2020DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie0h 53m

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.

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Keywords

cold warsoviet unionsecret basemilitary basearctic polar circle regionspace racecuban missile crisismissile threatpolar exploration1950sgreenland1960scold war propagandaecologism

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Vidicom Media
Vidicom Media
ZDF
ZDF
ARTE
ARTE