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.
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.
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.
Major General David William Hutchison visits to present Legion of Merit award. Major General David William Hutchison disembarks from United States C-130A air plane. Officers follow him. He leaves flight line by staff car at Sondrestrom AB in Greenland. Control tower with sign "Sonderstrom 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.
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.