1955- 1957ca. - Color: Arctic Dew Line Construction
Man starting U-1A Otter ski-plane on snow, taxiing. Prefab module on sled; in Quonset hut storage & doors closed. Men working moving & placing on foundations w/ bulldozer. CU POW 1, Bldg 2. Large module lowered by crane onto sled & pulled off by bulldozer.
10:18:15 Cats pulling trains of sledges across ice or snow for Dew Line Radar Installations.
10:19:49 MCU of steam hole drilled in permafrost. Man walks in mud & water; steam.
10:19:55 Crane lifting module onto sled. High angle of rows of modules in storage area.
10:21:06 Steam holes being drilled by men in parkas w/ crane behind them; hose & pumps spraying steam, lowering nozzle thru ice.
10:21:49 LS of C-124s & C-119s parked on ramp. Shots of crane prepared & loaded on C-124 thru nose. Men prepare ramps & crane backs up. Ramps folded up into plane & nose doors closed.
10:23:09 Four-engine C124 taxiing & taking off.
10:23:27 Nose of C-124 opened, ramps lowered & crane unloading. Sleds for trains parked; bulldozer pulling past. Men beside modules. Sleds of materials parked.
10:24:27 Frogmen in water beside LSTs (?). Swimming w/ ice pack seen. Pan over large Dew Line site w/ pickup trucks, gasoline storage tanks, trees behind. Man painting module. Mountains in distance.
10:25:43 Large antenna structure & pan to equipment. Jeep moving. High angle from tower of buildings. Pan across. Aerial showing installation; ocean or bay w/ ice cover. Pan over radar dish & antennas, support buildings.
10:27:08 MCU man wiring electronic equipment in Western Electric Company factory, soldering connections. Woman installing wires & soldering on patch bay panel (?). Large electronic racks being wired & tested. Man crating & moving electronic racks.
10:28:14 MCU moving prefab module onto foundation.
Cold War; Building Defense Installation; Arctic; Alaska; 1955 - 1957; Cold Weather; U1A; C119;
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1955- 1957ca. - Color: Arctic Dew Line Construction Man starting U-1A Otter ski-plane on snow, taxiing. Prefab module on sled; in Quonset hut storage & doors closed. Men working moving & placing on foundations w/ bulldozer. CU POW 1, Bldg 2. Large module lowered by crane onto sled & pulled off by bulldozer. 10:18:15 Cats pulling trains of sledges across ice or snow for Dew Line Radar Installations. 10:19:49 MCU of steam hole drilled in permafrost. Man walks in mud & water; steam. 10:19:55 Crane lifting module onto sled. High angle of rows of modules in storage area. 10:21:06 Steam holes being drilled by men in parkas w/ crane behind them; hose & pumps spraying steam, lowering nozzle thru ice. 10:21:49 LS of C-124s & C-119s parked on ramp. Shots of crane prepared & loaded on C-124 thru nose. Men prepare ramps & crane backs up. Ramps folded up into plane & nose doors closed. 10:23:09 Four-engine C124 taxiing & taking off. 10:23:27 Nose of C-124 opened, ramps lowered & crane unloading. Sleds for trains parked; bulldozer pulling past. Men beside modules. Sleds of materials parked. 10:24:27 Frogmen in water beside LSTs (?). Swimming w/ ice pack seen. Pan over large Dew Line site w/ pickup trucks, gasoline storage tanks, trees behind. Man painting module. Mountains in distance. 10:25:43 Large antenna structure & pan to equipment. Jeep moving. High angle from tower of buildings. Pan across. Aerial showing installation; ocean or bay w/ ice cover. Pan over radar dish & antennas, support buildings. 10:27:08 MCU man wiring electronic equipment in Western Electric Company factory, soldering connections. Woman installing wires & soldering on patch bay panel (?). Large electronic racks being wired & tested. Man crating & moving electronic racks. 10:28:14 MCU moving prefab module onto foundation. Cold War; Building Defense Installation; Arctic; Alaska; 1955 - 1957; Cold Weather; U1A; C119;