- Title: VM-1134B
- Summary: THE BIG PICTURE:
- Description:00:31:55 - MS- DETAILED GLOBE OF THE WORLD TURNING PANNING TO THE NORTH POLE AREA. 00:32:15 - LS- SNOWY MOUNTAINS OF ALASKA. (PAN) A MAP OF ALASKA WITH IT'S CLOSENESS TO RUSSIA. 00:32:25 - LS- PROSPECTOR ON HORSEBACK AND PULLING HIS PACK MULE ALONG A STREAM IN THE PLUSH ALASKAN WOODS. MS- PROSPECTOR PANS FOR GOLD IN A RUSHING STREAM CU- GOLD BITS IN HIS PAN. 00:32:41 - MS- IN REENACTMENT, PROSPECTORS RUN OUT OF THE "2ND CLASS SALOON" AND THROUGH THE STREETS IN ALASKA WHEN HEARING OF GOLD STRIKE. 00:32:52 - MS- SHOW GIRLS MINGLE AND DANCE WITH THE MEN IN THE SALOON AS A FIGHT BREAKS OUT TURNING INTO A RIOT. CU- A PUNCH IS THROWN AT THE CAMERA. 00:33:30 - MONTAGE- MODERN CITY OF ANCHORAGE, LIKE ANY OTHER AMERICAN CITY. LS- AS ARE THE NEAT STREETS AND HOMES IN SUBURBAN AREAS (PAN). 00:33:58 - MS- ESKIMO WOMEN KNITTING AND SEWING CLOTHING 00:34:10 - MONTAGE- ESKIMO MEN WORKING AT MACHINES AND DRIVING HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 00:34:36 - MONTAGE- GIANT MACHINERY MOVES. WASHES AND PROCESSES GOLD WHICH IS STILL BIG BUSINESS. 00:34:50 - LS- GIANT NETS SCOOP IN HUGE CACHES OF WRIGGLING FISH. A MAJOR INDUSTRY IN ALASKA. 00:35:14 - MS- A FARMER EXAMINES A HUGE HEAD OF CABBAGE IN THE GROUND, WHOSE SIZE IS NOT UNUSUAL IN ALASKA. 00:35:25 - LS- HUGE TRACTOR-SNOW BLOWERS CLEAR A ROAD. 00:35:42 - CU- ICICLES ON A ROOF OF A CABIN 00:36:00 - MONTAGE- SALMON JUMP OUT OF WATER AS THEY SWIM AGAINST THE CURRENT TO GET UPSTREAM TO SPAWN. 00:36:07 - MS- BLACK BEAR SCRATCHES HIS BACK AGAINST A TREE 00:36:12 - MS- BUFFALO FROLIC IN A FIELD. 00:36:19 - LS- A MOOSE SERENELY WALK ALONG IN WOODED AREA BEHIND A GOLFER ABOUT TO TEE OFF 00:36:29 - MS- TEENAGE STUDENTS CROWD THE ENTRANCE OF A SCHOOL. OTHERS SIT IN LAB CLASSROOM. 00:36:43 - SIGN ON LOG CABIN: "U.S. POST OFFICE, FORT YUKON, ALASKA." 00:37:00 - LS- UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA AT FAIRBANKS 00:37:10 - LS- U.S. ARMY'S COLD WEATHER AND MOUNTAIN SCHOOL. MONTAGE- GIS LEARN MOUNTAIN CLIMBING IN THE FIELD 00:38:32 - MS- NEAT HOMES OF SOLDIERS AND FAMILIES STATIONED IN ALASKA 00:39:08 - MS- A GI PLOTS ON A GLASS SEE-THROUGH WALL MAP AT A CONTROL CENTER OF THE DEW LINE 00:39:48 - MAP SHOWING THE DEW RADAR LINE AT THE TOP OF THE WORLD. 00:40:11 - LS- PROSPECTORS WITH THEIR MULES RIDE ALONG THE BREATH-TAKING HILLS OF CANADA. 00:40:19 - MONTAGE- CANADA'S HUGE SKYSCRAPERS, CITY TRAFFIC AND BUSILY SHOPPING PEOPLE. MS- POLICEMAN DIRECTS TRAFFIC IN CITY. 00:40:39 - MONTAGE- MONTREAL, CANADA'S LARGEST CITY. 00:40:53 - LS- PICTURESQUE QUEBEC. LS- GOVERNMENT BUILDING IN OTTOWA. LS- PARLIAMENT IN SESSION. LS- THE FLAG 00:41:37 - MONTAGE- BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS, MOUNTAIN SCENERY AND LAKES. 00:41:44 - CU- A SKIER COMING TOWARDS THE CAMERA OPENS HIS LEGS AND SKIS OVER. MONTAGE- GOLFERS TEEING OFF, HOKEY GAME AND BASEBALL GAME IN PROGRESS. SPEED BOATS RACE ON A LAKE. 00:42:00 - MS- FISHING BOAT RIDES INTO HARBOR. CU- HOLD OF BOAT FILLED WITH WRIGGLING FISH. WORKERS UNLOAD THE FISH 00:42:34 - LS- A LUMBERJACK LOOPS OFF THE TOP OF A PINE TREE AND IT COMES TUMBLING DOWN IN THE FOREST. MONTAGE- TREE AFTER TREE COMES TUMBLING DOWN. 00:42:48 - LS- HUGE LOG COMES DOWN CHUTE TOWARDS CAMERA AND HITS WATER WITH A SPLASH. 00:42:56 - LS- HUGE PLUSH WHEAT FIELDS OF CANADA. A MAJOR EXPORT. LONG LINE OF HARVESTERS HARVEST IN WHEAT. 00:43:11 - MS- WORKERS POUR WHEAT INTO THE GRAIN ELEVATORS. 00:43:25 - MS- OIL WORKER SETS A DRILL IN A DERRICK. LS- TRACTORS WORK ALONG A HUGE OIL PIPELINE BEING LAYED IN WOODED AREA. 00:44:13 - MONTAGE- HUGE DAMS HARNESS THE TREMENDOUS FRESH WATER SUPPLY OF CANADA, WHICH HAS ONE-THIRD OF THE WORLD'S SUPPLY. LS- A HYDRO ELECTRIC PLANT 00:44:24 - MONTAGE- MOLTEN STEEL POURS OUT OF BIG VATS IN A CANADIAN STEEL PLANT 00:44:35 - AERIAL- THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY WITH SHIPS SAILING THROUGH IT'S LOCKS AND CANALS 00:45:13 - MS- THE GARRISON TROOPS AT THE CITADEL IN QUEBEC WEARING THEIR TALL BEAR FUR HATS, PARADE. BRITISH STYLE 00:45:33 - MONTAGE- CANADIAN TROOPS DURING MANEUVERS. 00:46:11 - LS- DEW LINE RADAR TOWERS IN NORTHERN CANADA. 00:47:23 - MONTAGE- SEVERAL VIEWS OF NIAGARA FALLS FROM CANADIAN AND AMERICAN SIDES. 00:47:45 - MAP SHOWS GREENLAND, JUST NORTH OD CANADA. THE WORLD'S LARGEST ISLAND. LS- WIND BLOWS ALONG SLOPE IN ONE OF MOST DESOLATE PLACES ON EARTH. 00:48:03 - MONTAGE- GREENLAND'S ICE CAP IS 1600 MILES LONG AND 2 MILWS FEET DEEP. 00:49:21 - MONTAGE- HEAVY TRACTORS AND STRANGE VEHICLES DRIVE ALONG THE ICY ROADS AS GREENLAND HAS BECOME A MAJOR CENTER FOR ARCTIC RESEARCH AN EQUIPMENT. 00:49:37 - MS- WEIRD VEHICLE WITH 4 TRACTOR-LIKE WHEELS IS TESTED AS IS A VEHICLE WITH BALLOON-LIKE RUBBER WHEELS (THE ROLLERGON). 00:50:11 - LS- THE 'SNOW SCOUT' WHICH HAS A PROPELLER LIKE A SWAMP BUGGY SKIMS ALONG AT 35 MPH 00:50:50 - MONTAGE- AMERICAN AND DANISH CREWS BUILD A GLASS DOME AROUND A RADAR STATION. 00:51:30 - LS- A C-130 CARGO AIRCRAFT TAKES OFF WITH ITS SKI WHEELS AFTER BEING LOADED WITH HEAVY EQUIPMENT. 00:54:15 - DRAWINGS OF 'CAMP CENTURY' AN UNDER ICE CITY BUILT BY THE ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS UNDER THE SURFACE OF THE ICE CAP. (SEE VM-1127)
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1962
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: VM-1134B