Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. OPERATION BLUE JAY, THULE, GREENLAND - View Resource - Social Networks and Archival Context
Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Motion Picture Films from the Army Library Copy Collection. 1964 - 1980. OPERATION BLUE JAY, THULE, GREENLAND
A crane lifts girders, I-beams, from stockpile and loads them on truck. August 6 - LS, stockpile of steel and steel parts (dull). Seq: A man sets down a length of board - looks like a railroad tie - then a saddle is nailed onto it to hold the pipe. Men work on a section of Ric-Wil pipe. Crane lines lower pipe section to saddles. CU, welder works on pipe. LS of sections of Ric-Wil pipe already on the skids, but not joined together; crane in background. August 8 - Seq: Visit of party consisting of Senator Russell Long, Dem, La; Senator Wayne Morris, Rep, Oregon; Cols Mark Galuster, W.W. Carleton, CE; A.L. Cox, AF; Mr. G.W. Vinzant, Civ, CE; Lt Gen Myers, NEAC; Col Young, NEAC. August 7 - The arrival of Gen J. Lawton Collins, Ch of Army Staff. Also mentioned in captions are Col Throckmorten, Capt Collins, Gen Witcomb. A Brig Gen and other high-raking officers are not identified. August 9 - Carpenter nails boards on radio building. Men insert a final piece of siding. Another man screws bolts into metal overhang strip with electric machine.