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A vapor container transported to a nuclear trench at Camp Century in Greenland.

United States Army engineers construct Camp Century in Greenland. Diesel tankers pulled by tractor trailers cross ice covered fields to Camp Century in Greenland. Tractors enter maintenance shop at the camp. At the maintenance shop men work on vehicles. The United States Marine Fiddler ship arrives at a port with supplies. A vapor container for the nuclear reactor placed on a tractor to be transported to the camp. Other supplies transported to the camp area. A flat bottomed sled carries vapor container, Colonel checks the loadings. At the camp men work on steel arches, unload supplies and reassemble them. Shipment boxes opened, a tractor moves into a tunnel. Vapor container moves in a steel beamed building as a tractor tows it from the front and the back.

Date: 1961
Duration: 5 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048581
Dispensary, kitchen and quarters at Camp Century in Greenland.

United States Army engineers construct Camp Century in Greenland. A doctor examines a patient at a dispensary in Camp Century, Greenland. A man in a lab looks through a microscope. A priest conducts a service at a chapel as men offer prayers. A man checks food boxes at a deep freeze. Food blended, baked at a kitchen and men eat their meals. A man enters a quarter. Men read magazines, rest and smoke in their quarters. Scientists from Polar research and development program board a vehicle. A man with a sled dog waves as the vehicle pulls away.

Date: 1961
Duration: 3 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048583
The SA-16 Albatross aircraft stationed near the base operations building at the Thule Air Base in Greenland.

The exercise wind chill at Thule Air Base in Greenland. The board on the building reads 'Thule Air Base Greenland Base Operations'. View of the base operations building. The United States Air Force SA-16 Albatross aircraft stationed on the air base.

Date: 1954, March 19
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675067104
Eva Braun and family go ashore and visit glaciers in Greenland during a cruise in the Arctic.

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler's companion Eva Braun and her family visiting Iceland and GreenlandĀ“s east coast. Their Cruise Ship in a bay off east Greenland. A view of snow covered mountains. Eva Braun with a dog at the coast. Glaciers flowing down to the shore. The Captain of the ship walking across rocky shore, carrying a bugle to alert passengers when it is time to return to the ship. View of the open sea and sky at evening from a ship. Ice floes on the surface of the sea.

Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675077798
Thule Air Base, Greenland

Sign 'Thule Air Base, Greenland, Base Operations' can be seen. Views of Thule Air Base, the northern most USAF (United States Air Force) base in Greenland. Base surrounded by high hills. Some snow on the ground. Aircrews inside a building doing flight planning. Navigators and pilots using E6B flight computers, and referring to fuel consumption tables. Crew members computing weight and balance with slide rules.

Date: 1953, October
Duration: 1 min 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032427
Surrounding terrain of Thule Air Force Base, Greenland.

Surrounding area of Thule Air Force Base, Greenland. View of the bay at end of runway and Saunder's Island. Row boat and 1870 type coastal defense guns in ice covered harbor area. A frozen bay and ice bound fishing boat in background. Single unit housing area, husky and spitz dogs tied near housing area. Icebergs around harbor area of Thule Air Base, Greenland.

Date: 1953, October 23
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032435