# ANTARCTICA -- THE PRICELESS LABORATORY 1960s RESEARCH FILM BY DOUGLAS AVIATION 29484

Produced by the Douglas Aviation Company in cooperation with the U.S. Navy, the mid-1960s film The Priceless Laboratory gives viewers a glimpse of Antarctica and discusses the research being conducted there as well as the difficulties and dangers of conducting research in such an inhospitable place. The film opens with scenes of Antarctica’s landscape, including the continent’s high-altitude mountains (01:13), unique deserts, and fields of floating ice (01:47). A small wooden cabin (02:33) is partially built from wood used from the British Expedition of 1907. The film shows viewers more natural landscapes, including a ravine of ice (03:09) and more mountains. Footage shows man’s “invasion” of Antarctica: drills, buildings, planes, and tractors. Scientists and members of the military climb aboard a plane bound for Antarctica (04:27). An aerial shot shows a naval icebreaker ship cutting through the floating ice (05:00). Men unload cargo from a ship (05:38). The film presents viewers with a glimpse into the habitats and equipment of the men who temporarily call Antarctica home. A massive tractor drives on an airfield (06:23). A U.S. Air Force helicopter flies off over an ice field (06:34). Footage shows a small remote U.S. camp (07:03). Another aerial shot shows the massive ice shelf (09:18) on the Ross Sea, with its towering ice cliffs. Men walk along a salty lake (10:52), while others enter a snow cave and explore it (11:21), revealing ice formations that look similar to…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/29484thepricelesslaboratoryvwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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