Polar Outpost (1957)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 15M

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Don Morrow
Don Morrow
Narrator - voice of Captain Crane (voice)
Robert Alexander
Robert Alexander
Himself
Richard Crane
Richard Crane
Himself
H.G. Ross
H.G. Ross
Himself
Nathan Twining
Nathan Twining
Himself
Stanley Wray
Stanley Wray
Himself

Crews

Jerome Brondfield
Jerome Brondfield
Writer
Jay Bonafield
Jay Bonafield
Producer
Jack Davis
Jack Davis
Editor
Bob Abrams
Bob Abrams
Visual Effects
Herman Fuchs
Herman Fuchs
Music Supervisor
Francis Woolley
Francis Woolley
Sound Recordist