Canal Zone in Panama. United States airman sits under a palm tree with a baby Boa Constrictor around his neck at Albrook Air Force Base. He plays with the baby Boa constrictor and puts it around his fore arm. Boa Constrictor with its fangs bore.
Canal Zone in Panama. United States Air Rescue Sikorsky H-5 helicopter prepares to take off at Albrook Air Force base in Canal Zone, Panama. Rotor blades of the helicopter rotate and it lifts off.
Canal Zone in Panama. United States Air Rescue SA-16 plane taxis along the runway at Albrook Air Force Base in Panama. Plane takes off with hills in the background.
'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.
United States aircraft lands at construction site of Camp Century in Greenland. Polar cabs also arrive and officers greet each other. Officers at a meeting discuss the plans for construction of the Camp. A senior officer presides over the meeting and an animation of the camp indicates communication trench, area for housing, support facilities. Officer smokes a cigar as he conducts the meeting.
United States Army engineers construct Camp Century in Greenland. A man gets a hair cut at the only barber's shop at the camp site. Snow milling machines cut nuclear trenches. Three machines being used for the purpose as two work from below and one above. Men put foundations inside the trench, men put overlapping steel arches to cover the trench. Men set up beams and frames. A man fits pipes in a tunnel, man works on sewerage line as he stands on a ladder. Insulation material wrapped onto the pipe lines. Men drill water from an underground hole. A man works on electrical heating system. A man gets out from an escape hatch to be used in case of a fire. Men enjoy skiing and other activities of recreation. A sled dog plays with a football in the snow.
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