The news broadcast heard by Miriam Hall and her house guests announces a cable has arrived from the dirigible sent on August 4 at 4:22 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. That date was in the middle of summer and would have been during Daylight Savings Time, which in 1929 began on in April and ended in late September.
When the zeppelin reaches the South Pole several headlines from the international press are shown. The French paper has a headline reading ""The dirigible conquers the South Pole!" But the sub-headline below reads "The South Pole expedition is lost!"
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