(3:20 min) (15 of 17) Change and familiarity
Man ran out onto ice and was waving arms Red thought something was wrong so landed and man just wanted to say hello. On a trip to Huslia with a fur buyer.
(5:27 min) (09 of 27) Flying for fur buyers
Leo Kay member of the Koslosky family. Fairbanks, Ruby, Hughes, Kobuk, Shungnak, Kiana, Kotzebue then Nome. Maime Wig's Roadhouse ran into Jim McGoffin, & (Muskrat) Johnnie Schwagler. Took off...
(6:02 min) (14 of 17) Fur buyers made use of airplanes Fur buyers rarely dealt directly with trappers. Fur buyers never quibbled about price, but always had a case of booze to aid in the negotiations. Regular mail service destroyed the fur...
12 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Alaska Review Collection, 1978". Film shows men loading furs into a monoplane in Siberia. Aircraft N-Number is partially covered [N?0002].
15 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Dickson Collection". Film shows men loading furs into a Waco biplane, with sled-dogs in the foreground. Aircraft N-Number appears to be NC-15235.
31 second, color/silent film clip of the King Island Dancers performing at Nome. The drummer in the red and black checked shirt is Chief Olanna. He is the father of Agnes Kunnuk, the woman dancer in the fur parka with the light blue head scarf....
48 second color/silent film clip, of a trip on the Riverboat Discovery in Fairbanks, Alaska. Clip shows passengers loading, Jim Binkley talking on a microphone, Mary Binkley talking to passengers about fur, and a trip to an Athabascan fish camp.