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U.S. Army Airborne troops being transported by U.S. Air Force C-124 aircraft to Thule Greenland during Operation "Wind Chill" in 1954

Opening scenes show interior of a U.S. Air Force C-124 Globemaster aircraft, Model A, filled with U.S. Army Airborne troops seated in its cargo compartment. Closeup of one trooper reading a magazine. Closeup of two smiling for the camera. Views of troopers napping and reading. Troopers looking out a window. A trooper wearing life vest checking his rifle. Brief view of radio operator at his station in the aircraft. View from behind the flight engineer at his station as he makes engine adjustments. The pilot in left seat of the cockpit. Closeup of throttles and mixture controls in cockpit. Navigator looking over charts. View of cockpit from just behind it. Flight engineer, again, at controls. Aircraft radios. Navigator plotting course using Weems plotter. View of running engine from cockpit. View of number 4 engine from cockpit. Views of Greenland Icecap from cockpit. Extended aerial views of C-124 in flight. It has wingtip heaters but no radome in the nose. "Troop Carrier, United States Air Force" is painted on its fuselage. C-124 aircraft parked on the ramp at Thule Air Base, Greenland. One has tail number 1092. A C-124 taking off.

Date: 1954, March 17
Duration: 5 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022815
Crew and base personnel quarters at Thule Air Base, Greenland. Interior of a briefing room.

Snow falling on quarters at Thule Air Base, Greenland. Flags of Denmark and United States raised on flag poles. Interior of briefing room in Thule Air Base, crews in flight clothing.

Date: 1953, October
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032431
Convair B-36 Peacemaker takes off and Pilots relax in locker room at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland.

Convair B-36 Peacemaker in flight with Thule Air Force Base visible on ground. The Aircraft taxis out of hangar. Pilots seated inside locker room relax at Thule Air Force Base, Greenland.

Date: 1954, March 17
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022817
Crewmen prepare for NEAC (Northeast Air Command) Rocket Meet show at Thule Air Base, Greenland.

U.S. Air Force aircrews prepare for NEAC (Northeast Air Command) Rocket Meet show at Thule Air Base, Greenland. Airmen load 2.75 rockets into F-89D Scorpion wingtip firing pod. Pilot and crew members don helmets and board the aircraft. Aircraft F-89D Scorpion in flight. Aircraft lands at Thule Air Base.

Date: 1954
Duration: 3 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022828
549th AAA Battalion undergo Anti Aircraft Vigilance at Thule Air Base, Greenland.

Anti Aircraft Vigilance at Thule Air Base, Greenland. Sign under flag pole reads 'C Battery 549th AAA Battalion. Crew members run from barracks to gun emplacements, stacking 90mm shells. They load gun, fire 90mm gun at aerial tow target. 549th AAA Battalion clean gun named 'Thule Terror' after firing.

Date: 1954
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022833
Views of Thule Air Force Base in Greenland and interior of Convair B-36D.

Exterior of a building, sign on the building reads 'Thule Air Base, Greenland'. Views of Thule Air Base from South Mountain. Convair B-36D taxiing. Crew near the nose of the plane. Gunners scan skies through traversing sight. Interior of Convair B-36, flight engineer at his station with throttles and engine instruments visible. Interior of the radio operators station in Convair B-36. Radio operator sending a message by modulated carrier wave (morse code).

Date: 1953, October 26
Duration: 2 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032430