Synopsis
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. "ATTENTION PROJECTIONISTS: This chart will help you make sure that your picture will be focused properly before the show starts. Adjust the lens so that the bells in the corners and the two words are all sharply focused. Now adjust the sound volume. That's all! When this Bell System seal fades out, shut off the projector. Everything will be properly set for your show to begin." "We all live at the edge of the same ocean. The air ocean which envelops the globe. And in the Air Age, geography has new meanings for the safety of the American and Canadian people. What was once the impassable Arctic, now provides the quickest routes for attack from a wide sector of Europe and Asia." 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. The Arctic -- ice and snow in the winter, a swamp-like summer environment Aerial shot of caribou running across the snow Aerial shot of icy mountainous territory…
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★★★ · That's 'Distant Early Warning Line' · Spuzz · 2016-05-10
I was kind of wondering what was going on when I first started this film, about the ominous dangers that were threatening the US of A. I was like 'Was Dew THAT bad?" But no it's not about THAT dew. The film turns out to be a commie paranoia film! We must stop them at any cost! So that's why they created the Distant Early Warning Line, or DEW line for short in the arctic circle. The film chronologizes the building of the project, how they got the equipment up to that remote area (single parachutes don't always work) and how men worked up there during long winters. The film sort of works and…