Polar Outpost

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Documentary

Overview

This RKO-Pathe short film produced with the assistance of the United States Air Force is about the construction of the DEW Line, the Distant Early Warming System, a string of radar stations built across Alaska and the Canadian north as part of NORAD, the North American Air Defense Command. These are isolated outposts, many of which are only accessible by air. Buildings, roads and landing strips had to be built from scratch. There's a visit to Barrow Village, Alaska the most northern point of US territory.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: January 1, 1957
Original language: English
Spoken languages: English
Countries: United States of America
Production: RKO Pathé Pictures
Cast: H.G. Ross,Nathan Twining,Don Morrow,Richard Crane,Robert Alexander,Stanley Wray
Writer: Jerome Brondfield
Producer: Jay Bonafield
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0215062