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Cast

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

Crew

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

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Polar Outpost

19570.0 / 1015 min
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.