- Title: P-213-7
- Summary: ALASKA JOINS THE UNION: ALASKA JOINS THE UNION. JOYOUS CHRONICLE OUT OF THE FROZEN NORTH AS SEWARD'S FOLLY, IN A WILD CELEBRATION, BECOMES THE 49TH STATE.
- Description:00:18:50 - AERIAL OVER ALASKA. TOWERING ICE CAPPED MOUNTAINS VALLEYS. AERIAL OF SNOWY ALASKAN LANDSCAPE. (HF-YTV) 00:19:05 - GLACIERS CRUMBLE INTO MASSIVE ICEBERGS. FALLING ICE & SNOW GOES INTO WATER. SIDES OF SNOW MOUNTAIN FALL INTO OCEAN. ALONG VAST BROKEN COASTLINE. AVALANCHE. 00:19:12 - HIGH SHOT OF SMOLDERING VOLCANO. & STEAMING GEYSERS. AERIAL SHOTS. 00:19:33 - LITTLE ESKIMO CHILDREN NEXT TO IGLOO IN SNOW & WARM FURRY COATS PLAY WITH PUPPIES. CHILDREN RIDE ON DOG SLED. 00:19:40 - CU PAN OF ALASKAN NATIVES. 00:19:50 - DOG SLED TEAM TAKES OFF. SLED RIDE. 00:19:59 - HIGH PAN OF SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS. INTERESTING ICE FORMATIONS 00:20:06 - DOG SLED TEAM APPEARS AROUND A BEND. 00:20:09 - ESKIMO WITH BIG FURRY GLOVES TAKES A DRINK 00:20:13 - HUNTERS GLIDE OVER SNOW & ICE GUIDED BY DOG TEAM. LS ESKIMO HUNTERS. 00:20:16 - LS HERD OF REINDEER RUN ACROSS THE SNOWY TERRAIN. 00:20:18 - ANOTHER SHOT OF MAN DRINKING WITH FUR MUFF-LIKE GLOVES ON. 00:20:20 - MAN WITH FURRY GLOVES PULLS GUN OUT OF SLED. WALKS THROUGH SNOW PAST RESTING DOGS. 00:20:27 - MILITARY OUTPOST. ARMY TRUCK NEAR THE RUSSIAN BORDER. SNOW-COVERED VEHICLES IN THE ALASKAN WASTELAND. 00:20:34 - AIRPLANE TAKES OFF. 00:20:40 - HUGE TREE FALLS AFTER BEING CUT DOWN. 00:20:43 - TRAIN MOVES OVER BRIDGE CARRYING CUT LUMBER. HUGE LOGS. LUMBER INDUSTRY. 00:20:46 - LUMBER JACKS ON LOGS IN WATER HOLD POLES. 00:20:48 - FISHING BOATS. TWO MEN PULL IN NET OF FISH. POUR OUT ON BOTTOM OF BOAT. CU SQUIRMING FISH. LOTS OF FISH IN NET. 00:20:54 - MEN SORTING OUT ANIMAL PELTS. SEAL, MINK, FOX, BEAVER. CU MAN SHAKING PELT WITH HEAD ON IT. 00:21:00 - MAN COMES OUT OF MINE. GOLD MINING. 00:21:02 - MEN BREAK UP ROCKS OF GOLD. ONE HAS CIGARETTE HANGING OUT OF MOUTH. 00:21:05 - CU MAN INSPECTING CHUNK OF GOLD. MAN LOOKS CLOSELY. LOOKS THROUGH LOUPE. MONOCLE. JEWELERS GLASS. 00:21:09 - AERIAL OF ALCAN HIGHWAY. 00:21:11 - CU SIGN START OF ALASKAN HIGHWAY. EDMONTON - ALBERTA. 00:21:13 - LANDSCAPE SHOT. 00:21:16 - CAPITOL BUILDING DOME IN WASHINGTON, DC. CONGRESS 00:21:19 - INTERIOR OF CAPITOL. 00:21:22 - CELEBRATIONS ON THE STREETS OF ANCHORAGE. CARS PASS UNDER SIGN "ANCORAGE ALL AMERICAN CITY". 00:21:25 - NEWSBOY CARRIES HEADLINE WE'RE IN. 00:21:27 - MAN IN DRAG WITH WITCHES MASK & CIGAR RIDES ON HOOD OF CAR WAVING SCARF. 00:21:32 - ALASKANS ON HORSEBACK IN THE CITY. 00:21:34 - PEOPLE OUTDOORS CELEBRATING. PANS TO HUGE AMERICAN FLAG. PEOPLE HOLD AMERICAN FLAG WITH NEW STAR. 00:21:39 - FLAG POLE WITH AMERICAN FLAG & STATE? FLAG. 00:21:44 - WOMAN HOLDS AMERICAN FLAG FOR MAN TO INSPECT.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1959
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: P-213-7