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Radar Station

1953 15 min
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This short from 1953 takes us on a guided tour of a northern Canadian radar defense post. There, Squadron Leader Bill Lee of the Royal Canadian Air Force discusses the station’s operations, revealing the little-known role of these isolated posts scattered across Canada’s Arctic.

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This short from 1953 takes us on a guided tour of a northern Canadian radar defense post. There, Squadron Leader Bill Lee of the Royal Canadian Air Force discusses the station’s operations, revealing the little-known role of these isolated posts scattered across Canada’s Arctic.
  • director
    Allen Stark
  • producer
    Allen Stark
  • photography
    Jean Roy
  • editing
    David Mayerovitch
  • narrator
    Bill Lee

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