Film

Polar Outpost

1957 · 15m · Documentary

IMDb

6.2

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.

• Jerome BrondfieldWriter
• Jay BonafieldProducer
• Jack DavisEditor

Release date

January 1, 1957

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

15m

Genres

Documentary