Operation Blue Jay

Operation Blue Jay was the code name for the construction of Pituffik Space Base in Greenland. It started as a secret project, but was made public in September 1952.

Documentary

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| studio = United States Army Signal Corps{{Cite news| issn = 0362-5745| volume = 35| issue = 2| pages = 75| last = Anzuoni| first = Robert| title = Signal Corps Produces Academy Award Winners| work = Army Communicator| date = 2010|url=https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA534192/page/n77/mode/2up}}

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Operation Blue Jay is a 1953 American short documentary film about the project.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as8bHBN9jgk |title=Thule, Greenland Air Base Construction Operation Blue Jay 1953 US Army; The Big Picture TV 227 |date=2016-06-18 |last=The Big Picture |access-date=2025-03-30 |via=YouTube}} Master Sergeant Lester A. Marks was the sole cinematographer for this film when he worked for the US Signal Corps.{{cite web |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1997-05-26-1997146044-story.html |title=Baltimore Sun: Lester A. Marks, 77, war hero, photographer, distance cycler |access-date=March 5, 2019|work=Baltimore Sun|date=May 26, 1997 }} It aired on television on the series The Big Picture.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300246/Operation-Blue-Jay/details |title=NY Times: Operation Blue Jay |access-date=November 25, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015175926/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300246/Operation-Blue-Jay/details |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1954 |title=The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners |date=October 4, 2014 |access-date=May 30, 2019|publisher=Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences)}}

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0046146|title=Operation Blue Jay}}
{{Internet Archive short film|id=gov.archives.arc.2569497|name=Big Picture: Operation Blue Jay}}
[https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2569497 Operation Blue Jay] at the National Archives and Records Administration

Category:1953 films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:American short documentary films

Category:Black-and-white documentary films

Category:1953 short documentary films

Category:Documentary films about the Arctic

Category:Films set in Greenland

Category:Films shot in Greenland

Category:1950s English-language films

Category:1950s American films

Category:English-language short documentary films