- Title: VM-1030A
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:02:12 - "THE ALASKAN SCOUT & ALASKAN COMMAND THE ALASKAN SCOUYS IN OPERATION IN THE RUGGEDEST OF CONDITIONS 00:02:13 - NARRATOR TELLS ABOUT ALASKA AND ITS MILITARY IMPORTANCE AND THE SCOUT UNITS OF THE ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD. AERIAL- PAN OF THE ISLAND OF NUNAVACK OFF ALASKA'S NORTHERN FRONTIER. 00:03:21 - LS- A MALE TEACHER RINGS HIS SCHOOL BELL AND THE HEAVILY CLAD ESKIMO KIDS RUSH INTO THE CLASSROOM MS- ESKIMO CHILDREN AT THEIR DESKS. ESKIMO KIDS PLAY IN THE SNOW WITH PUPPY SLED DOGS 00:04:04 - MS- HUNDREDS OF SEALS FROLIC IN THE SEA AND SHORE CU- SEALS LOOK INTO CAMERA. LS- 2 REINDEER WALK ACROSS THE SNOWY FIELD. 00:04:50 - MS- AN ESKIMO PREPARES HIS SLED AS THE DOGS WATCH AND BARK. LS- A DOG SLED PULLED BY DOGS GOES BY FOLLOWED BY BARKING DOGS. 00:05:11 - MS- AN ESKIMO NUDGES A DEAD WALRUS, THEN SITS ON THE CARCASS AND SHARPENS HIS KNIFE SO HE CAN SKIN THE ANIMAL. 00:05:41 - LS- ESKIMOS RIDE THEIR KAYAKS AMID FLOATING ICE SLABS. LS- ESKIMO CHOPS WOOD ON THE SNOWY GROUND. 00:06:19 - MS- AN SMILING ESKIMO WOMAN SHOWS HIGH FURRY BOOTS SHE MADE BY HAND. CU- A LITLE GIRL KNITS 00:06:44 - CU- AN ESKIMO MAN SHOWS A SMALL SCULPTURE HE CARVED FROM IVORY HE ALSO SHOWS MASKS MADE TO TO FRIGHTEN AWAY EVIL SPIRITS. 00:07:47 - MS- AN ESKIMO NATIONAL GUARDSMAN TEACHES A CLASS OF ESKIMO GIS. CU- FACES OF ESKIMO GUARDSMEN. 00:08:25 - MS- ESKIMO GUARDSMEN DRILL IN THE SNOW WITH THEIR RIFLES. LS- A SNOW SLED TEAM OF GIS STOP AN SLIP ON WHITE COVERALLS THEN TAKE OFF WITH THEIR SLEDDOGS. CU- THE RUNNING DOGS AND GIS AS SEEN FROM THE SLED. 00:10:04 - LS- THE SLEDS STOP AND THE GIS CHARGE WITH THEIR RIFLES TO A SMALL RIDGE THEN LIE DOWN AND FIRE LS- THE WHITE COVERALLS MAKE IT HARD TO SEE THE SOLDIERS AS THEY ADVANCE. 00:10:50 - MONTAGE- ESKIMO WOMEN FISH THROUGH HOLES IN THE ICE AS LITTLE ONES ALSO HELP. LOTS OF FISH ARE PILED UP NEXT TO THE HOLE. 00:11:18 - LS- DOG SLED TEAMS RUSH OUT TO MEET A SMALL PLANE AS IT LANDS. AS SEEN BY THE SLED DRIVER. 00:12:03 - MS- ESKIMO SOLDIERS BOARD A TRANSPORT PLANE FOR A TRIP TO ANKORAGE WHERE A NEW CAMP IS BEING SET UP 00:13:31 - MS- THE ESKIMO SOLDIER LINES UP FOR CHOW WHICH IS SERVED OUT OF STEAMING METAL GARBAGE PAILS ANOTHER PAIL IS USED TO CLEAN THE MESS KIT. 00:13:44 - MONTAGE- THE ESKIMO SOLDIERS SMARTLY PARADE ON THE SNOW COVERED GROUNDS. 00:17:00 - LS- TROOPSHIP IN ALASKAN WATERS. MS- TROOPS CARRY THEIR DUFFLE BAGS DOWN THE GANGPLANK. MS- AWAITING TRUCKS MOVE THE TROOPS TO TRAINS WHERE THEY BOARD 00:17:56 - MS- TROOPS SEATED IN TRAIN ARE INTERVIEWED AND ASSIGNED TO AN OUTFIT. MS- USO GIRL SERVES COFFEE 00:18:13 - MONTAGE- TRAFFIC ON BUSY ANCKORAGE STREETS. 00:18:32 - LS- BARRACKS BUILDINGS OF FORT RICHARDSON, ALASKA 00:19:00 - MS- A GI TURNS IN HIS JACKET FOR AN APPRORIATE WARM PARKER WHICH HE PUTS ON. A WARM HAT, SHOES, SOCKS, GLOVES, SKIS, SNOW SHOES, FOOD RATIONS, A WHITE COVERALL AND HIS RIFLE. 00:20:33 - MONTAGE- A PLATOON OF GIS PRACTICE CROSS COUNTRY SKIING MS- A BLACK DOCTOR INTERVIEWS A GI BEFORE A PHYSICAL EXAM. GI REMOVES SHIRT AND DOCTOR TAKES HIS BLOOD PRESSURE. 00:21:42 - MS- A GI MOVES SLOWLY ON CHOW LINE AS CHEFS FILL HIS AND OTHERS TRAYS. 00:23:00 - MS- SOLDIERS BIVOUAC IN A WOODED AREA TO PLAN A MOCK ATTACK ON A TOWN. 00:23:41 - MS- GIS PILED ATOP A ARMED VEHICLE, THE 'WEASEL', WHICH RIDES THROUGH MUDDY AND WET TERRAIN MS- GIS SWEAT TRYING TO CHANGE A TANK TRACK IN THE ROUGH TERRAIN. A JEEP IS STUCK FAST IN THE WOODED AREA. 00:24:47 - MS- TO MAKE IT PASSABLE, A TRACTOR IS USED TO MOVE DIRT INTO A STREAM WHICH WAS FLOODED BY RAIN PONTOONS ARE THEN ASSEMBLED TO FORM A BRIDGE. 00:25:16 - LS- LARGE CHUNKS OF FLOATING ICE WHICH CAN DAMAGE THE BRIDGE ARE BLOWN UP WITH TNT AT THE TURN OF A SWITCH. THE BRIDGE IS THEN COMPLETED.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1940
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: VM-1030A