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Defense Early Warning radar sites (DEW Line), White Alice communications systems, and North American Air Defense (NORAD)

Aerial views of Dew Line air defense radar installations in the Northern part of North America. Ground views of a man dressed in furs riding a dog sled. View from the sled of the dog team pulling it. The man and dog team moving in the snow past black microwave antennas of the "White Alice" Alaskan Communications system. Aerial view of a White Alice complex containing huge red and white checkered microwave antennas. Oil tanks and other facilities at the site. Scene shifts to closeup of receiving and relaying antennas of the White Alice system. View of a Dew Line radar site. Narrator explains how the Dew Line stations work in concert with the White Alice system. Closeup of radar antenna rotating and fade to a radar screen where a target is being painted by a sweeping beam. Operator at the radar screen picks up phone to inform NORAD (North American Air Defense Command). View of the NORAD Headquarters Building at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado, with mountain in background and flags of the U.S. and Canada flying from flag poles in front of the building. View inside the command and control area of the headquarters. A large tracking board on which radar information is depicted. view of a radar station complex on land and one out at sea. A Lockheed EC-121 radar picket aircraft in flight and a radar picket ship at sea.

Location: North America
Date: 1959
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062845
The film 'Mountain Fighters' shows mountain troops arriving at Camp Hale in Colorado, United States (WW2)

The film "Mountain Fighters" shows Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center in Colorado, United States during World War II. Pan view of Camp Hale with snow covered surfaces around camp buildings. Mountain troops from different parts of the country march with skis on their shoulders. A board reads 'Headquarters Mountain Training Center'. A dramatization shows an officer conversing with a Norwegian American soldier telling him he'll soon have a chance to avenge his homeland against Nazi German occupiers. Mountain troops enter their dormitory barracks. An officer speaks to them. They joke about the recreational resort ski clothing brought by one of the soldiers. The troops discuss famous ski jumpers. The troops collect their equipment at a counter including backpack, warm clothing, snow shoes, ski poles and skis.

Location: Colorado United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064970
Mountain troops undergo basic training and learn to walk with skis at Camp Hale in Colorado, United States.

U.S. Army Mountain troops at Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center, in Colorado, United States during World War 2. The mountain troops march out on a snow covered surface. A dramatization shows troops conversing with each other. An officer speaks to a group of mountain troops. They learn to walk with skis. The mountain troops learn to march with skis. They learn techniques on short slopes. The officer demonstrates how to climb on a slope with skis. One of the mountain troops tries the technique himself. Officers converse with each other and check records of the mountain troops. The troops get ready for a ski test.

Location: Colorado United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 5 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064971
Mountain troops ski down a slope during a test at Camp Hale in Colorado, United States.

U.S. Army Mountain troops at Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center, in Colorado, United States, during World War 2. The mountain troops assemble for a ski test. An officer briefs the team. The mountain troops standing in a line wear their skis. They come down a slope and cross trees in between. One of the trooper falls in the end. Narrator describes their ski test and their skiing.

Location: Colorado United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064972
Mountain troops depart and board a train from Camp Hale in Colorado, United States (WW2)

Mountain troops at Camp Hale, United States Army Mountain Training Center in Colorado, United States. The mountain troops depart from Camp Hale bound for Europe in World War II. They board a passenger train powered by steam locomotive high in the Rocky Mountains. The train leaves the station. Snow covered mountains. The mountain troops in winter gear move with equipment on mules and ski on snow.

Location: Colorado United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064973
A dramatization shows U.S. mountain troops on skis battling and capturing "Nazi" troops in Colorado, United States.

Trained U.S. mountain troops in action in Colorado, United States. A dramatization shows two mountain troops looking through binoculars. They spot the Germans dismantling a gun. A troop informs an officer. A Nazi Battalion marching on a snow covered surface. United States mountain troops get into action. The two battalions fire at each other. U.S. troops get into a trench. Nazi troops fire at an American ski trooper coming down a slope. Snipers fire from behind trees. U.S. troops throw hand grenades. An explosion on a snow covered surface. U.S. troops capture German troops. The troops in winter gear climb uphill. (World War II period).

Location: Colorado United States USA
Date: 1943
Duration: 6 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064974
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