Departure of Peary and the Roosevelt from New York

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"The synopsis for this film reckons it shows the departure of an explorer named Peary from New York for the North Pole. No doubt this is true, but having watched it I feel compelled to ask why he felt it was necessary to take half-a-dozen or more ladies in their Sunday best along for the journey. This is another one of those early films in which the subject being filmed appears more curious about the the camera than the camera does about them. There's only two scenes: a panorama shot filmed from a ship presumably sailing from New York docks, and a long shot of various people being helped ..."