DEW Line Distant Early Warning System Historical 1950s Military Cold War Films

Description: Please read & note: This is a Rights holding DVD created & produced by me and is not factory made or sealed. I strive to produce the best DVD's possible from the sometimes VERY old Public Domain material. Films that are public domain are unpreserved and not professionally remastered. I remaster all of my films myself to the best possible quality achievable. My DVDs are not the quality of todays Modern DVDs or Bluray discs. If you are looking for this kind of quality then these discs are not for you. Please note this when purchasing, but also know that all of the films are very watchable. All pictures are actual screen captures from the DVDs. To keep my prices as low as possible all my DVDs are delivered in plain paper DVD sleeves and the DVDs title will be labeled on the back of the DVD envelope. (See picture) All of my DVD's come with a menu for easy film selection. 　 Total runtime of this DVD is 54 minutes. Film 1: Big Picture: DEW Line (1954) B&W Runtime 27 minutes The complex, far-flung network of preparedness by which America keeps itself ready to fend off attack is the story behind this The Big Picture film presentation. Beyond the United States, far to the North, stretches the latest link in the gigantic network of sight and sound, the remote radar stations of the Distant Early Warning System which we call the DEW Line. To erect these stations in regions few men had ever seen a short decade ago was an achievement of great proportions. To man them, to keep them operating, to bring in adequate food, clothing, and equipment is another gigantic task -- and a continuous one. The job of carrying supplies and equipment to those remote arctic stations belongs to the Army Transportation Corps. "DEW Line" was filmed by two camera crews whose members followed the East and West Coast Task Forces through their special DEW Line training at Fort Eustis; departure in convoy from Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Seattle; rigors of the trip through the Arctic ice pack; preparations for discharge; and the difficult and diversified conditions encountered at the actual unloading sites. Today the frozen Arctic is a link in our vast chain of defense -- a chain kept strong by many hardworking individuals, not least of whom are the much traveled men of the Army Transportation Corps. Film Automatically Public Domain because it was made by the U.S. Miltary. Film 2: DEW Line Story (1958) COLOR Runtime 27 minutes Why and how the Distant Early Warning (DEW Line) system of attack detection was devised. How radar principles and specially devised techniques were used by the Bell System. The logistics and construction in Arctic wastelands which are now open to further development.This film documents the involved and enormous process of The Distant Early Warning Line project. It explains the need for this line of satellite dishes and radar equipment around the Arctic Circle and the combined efforts of the military and Bell Company employees involved in the transport of materials and skilled labor and the construction and assembly of the sites themselves. Film Release Date: 1958 Film Entered the Public Domain: 1987 I claim ownership and rights to this media. All the films on this DVD have been researched and are copyright free or the copyrights have expired due to non renewal.

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