53 second, color/silent, film clip of a blanket toss, a high kick, and umiak races in Nome, Alaska, 1958-1961.
A crowd watches as athletes compete in traditional Eskimo games.
73 second, color/silent film clip of commercial fishing. Scenes include halibut being loaded onto a processor, a crab pot being emptied of crab, nets of shrimp, and clamming.
28 second, color/silent, film clip of a woman demonstrating how to get a small child in and out of the carrying position beneath her parka, 1958-1961. Two girls look on as she ties a strap to hold the child in position.
Three minute, color/silent film clip of the 1959 Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage. Images include a fur auction, dog sled weight pull, blanket toss, people posing in wooden cut-out paintings, and a merry-go-round.
39 second, color/silent film clip of men making babiche (hide rope). First, a man rinses the hide in a barrel, then in a large body of water. Two men then stretch and cut the hide into strips.
52 second, color/silent film clip of a man hunting seal. He scratches a tool across the snow to make various sounds; the curious seal investigates and becomes vulnerable to the hunter's attack. The same tool serves as a brace for his rifle as he...
35 second, color/silent, film clip showing people catching salmon in a net and processing them, 1958-1961.
A small boat is in the background. The women are using ulus to cut the fish.
23 second, color/silent, film clip of an Eskimo woman talking with young adults and children, 1958-1961. She is showing them her necklace of story beads.