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This 1959 film was produced by the US Navy. This Photographic Report covers the logistics involved in the construction of various bases in Antarctica as part of Operation Deep Freeze. It covers in detail all of the steps that need to be taken to ensure survival in such a climate, including training and supplies. It also covers some of the difficulties in transport construction materials, from unloading on thing ice to transporting materials over large distances in the snow. The film also features footage of the bases from the inside.
0:07 “Unclassified” US Navy Photographic Report MN 8655A “Seabees in the Antarctic - Base Construction”, 0:26 slow zooming in on a map of Antarctica, 0:48 US Naval Construction Battalion Center in Davisville, Rhode Island, 1:18 soldiers undergoing medical checks and fitness training, 1:34 Seabees practicing construction work, 1:55 overview of supplies needed for the Antarctic expedition, 2:18 USNS Greenville Victory being loaded with supplies and equipment, 2:59 map showing the work that was to be done including a naval base at Little America at the Ross Sea, 3:53 ships offloading cargo at the proposed site of Little America, 4:29 bulldozers plowing snow to create a path, 5:00 bobsleds moving cargo, 5:11 the Greenville Victory and LKA-56 Arneb in Antarctica, 5:24 rollers compacting snow for base construction, 5:45 soldiers placing snow pads, 6:30 soldiers begin erecting walls out of panels, 1:07 soldiers shoveling snow into a snow melter for freshwater, 7:38 overview of the base’s D3 15 diesel engine power generator, 8:13 aerial overview of Little America Base, 8:43 outside and inside of the base’s weather station, 9:10 Ice Breaker “Glacier” at work near McMurdo South, 9:36 different shots of Scott’s Hut at Hut Point, 9:59 two P2Bs and two R5Ds landing at Hut Point becoming the first aircraft to land in Antarctica, 10:34 Seabees begin erecting buildings on the site, 10:54 an aviation fuel storage tank being constructed and filled, 11:47 Seabees begin surveying land for a runway site and flattening snow, 12:57 map showing different new bases to be built, 13:28 cargo being unloaded for the construction of the Ellsworth Station in the Weddell Sea, 14:32 aerial overview of Ellsworth Station followed by shots of the inside of different buildings, 15:15 a sand pit full of penguins at Cape Hallett, 15:34 Seabees displacing and chasing away penguins to build the base, 15:54 the USS Arneb, 16:05 US icebreaker Northwind in action, 16:32 landing ships unloading cargo, 16:52 Seabees begin construction of the base, 17:12 start of construction at Wilkes Station in the Vincennes Bay Area, 17:25 Ice breaker “Glacier” clearing ice, 18:01 a modified US Navy R4D aircraft, 18:12 C-124 planes dropping equipment for base construction at the geographic South Pole, 18:36 a tractor train departing for the construction of Byrd Station, 19:17 different beautiful shots of the landscape in Antarctica, 19:41 bulldozers moving ice and snow
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