- Title: VM-1127A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:31:31 - "CITY UNDER THE ICE" THE ARMY IN ACTION ON THE POLAR FRONTIER. SHOWN IS THE STORY OF CAMP CENTURY, A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN GREENLAND. 00:31:36 - STATEMENT CREDITING NORWAY'S COOPERATION FOR THE USE OF GREENLAND, A PART OF DENMARK, AS A BASE FOR THE U.S UNDER THE NATO AGREEMENT. 00:32:09 - LS- 2 TWIN TRAIN-LIKE SNOW VEHICLES (POLECATS), ROLLING ON TRACTOR THREADS RIDES THROUGH THE BARREN ICE CAP 00:32:39 - MS- 2 ARMY ENGINEERS GET OUT OF VEHICLES AND PERUSE THE VAST AREA WHERE THE UNDER-ICE CITY WILL BE BUILT. MS- GI HOLDS LONG SURVEYS RULER IN THE SNOW AS OTHERS SET FLAGS MARKING CAMP BOUNDARIES 00:33:19 - MONTAGE- SOME OF THE MORE THAN 150 MILES OF SOLID ICE MUCH OF IT SPLIT BY CREVASSES (PAN). 00:33:58 - MONTAGE- HUGE CARGO OF CRATES BEING SHIPPED BY LARGE TRUCKS AND SPECIALLY MADE SLEDS, MOVE THROUGH THE ICE, FIELDS TO THE SITE. 00:34:16 - LS- CRANES LIFT HEAVY EQUIPMENT INTO PLACE. 00:34:49 - MONTAGE- HUGE SLEDS CARRYING TRACTORS MOVE TO THE SITE AT 2 MILES PER HOUR PULLED BY TRACTORS. 00:35:12 - MS- A GI CARRYING A PUPPY SLED DOG IN A SACK ON HIS BACK WALKS INTO A WANIGAN, A WOODEN CABOOSE LIKE TRAILER USED FOR HOUSING MEMBERS OF THE CONSTRUCTION CREWS DURING THE TRIP. 00:36:05 - MONTAGE- CONSTRUCTION PILE INTO 'POLECAT' VEHICLES FOR THE TRIP TO THE SITE, AS WELL AS LIGHTPLANES. 00:36:28 - MONTAGE- THE CONVOY OF CATERPILLAR PULLED SLEDS LUMBERS THROUGH THE ICE AND SNOW 00:36:39 - CU- CHEF COOKS CHOPS AND BACON ON A STOVE GRILL IN THE WANIGAN, AS KITCHEN WORKER PEELS POTATOES MS- WORKERS SIT AT 4 MEN TABLES AND EAT 00:36:55 - MS- CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SLEEPING IN NAVY-TYPE BUNKS IN WANIGAN, ADJUSTING TO 24 HR. SUNLIGHT 00:37:46 - MS- THE ARMY ENGINEERS CONSTRUCTION CREWS SIT AROUND A TABLE TO PLAN THE WORK. DRAWINGS OF THE PROJECT ARE SHOWN THE MEN BY OFFICER-IN-CHARGE. 00:38:46 - MS- NEW HUGE SNOW-MELTING MACHINE, THE PETER PLOW BUILT BY SWISS TO CLEAR ROADS IN ALPS, BEGINS TO DIG DEEP TRENCHES IN THE SNOW. 00:38:59 - LS- THE PETER PLOW BLOWS CLOUDS OF SNOW TO THE SIDE OF THE TRENCH AS IT MOVES ALONG. 00:39:27 - LS- WOODEN PLANKS ARE LAYED ALONG SHOULDERS OF THE CUT OF THE LONG TRENCH WHICH WILL SUPPORT STEEL ARCH ROOF THAT WILL COVER THE TRENCH. 00:39:46 - LS- THE PETER PLOW, NOW IN TRENCH ABOUT 10 FEET DEEP, BLOWS CLOUDS OF SNOW HIGH ABOVE THE TRENCH. 00:39:53 - LS- WORKERS BEGIN TO COVER THE TRENCH WITH SHEETS OF ARCHED STEEL PLATES. 00:40:19 - MASCOT SLED DOG "MUCKLUCK", PLAYS WITH WORKERS AS THEY CUT THE HARD SNOW INTO BUILDING BLOCKS 00:40:31 - LS- THE STEEL ARCHED ROOF IS COVERED WITH SNOW WITH THE SNOW BLOWER. 00:40:44 - MS- GIS USE SHOVELS TO CUT OUT SQUARE ROOMS IN SNOW INSIDE THE TUNNEL. LONG WOODEN BEAMS ARE LAYED ACROSS THE FLOOR OF THE TUNNEL AS A FOUNDATION FOR THE UNDERGROUND BUILDINGS 00:41:44 - LS- GIS ERECT A PREFABRICATED BUILDING ON FOUNDATION BEAMS INSIDE THE TUNNEL. MS- CREWS WORK ON ELECTRICAL PANELS FOR THE BUILDINGS. 00:42:45 - MS- GI WORKERS LAYS ICE BRICKS TO BLOCK UP THE ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL. MS- MASCOT "MUCKLUCK" SUPERVISES THE WORK. 00:43:30 - MS- AS WORKER CUTS LUMBER ON LARGE TABLE SAW, A BARBER GIVES A HAIRCUT TO ANOTHER WORKER INSIDE THE WANIGAN 00:43:48 - MONTAGE- A PETER PLOW CUTS A WIDER AND DEEPER TRENCH FOR USE OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FOR THE UNDERGROUND ICE CITY. 00:44:35 - LS- HUGE 40 METAL FOOT ARCHES ARE PLACED FOR ROOFING WITH THE SIDES MADE OF STEEL BEAMS PLACED BY A CRANE. MONTAGE- PIPES FOR ELECTRICITY AND WATER ARE INSTALLED AND WRAPPED WITH INSULATION. 00:46:12 - MS- A HOLE IS MELTED 120 FEET UNDER THE TUNNEL TO THE WATER BELOW WHICH SUPPLIED 10,000 GALLONS OF FRESH WATER A DAY 00:46:28 - MS- WORKERS INSTALL HIGH TENSION LINES IN THE TUNNEL FOR ELECTRIC HEATING 00:46:44 - MS- WORKERS CLIMB UP LADDER OF AN ESCAPE HATCH, ONE OF 16, LEADING TO THE OUTSIDE OF TUNNEL 00:47:09 - MONTAGE- THE MEN ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES ON SKIS PULLED BY VEHICLES AND BRONCO BUSTING, USING 50 GALLON DRUM, ATTACHED TO WIRES, AS THE BULL. 00:47:17 - SLED DOG "MUCKLUCK", ALMOST FULLY GROWN, PLAYS FOOTBALL WITH THE MEN. 00:48:25 - A HUGE 21 TON VAPOR CONTAINER FOR THE NUCLEAR POWER SYSTEM IS UNLOADED OFF A SHIP FOR TRANSPORT OVERLAND TO THE UNDERGROUND SITE. 00:48:36 - MONTAGE- THE HUGE UNIT IS PLACED ON A FLATBED TRUCK AND MOVED OUT, ALONG WITH OTHER CRATES, ON A SPECIALLY BUILT ROAD FOR THIS PURPOSE. 00:49:08 - MS- AT THE SITE 2 SIDE-BY-SIDE CATERPILLAR TRACTORS ARE NEEDED TO MOVE THE HUGE VAPOR UNIT. 00:50:29 - MS- WORKERS USE WIRE SNIPS AND CROWBARS TO OPEN THE LARGE WOODEN CRATES 00:50:59 - MS- A 15 TON CONDENSER IS SLOWLY MOVED INTO THE TUNNEL WITH A TRACTOR FOLLOWED BY THE HUGE VAPOR CONTAINER WITH ONE TRACTOR PULLING AND ANOTHER IN BACK HOLDING IT FROM SLIPPING. 00:51:59 - MS- HUGE PIPES ARE ATTACHED TO THE NUCLEAR UNIT AS WELL AS GAUGES. 00:52:43 - MONTAGE- CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE JIM BARNETT, NARRATES AS THE NUCLEAR PLANT IS ASSEMBLED 00:52:59 - MS- ONE-BY-ONE THE FUEL ELEMENTS, EACH CONTAINING 500 GRAMS OF URANIUM-235, ARE CAREFULLY REMOVED FROM PROTECTIVE BARREL, UNWRAPPED AND WIPED CLEAN 00:53:19 - CU- CREWMAN WEARS A CLOTH COVERED SHOE. 00:53:50 - MS- THE CREWMEN SLOWLY LOWER THE FUEL INTO THE STORAGE TANK WHICH IS COVERED IN 8 FEET OF WATER. 00:55:16 - MONTAGE- AS MEN TENSELY STAND BY THE AND THE LAST FUEL ELEMENT IS PLACED IN THE WATER, A SERGEANT ANNOUNCES SUCCESS AND THE MEN SHOW THEIR RELIEF 00:56:05 - CU- LIGHT BULB GOES ON WHEN SCREWED INTO SOCKET. 00:56:12 - LS- WORKERS WALK DOWN THE HUGE LIGHTED TUNNEL WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC BEHIND. 00:56:16 - MS- MEN TAKE SHOWERS AND SHAVES IN THE MODERN ROOMS IN THE TUNNEL. MS- A RADIOLOGIST TAKES AN X-RAY OF A GI IN THE MODERN DISPENSARY 00:56:53 - MS- GIS PRAY IN A SMALL CHAPEL. 00:56:59 - MONTAGE- FOOD IS STORED IN THE LARGEST DEEP FREEZE IN THE WORLD. GI PICKS SUPPLIES FOR DINNER MS- CHEFS PLACE ROASTS IN OVENS. BAKER MAKES ROLLS 00:57:59 - MS- MEN RELAX AND READ IN SPACIOUS QUARTERS (PAN) 00:58:58 - SLED DOG "MUCKLUCK" STRAINS AT HIS MASTERS HOLD AS HE TRIES TO CHASE THE MEN LEAVING CAMP CENTURY FOR HOME, MISSION COMPLETED.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1961
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1127A