- Title: F-1311
- Summary: ALASKA: SETTLING A NEW FRONTIER: SCENIC ALASKA CIRCA 1960s
- Description:03:16:34 - AERIAL OVER ALASKAN MOUNTAIN RANGE 03:16:44 - HERD OF DEER RACING ACROSS LANDSCAPE 03:17:00 - PAN FROM RIVER TO ABANDONED GOLD MINING EQUIPMENT 03:17:06 - CU CRAB CRUSTACEAN CRAWLING. COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN UNLOADING CATCH. ENORMOUS CRABS. ALASKAN KING CRABS. 03:17:18 - LOGGER CLIMBS DOWN TREE 03:17:22 - OFF SHORE OIL RIG IN FROZEN ICE 03:17:36 - PAN FROZEN ALASKAN LANDSCAPE, TWO SMALL PLANES FLYING 03:17:45 - AERIAL OVER ALASKAN HOMESTEAD. CIRCA 1960s. 03:17:55 - HOMESTEADER & FAMILY CLIMB OUT OF UNDERGROUND CELLAR ? 03:18:25 - CU CUTTING DOWN TREE WITH ELECTRIC CHAIN SAW, MAN BACKS AWAY AS TREE FALLS. MAN CHOPPING WOOD. DRIVING TRACTOR-TILLER. GROWING CROPS, SMALL GARDEN. SELF RELIANT 03:18:54 - WIFE HANGS LAUNDRY. LITTLE BOY SITS IN LITTLE RED WAGON. 03:19:01 - CHILDREN HELP FEED BARNYARD ANIMALS, CHICKENS 03:19:04 - LOGGING INDUSTRY CU FOREMAN ON CB RADIO SPRUCE & HEMLOCK. SOUTH COASTAL REGION 03:19:45 - DOE LEAPS OUT OF THE WAY HEARING TRUCKS 03:20:07 - ANCHORAGE CIRCA 1960s. BOOMTOWN. POV DRIVING IN ANCHORAGE 03:20:25 - COUPLE VISITING FRIENDS, ENTER MODEST ONE STORY HOME. DINNER PARTY, CU CARVING MEAT. BUFFET. CU KING CRAB. VOICE CALLS OUT "HEY COME & GET IT" 03:20:51 - MAP OF ALASKA, CANADA 03:20:56 - FERRY DWARFED BY MOUNTAINS IN B/G. FERRY ON SOUTH EAST COASTLINE 03:21:15 - MAP OF ALASKAN SOUTH EAST COASTLINE. ANCHORAGE AREA 03:21:30 - PASSENGER POV LOOKING AT DRIVER, COMING UP TO AIRPORT. DRIVER STOPS, GESTURES PLANE FORWARD, ALASKAN PROTOCOL, PLANES HAVE RIGHT OF WAY 03:21:45 - INTERIOR SMALL PLANE, BUSH PILOT FLYING FAMILY TO REMOTE AREA. PILOT ON CB TALKING TO BASE. EMERGENCY CALL. FLIES TO SCENE OF ACCIDENT, LANDS TAKES INJURED TO THE HOSPITAL 03:23:16 - ATHABASCAN ATHAPASKAN INDIAN FAMILY, TIONIC. ISOLATED FISHING VILLAGE ON THE COOK INLET. TRIBE LEADER. LIVING IN A SHACK, POVERTY. UNDER PRIVILEGED 03:23:43 - MODERN HOUSING, NEW HOMES. ATHAPASKAN INDIAN VILLAGE. HOUSES WITH ANTENNAS. MAN CLEARING YARD, PAINTING HIS HOUSE 03:24:11 - SALMON FISHERMAN IN SMALL BOAT NETTING SALMON 03:24:40 - CHILDREN FINGER PAINTING. HEAD START PROGRAM PRESCHOOL CHILDREN PLAYING RING-AROUND-THE-ROSIE 03:25:06 - ALASKAN INDIAN MEN LOOK OVER CONSTRUCTION SITE 03:25:21 - JUNEAU, ALASKA CIRCA 1960s FROM BOAT. TOURISTS ON FERRY. POV LARGE HOUSES BUILT ON HILLSIDE. 03:25:36 - GOLF COURSE. GOLFING. GOLFERS 03:25:55 - TEENS WALK AROUND ABANDONED BUILDING FACTORY MINE PLAY PRETEND TO BE MINING PANNING FOR GOLD 03:26:20 - STILLS, GOLD PROSPECTORS 03:28:07 - SKAGWAY, ALASKA CIRCA 1960s. DIRT ROAD MAIN STREET. GHOST TOWN PIGEONS FLY OUT OF WINDOW NO GLASS IN WINDOWS. BOARDED UP BUILDINGS. 03:28:29 - CARS GET ON FERRY IN SKAGWAY. TOURISM. 03:28:46 - FAMILY ENTERS HOTEL, THE OWNER, RENAISSANCE MAN, HOTELIER, TRAVEL AGENT, AIRLINE REPRESENTATIVE, WEATHERMAN, LOCAL TELEVISION STATION MANAGER. 03:29:10 - SMALL TOWN TV STATION. CIRCA 1960s 03:29:28 - MEN PREPARE HORSES FOR HIKE IN KLONDIKE. SADDLE HORSES, CHOKUTE TRAIL. MEN ON TRAIL, RIDE THROUGH RIVER, CU STONE MARKER WITH NAMES OF PEOPLE LOST ON THE TRAIL. HIKER HELPS SAINT BERNARD ACROSS STREAM RUNNING DOWN MOUNTAIN. CLIMBING MOUNTAIN 03:30:37 - HIKERS REST FOR FOOD. 03:30:55 - HIKERS ARRIVE AT ABANDONED WEIGH STATION 03:31:48 - HIKERS CLIMB UP VERY STEEP INCLINE, HIKER HELPS DOG UP. HIKERS REACH A SUMMIT, FIND RELICS FROM PAST 03:32:46 - LS TRAIN NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY THROUGH MOUNTAIN RANGE 03:33:00 - FLAGSTOP TRAIN. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD, HIKERS ON SIDE OF TRAIN TRACKS FLAG DOWN TRAIN. GET ON BOARD TRAIN 03:33:38 - AVALANCHE NATURAL DISASTERS GLACIER COLLAPSES INTO WATER 03:33:47 - STUNNING SCENERY, MENDENHALL GLACIER NATURAL PHENOMENON 03:34:08 - PLANE LANDS ON ICE FIELD. STUDENTS & SCIENTISTS ARRIVE AT MENDENHALL GLACIER. STUDYING. MAN CLIMBS DOWN ROPE LADDER, DESCENDS CREVASSE. POV LOOKING DOWN AS MAN SQUEEZES THROUGH NARROW PASSAGE. 03:35:09 - BUS CAMPER DWARFED ON ALASKAN HIGHWAY BY MOUNTAINS INTERIOR CAMPER, FAMILY HAS A SNACK. UNPAVED, DUSTY, BUMPY DIRT ROAD. MAGNIFICENT SCENERY 03:35:56 - TOURISTS STOP AT MOUNT MCKINLEY NATIONAL PARK PAN MOUNTAIN PEAK 03:36:17 - MOUNT MCKINLEY WILDLIFE, BEARS, BIRDS 03:36:27 - AERIAL OVER COASTAL TOWN, PIERS. 03:36:36 - MONTAGE ALASKANS CIRCA 1960s. FRIENDS HAVE A BUFFET. 03:36:56 - ALASKAN HOMESTEADER READIES FOR WINTER
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1967
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: F-1311