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Polar Outpost (1957)

Name: Polar Outpost
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1957
Duration: 15 min

Documentary · 15m

This RKO-Pathe short film produced with the assistance of the United States Air Force is about the construction of the DEW Line, the Distant Early Warming System, a string of radar stations built across Alaska and the Canadian north as part of NORAD, the North American Air Defense Command. These are isolated outposts, many of which are only accessible by air. Buildings, roads and landing strips had to be built from scratch. There's a visit to Barrow Village, Alaska the most northern point of US territory.

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Cast

Don Morrow Narrator - voice of Captain Crane (voice)

Robert Alexander Himself

Richard Crane Himself

H.G. Ross Himself

Nathan Twining Himself

Stanley Wray Himself

Crew

Writer: Jerome Brondfield
Editor: Jack Davis
Producer: Jay Bonafield

Details

Release date: 1957-01-01
Runtime: 15m
Genres: Documentary
Original language: EN
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: RKO Pathé Pictures