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Man carrying 5 Gallon Can walks out of igloo and breaks ice in bucket in Sierra, Greenland.

View of Radar Antenna in Sierra, Greenland. Sign board reads 'Sierra Greenland Army Weather, Upper Air Installation'. Man carrying 5 Gallon Can walks out of igloo. He breaks ice in bucket using shovel.

Date: 1954, July 1
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675022801
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
Oil drilling carried on by United States Corps of Engineers in Greenland

United States Corps of Engineers conduct research and development activities at Camp Tuto in Greenland. Men of United States Corps of Engineers around oil drill in Greenland. The drill casing taken off. Drill turns as a lubricant gushes up. Top of drive shaft as it turns. Drill spins oil through straining trough. Drill being brought out of the hole.

Date: 1957, April
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048554
Caterpillar loaded with wanigans in Greenland

United States Corps of Engineers conduct research and development activities at Camp Tuto in Greenland. Snow capped area in Greenland as wind blows snow over ice. A convoy of caterpillar snow train tracked vehicles underway. Caterpillar snow train consisting of wanigans on sled runners moves across followed by another snow train

Date: 1957, May 8
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048556
An Eskimo hunting party in Greenland

United States Corps of Engineers conduct research and development activities at Camp Tuto in Greenland. An Eskimo or Inuit hunting party from New Thule near Camp Tuto in Greenland. Women smile as sled dogs relax in a snow covered field.

Date: 1957, May 12
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675048557
Setting up of Camp Century by United States Army engineers in Greenland.

'The story of camp Century: The city under ice' Location of Camp Century on a map of Greenland. Distance of the camp from North Pole. United States Army engineers arrive in Greenland in 1959 to set up Camp Century. Officers survey the snow covered area Engineer looks through leveling instrument. A scale shows the thickness of snow on the ground. Men erect flags to demarcate the boundary for Camp Century. Convoy of sleds carrying construction, food and other supplies arrives, cranes unload supply boxes. Wanigans also bring in supply boxes. Men with sled dogs on their backs enter wanigans and a caterpillar tractor pulls a series of wanigans. Men board polar cabs. Light aircraft lifts off. A cook in a kitchen inside a vehicle cuts meat. Soldiers being served food, men sleep in navy bunks. A convoy on the move.

Date: 1961
Duration: 6 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048577