Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice

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Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice

How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create a secret military base located in the far north of Greenland: Camp Century, almost a real town with roads and houses, a nuclear plant to provide power and silos to house missiles aimed at the Soviet Union.

Original Title

Die Stadt unter dem Eis – Kalter Krieg auf Grönland

Release Date

2020-01-08

Year

2020

Duration

53m

Status

Released

Score

7.50

#cold-war#soviet-union#secret-base#military-base#arctic-polar-circle-region#space-race#cuban-missile-crisis#missile-threat#polar-exploration#1950s#greenland#1960s#cold-war-propaganda#ecologism

Cast

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Tanja Dohse

Self - Narrator (voice)

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Kristian Havidtfelt Nielsen

Self - Historian

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Sören Gregersen

Self - Former Camp Century Worker

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Chuck Rose

Self - Former US Air Force

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Sergei Khrushchev

Self - Engineer

Aleqa Hammond

Aleqa Hammond

Self - Politician

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Horst Machguth

Self - Glaciologist

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Khrushchev

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Self - Politician (archive footage)