 4 1/8" X 6 1/8"

CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME LIGHT HANDLING FROM 95 + YEARS.

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