Film

Camp Century: The Hidden City Beneath the Ice

7.5

0h 53m

2020

Synopsis

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.

Director

Peter Bardehle

DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

cold warsoviet unionsecret basemilitary basearctic polar circle regionspace racecuban missile crisismissile threatpolar exploration1950sgreenland1960s