Land of White Alice (1960)
1960 · Short film · 27 min · dir. Willard Van Dyke
- Documentary
Synopsis
Film sponsored by Western Electric (AT&T's equipment manufacturing division), the builder of the United States Air Force's White Alice Communications System in Alaska. Introduces the people and geography of the new state as well as the Western Electric radio-relay system, which links far-flung military sites, alert stations, and missile-warning facilities. Ralph Caplan praised the film's "intrinsically dramatic and highly photogenic" portrayal of communications equipment.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Willard Van Dyke
- Writer
- Norman Rosten
- Studio
- Knickerbocker Productions
- Released
- 1960-01-01
- Running time
- 27 minutes
Cast & crew
Willard Van Dyke Director
Shepperd Strudwick
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Go Ask White Alice · Dodsworth the Cat · 2023-12-29
The Sept. 1960 Journal of the SMPTE states: "Western Electric plans production of two films on Alaskan Defense Communications, Aleutian Sky Watch and The Land of White Alice, and a sequel to Tools for Telephony. " Scholastic Teacher magazine of March 1, 1961 notes: "A teacher’s guide and a booklet about Alaska accompany the film." Willard Van Dyke has put together a fine documentary, which is held together most of the way by a bush pilot making an aborted trip to Nome. There are shots of life in the Arctic, some with sound, some without. A couple of songs as well. Shepherd Strudwick…
