PROJECT ICE SKATE, IGY Reel 1 · Part 2

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Summary: Film covers a group of American scientists and airmen on Station A -- a floating ice cake about 600 miles from Point Barrow. Included are scenes of the studies conducted on meteorology, oceanography, marine life, cosmic radiation, seismology, and graviatianai forces. (Photo'd by 1364th Photo Flight). Reel 1: MS right wing of C-47 flying over ice and snow -- sun is covered by haze and fog. 34') SLATE: 29 MARCH 1957. CAMERAMAN: ALMGREN. 48') MS C-47 parked inside hangar -- snow on apron. 65') Series of scenes of C-47, with skis, being pushed out of the hangar by a weasel tractor -- aircraft engine starting. 126') SLATE: 27 MARCH 1957. CAMERAMAN: ALMGREN. 132') Series of INT views of aircraft in flight -- shows the magnetic compas and airspeed indicator over the shoulder of the navigator plotting the course. Navigator shooting sun -- shows fuel pressure gauge and altimeter. 228') SLATE: 27 MARCH 1957. CAMERAMAN: ALMGREN. 236') CU INT C-47 in flight -- airmen and civilian sitting on top of the cargo barrels. 256') Series at shots of an airman using fuel gauge to measure gasoline in a drum -- pilot and copilot in the C-47 cockpit. 328') SLATE: 27 MARCH 1957. CAMERAMAN: ALMGREN. 336') Series of shots of airman, wearing a revolver, placing hand fuel pump in 55 gallon gasoline drum -- fuel is pumped from upright drum through filter into another drum and is measured with a stick 428') SLATE: 27 MARCH 1957. 432') Several views of a C-47 parked on Station A. Mr. Fritz Awe, Maj. J. Freeman, and a crewman drill through ice to check its depth. 466') CU Mr. Fritz Awe, Special Arctic Consultant to AF. 480') CU Maj. Richard Freeman Commander, Station A. 491') AMS to LS ice and snow below the aircraft. 548') Total footage in reel. Reel 2: Series of shots of cargo being loaded on C-l24 through elevator hatch. 78') Series of shots of civilian and airman drilling in the ice to check its thickness -- three men pull sled across snow. 106') MS lock being placed in vertical stabilizer of C-47 parked in the snow -- two airmen dressed in arctic weather jackets, are talking in front of aircraft. 171') Series of shots of civilian and airmen shoveling snow for the site of the first Jamesway hut. 192') CU Maj. Freeman sawing snow blocks. 204') Series of shots of Mr. Fritz Awe and two other civilians shoveling snow. 222') CU Mr. Louis Reich, a construction worker, who is wearing a beard. 236') MS Mr. Fritz Awe and Maj. Freeman shoveling snow. 251') MS unassembled Jamesway hut lying on the snow -- workmen are carring parts in fg. 272') MS U.S. flag flying from a flagpole beside a wooden building at Point Barrow -- weasel pulling sled to the right on the street. 299') CU of a sign: US AF DEFENSE PROJECT 572, POINT BARROW, ALASKA. PRIME CONTRACTOR: WESTERN ELECTRIC CO. INC; SUBCONTRACTOR: PUGET SOUND AND DRAKE, SEATTLE. LONGITUDE 71 DEGREES 20 MINUTES NORTH, ELEVATION 9 FEET, LONGIITUDE 156 DEGREES 39 MINUTES WEST. 307') CU US flag flying from flagpole at Point Barrow. 315') Series of shots of AF personnel walking out door of unmarked wooden building -- the Post Office at Point Barrow. 350') MS right FV Quonset hut with a barber pole at Point Barrow. 36l') CU sign: PHOTO DARK ROOM POLAR SHUTTER BUGS -- pan right to a sign on the Quonset hut: THE TOP OF THE WORLD BARBER SHOP. 374') MS fork lift pushing Army weasel tractor, fastened to a sled, under the elevator hatch of C-l24. 399') LS cameramen spread out over the field -- scene is framed by a mat. 408') MS Army weasel hoisted through elevator hatch of C-l24. 430') MS welder cutting off part of the caterpillar platform so it will fit into C-l24. 449') MS FV of O-10A fire truck -- scene is framed by a mat. 461') CU to MS welding torch cutting platform off caterpillar -- scene is framed by a mat. 480') SLATE: 13 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 483') Series of shots of cargo being unloaded from two C-47's at Station A -- aircraft engines starting for takeoff. 670') Camera runoff. 675') Series of shots of airman pumping gasoline from 35-gallon drum into main fuel tank of C-47 parked at Station A. 773') Total footage in reel. Reel 3: No good -- too dark. 43') MS right engines of C-l24 in flight. 81') MS INT C-124 in flight, showing a weasel and cargo. 98') SLATE: 16 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: JENKINS. LADD AIR FORCE BASE. 103') Series of shots INT of warehouse at Ladd AFB, two sergeants sweeping floor -- forklift moves boxes on a pallet. 199') SLATE: 16 APRIL 1957 CAMERAMAN: JENKINS. LADD AIR FORCE BASE. 203') MS. Sgt. Goguen, communications technician, stacking dog roof. 236') MS Sgt. Pierce and an airman putting wiping rags in a burlap bag. 271') Series of shots of AF sergeants checking, crating, and weighing supplies. 365') SLATE: 16 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: JENKINS. LADD AIR FORCE BASE. 373') MS weasel on a tractor trailer -- buildings in bg. 397') MS weasel being lifted by truck mounted crane. 430') MS caterpillar blades on tractor trailer being placed beside C-l24. 475') AMS C-124 dropping weasel over Station A (scene is cut off). 481') Blank footage. 485') AMS caterpillar blade is dropped out of C-124. 490') Blank footage. 498') MS airman on floor of C-124 near elevator hatch, watching equipment parachute to ice and snow below. 502') Series of AV's down C-124 elevator hatch to ice and snow -- Jamesway hut and parachutes on the ground below. 531') Series of AV's through window of C-124 to Jamesway hut and men below, left wing tank of the C-124 in the fg. 550') Blank footage. 552') AMS top left SV of C-124 aircraft flying over ice and snow. 580') CU and MS of a sergeant walking toward and entering tent, C-47 in the bg. 608') MS pan right to general area around temporary tent, C-47 in bg. 641') Series of shots of Maj. Freeman and two civilians as they use brace and long hollow bits, to drill a hole in the ice. 680') SLATE: 16 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: JENKINS. LADD AIR FORCE BASE. 682') Series of shots pan to right, two C-l24's landing one after the other. 725') Series of shots of C-l24 parking on ramp. 758') Series of shots of C-124 flying overhead, dropping supplies by parachute in fog or haze. 811') LS C-l24 flying overhead, dropping supplies from elevator hatch -- camera pans down to steel bits as they hit the snow and the parachutes collapse. 858') Total footage in reel. Reel 4: 32') Series of shots of C-47, with skis, landing on the snow and taxiing -- crewman opens the door and another crewman places stablizer locks in place. 136') Series of shots of the caterpillar carried to the platform on a tractor trailer -- crane hook being lowered to lift the caterpillar off the trailer. 184') CU to MS caterpillar on a platform being lifted from trailer and placed on the ground. 219') Series of shots of three airmen attaching heaters to engine of C-47 parked on the snow at Station A. 322') SLATE 16 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: PIERCE. 328') CU Lt. Col. Stromquist, who will be the second Ice Skate Commander. 344') Series of shots of C-54 in flight. 444') LS two C-l24's fly over and out of top of frame, four parachutes descending to ground, with cargo. Camera pans with bulldozer until it hits snow and the parachute automatically unhooks. 513') LS parachute, with cargo, hitting the snow. 533') AV high angle, ice breaking up on ocean. 618') SLATE: 11 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 624') LS pan left to C-47 approaching for landing at Station A. 659') MS FV C-47 landing on the snow at Station A. 708') Total footage in reel. Reel 5: Series of shots low angle of two C-124's flying over Station A, dropping supplies by parachute. 94') AV high angle, C-l24's flying over snow. 120') Series of shots of men unloading C-47 at Station A. 178') Series of shots of C-47 in flight over the snow, photographed from another C-47 in flight. 28l') MS's two C-47's, parked on the snow at Station A, being unloaded. 304') LS to ELS C-54 circling over C-47 parked on the ground. 339') MS to CU pan left as C-47, with skis, moves in behind another C-47 and stops -- camera pans to a CU of the second C-47. 367') LS left RV C-47 in flight. 383') SLATE: No Good, out of focus. 389') Series of shots of caterpiller tractor, fitted with a crane boom, lifting crated supplies from the truck -- C-47 in bg. 488') SLATE: 15 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 495') Series of shots of two men placing runway flags in the snow. 586') Series of shots of five airmen covering the C-47 sngines with tarpaulins at Station A. 689') SLATE: CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 693') MS to CU C-47 being loaded with sections of Jamesway hut. 719') Series of shots of loading supplies onto a C-47, using a caterpillar fitted with fork-lift -- SA-16 in bg. 795') SLATE: 16 APRIL. CAMERAMAN: JENKINS. LADD AIR FORCE BASE. 799') Series of shots of Lt. Col. Stromquist and Sgt. Settles looking over Materials to be moved to Station A. 847') Series of shots of a sergeant washing the caterpillar bulldozer cab, using a hose. 866') Series of shots taken from inside the cab of the caterpillar bulldozer as sergeant sprays the glass with a hose. 893') Total footage in reel. Reel 6: MS C-47, with skis, being pushed out of the hangar by a weasel onto a snow-covered ramp. 48') Series of shots or airmen and civilians loading supplies for Station A on a truck. 96') Camera runoff. 100') SLATE: No good -- out of focus. 106') Series of shots of caterpillar fork lift hauling boxes to C-47, airman placing cargo inside the aircraft. 205') SLATE: 16 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 213') Series of shots of Maj. Freeman, Mr. Fritz Awe, and civilian construction crew putting prefabricated Jamesway floor sections in place, fitting canvas on the hut, pushing and pulling compressed gas bottles on sled over the snow, and a LS of completed Jamesway hut. 306') Series of ALS's & ELS's of a C-47 in flight. 404') SLATE: No good -- out of focus. 408') CU & ECU of the wheel of a C- l24 moving slowly on the concrete runway. 427') MS large tug pushing C-124 backwards. 437') MS AF officer seated on the caterpillar platform waving his arms for a tug to push the C-l24 back toward the caterpillar. 451') MS under tail of C-124 as aircraft is pushed over the caterpillar for loading in the elevator hatch. 463') CU low angle, elevator cargo hatch of the C-l24. 481') Camera runoff. 483') ECU right SV of the caterpillar bulldozer rigged for paradrop. 510') MS pan right, C-47 just before takeoff -- AF and civilian personnel in the fg. 576') LS pan left to C-47 in flight. 585') LS runway marked with 55 gallon drums at Station A. 603') MS to CU four airmen pumping gasoline from drum into C-47 tank. 648') MS airman, under the nose of C- 47, pumping gasoline into tanks -- camera pans left as another airman drags cargo net across snow at Station A. 666') CU pan left as airman climbs off left wing of C-47. 683') MS airman rolling empty 55 gallon drum across the snow. 698') MCU left FV C-47 with engines running. 706') SLATE: CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 709') Series of AV's of the snow. 740') ELS pan left, C-47 in flight. 790') ALS of the snow below. 805') SLATE: 16 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 809') LS pan to the left, C-47 in flight. 818') LS pan left C-47 approaching and landing on the snow. 866') MS right SV C-47 taxiing. 910') Total footage in reel. Reel 7: Series of shots of the radio operator using telegraph keys inside SC-54 (very dark). 106') Series of shots of navigator working on charts and looking out window of SC-54 (very dark). 258') MCU maps laying between the pilot and copilot in the SC-54 -- camera pans up to copilot and left to the pilot. 348') MCU pilot and copilot seated in cockpit of SC-54, talking and pointing to the map. 438') CU pilot seated in cockpit of the SC-54. 530') CU of the copilot in the cockpit of the SC-54, talking into headset. 639') Total footage in reel. Reel 8: ALS frozen tundra in the Brooks Range. 16') ALS ice field near the North Pole. 68') ALS six fuel storage tanks and buildings covered with snow. 104') SLATE: No good -- too dark. 106') Series of ALS's of snow-covered mountains and valleys. 209') ALS high angle, C-47 flying over the ice field. 286') ALS high angle, C-47 flying over snow and ice. 114') SLATE: Schwab, 23 MARCH 1957. 323') MS to LS right outboard engine of the SC-54 -- camera pans right and down to snow covered ground below. 373') MS RV right inboard engine and right side fuselage of SC-54 in flight over the snow covered mountains -- taken from side blister. 421') SLATE: 2 MARCH 1957. CAMERAMAN: JENKINS. 426') MS to CU Maj. Gen. J. H. Davies, AAC Commander, climbs down ladder of the SA-16 and walks to a civilian standing on the left side of the aircraft. 431') Series of CU's of Maj. Gen. Davies talking with civilians, standing beside SA-16 parked on the runway. 454') MS FV C-47 taxiing on the snow at Point Barrow. 464') MCU crew departing from C-47. 471') MCU Mr. Awe climbs down from the C-47, carrying a case. 480') CU Maj. Freeman talks with Mr. Fritz Awe in front of the C-47, both are wearing arctic coats. 500') SLATE: 3 MARCH 1957. CAMERMAN: SCHWAB. 504') CU navigator shooting the sun with sextant, through astradome of SC-54. 568') CU pilot at controls of SC-54. 604') Several ALS's of trails in the snow. 641') ALS over the ice fields. 706') Total footage in reel. Reel 9: ALS snow-covered barren land. 8') Blank footage. 10') Series of ALS's through the winshield of an SC-54 showing the pressure ridges and cracks in the ice field below. 128') SLATE: 23 MARCH 1957. CAMERAMAN: SCHWAB. 138') Series of ALS's of large cracks in the ice field. 215') Two SC-54 engines running -- seen through the round window of the aircraft. 235') ALS pan right to snow, water, and thin ice surrounding Point Barrow. 340') ALS high angle C-47 approaching and landing on runway at Point Barrow. 439') ALS Point Barrow from C-54 in steep left bank, showing left wing and outboard engine. 444') MS left FV, SA-16 with heavy exhaust coming from engine. 457') Series of shots pan left, right FV of C-47 taxiing for takeoff. 503') Blank footage. 506') MS pan right, SA-16 taking off. 526') SLATE: CAMERAMAN: JENKINS. 543') CU RV INT SC-54 observer looking through binoculars, out observation bubble. 592') NS pararescue medic, wearing parapack, sits beside observation bubble in SC-54, looking at map and then out of the bubble. 642') SLATE: No good -- too dark. 645') ALS of the cracked and broken ice fields. 665') No good -- out of focus. 705') MS pilot at the controls of the SC-54. 748') Total footage in reel. Reel 10: ALS high angle, C-l24 in flight. 27') MS RV airman checking instrument panel on an auxiliary power unit in front of a C-124. 78') MS airman and sergeant making a post-flight inspection on C-l24 engine. 104') SLATE: 21 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: PIERCE. 108') Series of shots framed by a mat, of airman painting a 55 gallon drum with a spray gun suspended by a truck crane. 17l') MS tractor trailer fuel truck near a C-124 parked on the ramp. 190') MS framed by a mat, fuel truck backing to C-124. 204') Series of shots parapacks moved inside C-l24 with a hoist on overhead track. Sergeant is controlling hoist. 261') SLATE: 23 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: PIERCE. 278') Series of shots of tug picking up unassembled Jamesway hut and moving it under the C-l24 where it is hoisted into the elevator hatch. 374') MS air-dropped cargo moved by truck crane along the street. 404') Several shots of air-dropped cargo moved under the C-124 at Ladd AFB. 471') SLATE: 22 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: PIERCE. 479') Series of shots of Lt. Col. Stromquist logistic and second Station A Commander, sitting at his desk at Ladd AFB, smoking a cigar, answering the phone and writing. 533') CU sign: LADD AFB, AMERICA'S FARTHEST NORTR AIR BASE. 552') SLATE: 18 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: PIERCE. 567') Total footage in reel. Reel 11: SLATE: No good -- camera runoff. 17') MS Sgt. Settles writing, ICE SKATE, on a stack of boxes at Ladd AFB. 80') MS timbers lifted by fork lift and stacked by two airmen, at Ladd AFB. 100') SLATE: 18 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: PIERCE. 107') Series of shots of sergeant checking materials inside the hangar at Ladd AFB. 159') Series of shots of cargo being loaded from a pick-up truck into a C-47. 206') SLATE: 23 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: PIERCE. 215') MS INT C-l24, airman tying down boxes of cargo. 243') Series of shots of framework for Jamesway huts being loaded through the elevator hatch of the C-124. 310') SLATE: 22 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: PIERCE. 329') Series of shots of fork lift picking up Jamesway floor sections and setting them on parachute rigging -- rigging crew fasten straps of parachute around the cargo. 413') Series or shots of Sgt. Settles carrying bag and parka -- another sergeant pushes baggage cart to C-47 and Sgt. Settles throws parka inside aircraft. 449') CU of or C-47 left engine starting -- fire guard in the fg. 466') MS, framed by a mat, C-47 taxiing an the taxi strip. 498') SLATE: 26 APRIL 1957. CAMERAMAN: PIERCE. 520') Series or INT shots at Sgt. Settles packing personal belongings. 613') Total footage in reel. Reel 12: Several shots of a weasel driving down the ramp from the C- 124 at Station A. 55') Series of shots of the C-l24 starting engines and taking off. 102') SLATE: 22 MAY 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 106') Series of shots of a D-4 and D-6 caterpillar tractor clearing snow at Station A. 206') CU road grader with engine covered seen from inside grader cabin. 217') MS right FV road grader parked at Station A -- Mr. Fritz Awe talking to the driver. 24l') CU driver of the road grader as he leans over and talks. 264') MS road grader piling snow at Station A -- camera pans right with grader operator and another man walking over snow, away from the grader. 292') SLATE: 22 MAY 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 295') Series at INT and EXT shots of the road grader leveling snow for a runway at Station A. 383') Series of shots of C-124 being unloaded at Station A -- Maj. Freeman counting 55 galion drums. 485') Series of shots of passengers walking to C-54 -- Maj. Gen. Davies talking with Maj. Freeman in front of C-54. 509') Several shots of Maj. Gen. Davies talking with Maj. Freeman. 547') Several shots of C-54 starting engines, taking off, and flying over. 579') Series of shots of C-124 being unloaded -- cargo is stacked on a sled attached to a caterpillar. 680') Series of shots of C-124 starting engines, taxiing, taking off, and flying overhead. 812') LS to CU C-124 approaching and landing at Station A. 861') Total footage in reel. Reel 13: Series of shots of C-124 taking off and flying over Station A. 85') CU Maj. Kenneth Cairns standing beside the runway, holding a portable transmitter and receiver. 98') Series of shots of C-124 approaching and landing -- 55 gallon drums are rolled down the ramp from the C-124. 187') Total footage in reel. Reel 14: Series of shots of C-124 cargo being unloaded through the elevator at Station A. 315') SLATE: 26 MAY 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 319') Series of shots of caterpillar tractors pulling sleds loaded with crates at Station A. 418') Series of INT shots of C-124 -- airmen unloading crates at Station A. 510') Series of shots of sleds being unloaded by hand -- camera pans left through storage area to C-l24 takeoff. 614') Series of shots showing ice and snow covered with canvas -- engine heaters are used to melt the snow for a smooth foundatian for the Jamesway hut. 715') Series of shots of materials being unloaded through the clamshell doors of the C-124 onto a sled at Station A. 816') Series at shots of C-124 taxiing trom behind Jamesway hut, taking off and flying past US Flag in the bg. 919') SLATE: 26 MAY 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 92l') MS two civilian construction men pull back canvas cover to see if the ice is melted. 1019') Total toatage in reel. Reel 15: MS Maj. Freeman drilling a hole in the ice -- airmen watching. 18') Blank footage. 57') Series of shots of Maj. Freeman and airmen drilling hole in ice. 100') Series of shots of Dr. Norbert Untersteiner drilling a hole in the ice and installing radiation instruments. 176') Series of shots of Dr. Untersteiner and his assistant, Arnold Hanson, checking water level instruments. 196') CU Steven's recorder. 203') MS Arnold Hanson at the anemometer. 274') Several shots of Maj. Freeman and an airman standing near a place in the runway where water drains off. 305') SLATE: 20 JUNE 1957. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 308') Series of shots of C-47 landing, taxiing, and taking off at Station A. 410') CU Dr. Untersteiner opens radiations recorder as Arnold Hanson adjusts the machine. 427') MS Lt. Thomas English looking at water samples under a microscope and writing findings in a book. 514') SLATE: 24 JUNE. CAMERAMAN: MAYER. 515') Series of shots of Lt. English taking water, for research purposes, from a hole cut through the ice. 618') Series of shots of Maj. Freeman and two airmen using a pump to drain water from hole in which a drill is frozen. 652') Series of shots of Dr. Untersteiner and Arnold Hanson working on radiation instruments. 700') Dr. Untersteiner checks radiation instruments. 719') Dr. Untersteiner gets up from desk and walks to other end of the Jamesway hut. 737') Dr Untersteiner checks record book. 751') CU wind profile register. 759') Series of shots of Dr. Untersteiner and Arnold Hanson taking reading from potentiometer which shows temperature of ice and water. 794') MS Arnold Hanson marks on chart of radiation recorder. 813') CU radiation recorder in operation. 823') Total footage in reel. Reel l6: SLATE: M. MAYER. 9 JANUARY. 2') CU Lt. Thomas S. English using a wrench on an instrument. 12') Series of CU's of Airman Gerald Fox smoking a cigarette, Sgt. George Redmond, Maj. Richard Freeman, Mr. Michael Swiercz, field engineer, Father Thomas Cunningham, chaplain at Station A, Sgt. William S. Settles, radio operator, and Sgt. Emile Goguen, radio maintenance technician. 107') Series of LS's of airman digging in the ice and another airmen dipping water from hole in ice, using a bucket. 157') Series of CU's Airmen J. T. Padier heavy equipment mechanic, Airmen Jack Richmond, the cook, and Airman Jerald Brunk, mechanic. 202') SLATE: 9 JUNE. 211') Series of LS's of men getting ready to drill a large hole in the ice below the snow, with a power drill. 267') MCU man holding onto drill -- Lt. English in bg. 279') SLATE: M. MAYER. 9 JUNE. 287') LS area where men are digging hole in the ice. 296') MS Maj. Freeman, Camp Commander, looking into the hole. 310') Series of shots of Lt. English working in the bottom of the hole. 340') MS Lt. English fastening bucket of ice to line -- airmen pulling bucket up. 354') MS Lt. English working in the hole, in five inches of water. 39l') Total footage in reel. Reel 17: Series of shots of Nr. Robert Stuwe taking weather reading outside and temperature from inside. 27') CU Mr. Robert Stuwe. 36') LS US flag in front of the mess hall. 45') Blank footage. 51') CU Sgt. Emile Goguen and Mr. Michael Swiercz looking up at US flag -- camera pans left to CU of the flag. 69') Series of shots of caterpillar at work during a snow storm. 104') LS RV men walking on Station A. 117') CU Sgt. James Pierce, cook. 134') LS weasel pulling sled, loaded with fuel cans, up to a row of fuel cans. 142') Series of shots of men rolling barrels up ramp to be stacked on 8" x 8" beams. 206') SLATE: M. MAYER. 16 JUNE. 209') Series of shots of men loading oil drums onto the weasel -- weasel pulling off to the left. 261') CU men stacking drums. 270') SLATE: M. MAYER. 15 JUNE. 271') LS FV three men walking out to check open lead. 283') FV same as above. 296') Series of shots of Lt. English and Father Cunningham checking thickness of ice at the end of the lead. 343') LS 3/4 FV men climbing up the ridge. 366') LS RV men going down other side of ridge. 373') SLATE: M. MAYER. 17 JUNE. 375') Series of shots of men lifting sections of radome onto the platform -- electrical technician bolts them together. 478') Series of LS's RV Lt. English, Father Cunningham, and Nr. Hunkins standing on ridge, looking out at the water. 505') CU RV Mr. Hunkins, geophysicist, on the ridge, dipping an apparatus in the water. 517') Pan shot of lead and pressure ridges. 539') MS men looking at the high ridge. 556') CU high ridge. 563') LS pan left of the ridges. 574') SLATE: M. MAYER. 19 JUNE. 575') MS & CU Father Cunningham, chaplain, and Sgt. Emile Goguen officiating at mass in Jamesway hut. 649') MS pan left, congregation in the Jamesway hut. 668') CU Sgt. George Redmand and Mr. Michael Swiercz. 673') CU Sgt. Emile Goguen. 677') Total footage in reel. Reel 18: SLATE: M. MAYER. l0 JULY. l') Series of shots of Karl Staack transferring gas from hydrogen generator to tank, cleaning generator, and refilling it. 103') Series of shots of Sgt. Goguen working on, and then transmitting over a UHF radio. 20l') LS supplies dropping from C-l in flight. 2l3') Series of shots of man putting food supplies on a sled. 305') Series of shots of Sgt. Goguen and Mr. Swiercz working the beacon tower. 406') Series of shots of Mr. Robert Stuwe writing on plotting board, information from the recorder. 502') Series of shots of men eating in the mess hall. 548') SLATE: M. MAYER. 2 JULY. 550') Series of shots of Mr. Karl Staack inflating weather balloon -- Mr. Arnold Deutscher helping. 651') Series of shots of Mr. Karl Hunkins using a magnetic variometer and theodolite to determine the stations navigational position. 692') Series of MS's Mr. Staak and Mr. Arnold Deutscher working on weather balloon. 701') Series of shots of Mr. Hunkins taking daily gravity meter reading -- he also takes film from seismograph camera recorder into lab to be developed. 804') Series of shots of Mr. Hunkins seated at table, figuring location, then rising and checking map on the wall. Mr. Arnold Hanson watches while Mr. Hunkins puts gravity meter in position on the floor. 903') Total footage in reel. Reel 19: SLATE: M. MAYER. 13 JULY. 3') Series of shots of Mr. Maurice Davidson talking over the radio and receiving instructions on placing the instruments which will pick up shock waves during ocean sounding. 38') Series of shots of Mr. Davidson putting caps in dynamite to be used to make an ocean sounding. 93') LS pan right, Station A. 137') LS Sgt. Goguen on homing beacon tower before it is raised. 152') LS Sgt. Goguen cranking tower up. 184') Views of Sgt. Goguen looking up at the tower. 204') Several LS of the tower -- camera pans from one tower to another. 260') LS Station A from a moving weasel. 301') Series of views of mess hall -- Sgt. Price preparing dinner, men drinking coffee and returning dishes after eating. 402') Series of different views of Station A. 5O6') LS Sgt. Price in mess hall, preparing dinner -- men drinking coffee. 609') LS weather building at Station A. 713') Several LS's FV Ken Hunkins opening tiltmeter box lid, checking meter, walking over to theodolite and checking to get stations and navigational position, then walking over to and entering the lab. 920') Total footage in reel. Reel 20: Series of views of airmen giving Mr. Clovis Roberts a haircut. 57') Series of shots of airmen entering his quarters, sitting down on his bunk, and reading a magazine. 103') MS weasel pulling sled loaded with food supplies. 110') Several views of men unloading supplies from sled at warehouse. 141') Series of shots of men loading supplies on sled at drop area. 185') SLATE: M. MAYER. 188') Series of shots of men drilling hole in ice for an anchor for the homing beacon antenna. 250') Views of Mr. Michael Swiercz putting guy wires into holes and adjusting them. 289') MS to CU to MS, sign on the laboratory door: NO EXIT, DARK ROOM, KNOCK BEFORE ENTERING. Mr. Hunkins opens door and enters lab, carrying developed graphs. 319') CU of the graphs. 333') Series of MS's Mr. Hunkins showing Lt. English a spectograph. 371') MS Ken Hunkins showing Mr. Davidson the graph. 393') SLATE: M. MAYER. 9 JULY. 395') Series of MS's of Mr. Ken Hunkins walking to building where magnetic variometer instrument is kept -- he enters, levels instrument and leaves building. 496') Series of shots of Mr. Hunkins taking daily reading from gravity meter on the floor and making notes in data book. 562') Series of shots of Mr. Hunkins adjusting calibration control unit of magnetometer. 598') MS's RV Sgt. Settles operating radio and using the telephone. 670') CU Maj. Freeman, in his quarters, using the telephone. 702') MS Mr. Davidson talking over the radio. 728') LS to MS to LS, Mr. Davidson getting ready to set off dynamite, putting charge into hole in ice, and dynamite going off. 785') LS balloon being released and going up into the air. 804') Series of shots of airmen walking through water and slush in the camp. 851') MS airman driving a weasel through the water. 885') Series of shots of Mr. Staack pouring water into the Hydrogen generator, using a rod to clean it out, pouring water out and putting in new chemicals. 987') Total footage in reel. Reel 21: Series of shots of men drilling a hole in the ice, with a power drill. 43') MS to CU men putting anchor stake in the hole. 86') LS weasel pulling sled with the men on it. 104') SLATE: M. MAYER. 19 MAY. 108') LS to MS radio tower (fog in LS -- no good). 131') Series of views of Station A. 206') Series of MS's of Maj. Gen. Davies decorating Maj. Richard Freeman, Camp Commander Capt. Burton P. Jenkins, 1st pilot to land on the ice island; Mr. Fritz Awe, Arctic Construction Engineer, who built a 5,000 ft. runway; and Father Cunningham, Arctic Adviser to AAC, with commendation ribbons. 298') SLATE: M. MAYER. 18 MAY. 303') Series of views of Maj. Freeman and Sgt. Redmond using power drill to dig a hole in the ice for stakes. 399') SLATE: PIERCE. 407') MS Sgt. DeCato and airmen Arentine figuring, on the back of a caterpillar tractor. 417') CU paper work on the back of the tractor. 426') Series of of group of men laying planks in front of tractor -- sergeant directing the driver of the caterpillar. 484') Series of MS's of Coleman tug coming into view, man fastening chains to tug to connect it to the caterpillar in front of C-124 ramp. 521') Series of MS's of men loading plywood onto platform and platform being lifted into C-124 through clamshell doors. 574') Camera runoff. 582') SLATE: M. MAYER. 18 MAY. 583') Series of LS's of D-4 caterpillar removing snow. 685') CU to LS Maj. Gen. Davies talking to Maj. Richard Freeman after presentation of ribbons and then walking with other men toward Jamesway hut. 728') LS FV C-124 parked on Station A. 742') Series of shot of Maj. Freeman and men showing Maj. Gen. Davies around Station A. 776') SLATE: M. MAYER. 18 MAY. 779') Series of shots of caterpillar pulling leveling device to smooth the runway. 878') SLATE: M. MAYER. 18 MAY. 879') Series of views of two caterpillars removing snow. Camera pans to the left to the runway. 981') Total footage in reel. Reel 22: Series of shots of D-4 caterpillar pulling a drag which smooths out the runway. 57') Blank footage. 58') CU driver of the caterpillar. 78') MS RV caterpillar pulling leveler over the runway. 102') Series or views of Maj. Gen. Davies placing US flag at Station A -- the men are lined up before the flag, saluting. The flag is raised and the men salute it again, and then the flag is seen flying. 300') SLATE: M. MAYER. 21 MAY. 304') Blank footage. 305') Series of shots of C-47 flying over Station A, landing and taxiing to parking area. 343') CU SV airmen putting ladder out door of C-47 Maj. Gen. Davies leaving C-47 and being greeted by Maj. Freeman. 357') CU Maj. Gen. Davies shaking hands with Maj. Freeman and Fritz Awe. 363') Series of MS's of Maj. Gen. Davies standing, talking to the men, after his arrival at Station A -- C-47 in bg. 402') Total footage in reel. Good (Basic: Orig neg)

Collection

Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities