Project Iceworm was the code name for a top-secret United States Army program during the Cold War to build a network of mobile nuclear missile launch sites under the Greenland ice sheet. The ultimate objective of placing medium-range missiles under the ice — close enough to strike targets within the Soviet Union — was kept secret from the Danish government. To study the feasibility of working under the ice, a highly publicized "cover" project, known as Camp Century.

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Wildlife cameraman Gordon Buchanan travels to the frozen north, deep inside the Arctic Circle, to me...

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measur...

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The fascinating history of the U.S. Air Force comes to life via vintage footage culled from official...

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The adventures and exploits of Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936), an intrepid scientist and explorer...
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Film sponsored by Western Electric (AT&T's equipment manufacturing division), the builder of the Uni...

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This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northe...

In the aftermath of the Cold War, Russian and American intelligence agencies, once enemies, joined f...

In Northern Russia, a few dozen people still live in their traditional houses surrounded by water, s...

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