Operation Blue Jay (1953)

Directed by

Lester A. Marks

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

28 min

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This documentary covers the construction of a secret Cold War air base in Greenland. Thousands of workers built a long runway for large bombers.

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What happens

Operation Blue Jay was the code name for the construction of Thule Air Base, which is now known as Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. It started as a secret project, but was made public in September 1952 through Life Magazine. Blue Jay brought 7,000 construction workers to build the secret cold war base. The project built a three-kilometer long runway to service large B-36 Peacemaker and B-47 Stratojet bombers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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