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00:31:31 1.87
"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 6.87
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 39.87
LS- 2 TWIN TRAIN-LIKE SNOW VEHICLES (POLECATS),
ROLLING ON TRACTOR THREADS RIDES THROUGH THE
BARREN ICE CAP
00:32:39 69.87
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
00:33:19 109.87
MONTAGE- SOME OF THE MORE THAN 150 MILES OF SOLID
ICE MUCH OF IT SPLIT BY CREVASSES (PAN).
00:33:58 148.87
MONTAGE- HUGE CARGO OF CRATES BEING SHIPPED BY
LARGE TRUCKS AND SPECIALLY MADE SLEDS, MOVE
THROUGH THE ICE, FIELDS TO THE SITE.
00:34:16 166.87
LS- CRANES LIFT HEAVY EQUIPMENT INTO PLACE.
00:34:49 199.87
MONTAGE- HUGE SLEDS CARRYING TRACTORS MOVE TO THE
SITE AT 2 MILES PER HOUR PULLED BY TRACTORS.
00:35:12 222.87
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.
00:36:05 275.87
MONTAGE- CONSTRUCTION PILE INTO 'POLECAT' VEHICLES
FOR THE TRIP TO THE SITE, AS WELL AS LIGHTPLANES.
00:36:28 298.87
MONTAGE- THE CONVOY OF CATERPILLAR PULLED SLEDS
LUMBERS THROUGH THE ICE AND SNOW
00:36:39 309.87
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
00:36:55 325.87
MS- CONSTRUCTION WORKERS SLEEPING IN NAVY-TYPE
BUNKS IN WANIGAN, ADJUSTING TO 24 HR. SUNLIGHT
00:37:46 376.87
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.
00:38:46 436.87
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.
00:38:59 449.87
LS- THE PETER PLOW BLOWS CLOUDS OF SNOW TO THE
SIDE OF THE TRENCH AS IT MOVES ALONG.
00:39:27 477.87
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.
00:39:46 496.87
LS- THE PETER PLOW, NOW IN TRENCH ABOUT 10 FEET
DEEP, BLOWS CLOUDS OF SNOW HIGH ABOVE THE TRENCH.
00:39:53 503.87
LS- WORKERS BEGIN TO COVER THE TRENCH WITH SHEETS
OF ARCHED STEEL PLATES.
00:40:19 529.87
MASCOT SLED DOG "MUCKLUCK", PLAYS WITH WORKERS
AS THEY CUT THE HARD SNOW INTO BUILDING BLOCKS
00:40:31 541.87
LS- THE STEEL ARCHED ROOF IS COVERED WITH SNOW
WITH THE SNOW BLOWER.
00:40:44 554.87
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
00:41:44 614.87
LS- GIS ERECT A PREFABRICATED BUILDING ON
FOUNDATION BEAMS INSIDE THE TUNNEL. MS- CREWS WORK
ON ELECTRICAL PANELS FOR THE BUILDINGS.
00:42:45 675.87
MS- GI WORKERS LAYS ICE BRICKS TO BLOCK UP THE
ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL. MS- MASCOT "MUCKLUCK"
SUPERVISES THE WORK.
00:43:30 720.87
MS- AS WORKER CUTS LUMBER ON LARGE TABLE SAW, A
BARBER GIVES A HAIRCUT TO ANOTHER WORKER INSIDE
THE WANIGAN
00:43:48 738.87
MONTAGE- A PETER PLOW CUTS A WIDER AND DEEPER
TRENCH FOR USE OF A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FOR THE
UNDERGROUND ICE CITY.
00:44:35 785.87
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.
00:46:12 882.87
MS- A HOLE IS MELTED 120 FEET UNDER THE TUNNEL TO
THE WATER BELOW WHICH SUPPLIED 10,000 GALLONS OF
FRESH WATER A DAY
00:46:28 898.87
MS- WORKERS INSTALL HIGH TENSION LINES IN THE
TUNNEL FOR ELECTRIC HEATING
00:46:44 914.87
MS- WORKERS CLIMB UP LADDER OF AN ESCAPE HATCH,
ONE OF 16, LEADING TO THE OUTSIDE OF TUNNEL
00:47:09 939.87
MONTAGE- THE MEN ENTERTAIN THEMSELVES ON SKIS
PULLED BY VEHICLES AND BRONCO BUSTING, USING 50
GALLON DRUM, ATTACHED TO WIRES, AS THE BULL.
00:47:17 947.87
SLED DOG "MUCKLUCK", ALMOST FULLY GROWN, PLAYS
FOOTBALL WITH THE MEN.
00:48:25 1015.87
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 1026.87
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 1058.87
MS- AT THE SITE 2 SIDE-BY-SIDE CATERPILLAR
TRACTORS ARE NEEDED TO MOVE THE HUGE VAPOR UNIT.
00:50:29 1139.87
MS- WORKERS USE WIRE SNIPS AND CROWBARS TO OPEN
THE LARGE WOODEN CRATES
00:50:59 1169.87
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 1229.87
MS- HUGE PIPES ARE ATTACHED TO THE NUCLEAR UNIT
AS WELL AS GAUGES.
00:52:43 1273.87
MONTAGE- CAPTAIN-IN-CHARGE JIM BARNETT, NARRATES
AS THE NUCLEAR PLANT IS ASSEMBLED
00:52:59 1289.87
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 1309.87
CU- CREWMAN WEARS A CLOTH COVERED SHOE.
00:53:50 1340.87
MS- THE CREWMEN SLOWLY LOWER THE FUEL INTO THE
STORAGE TANK WHICH IS COVERED IN 8 FEET OF WATER.
00:55:16 1426.87
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 1475.87
CU- LIGHT BULB GOES ON WHEN SCREWED INTO SOCKET.
00:56:12 1482.87
LS- WORKERS WALK DOWN THE HUGE LIGHTED TUNNEL
WITH TRUCK TRAFFIC BEHIND.
00:56:16 1486.87
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 1523.87
MS- GIS PRAY IN A SMALL CHAPEL.
00:56:59 1529.87
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 1589.87
MS- MEN RELAX AND READ IN SPACIOUS QUARTERS (PAN)
00:58:58 1648.87
SLED DOG "MUCKLUCK" STRAINS AT HIS MASTERS HOLD
AS HE TRIES TO CHASE THE MEN LEAVING CAMP CENTURY
FOR HOME, MISSION COMPLETED.
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Year: 1961  Color: Black & White
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