(5:10 min.) (06 of 08) Repairing the engines and hauling supplies during Vietnam spare parts for repairing engine; engines -- Alaska Steam ships; workshop onboard; replaced cylinder -- in port; Knot Ships -- Vietnam; ran supplies -- Army...
(5:12 min.) (05 of 08) Repairs on the Alaska Run for the Alaska Steam Ship Captain Brastad; lost propeller at sea; Stitt, James -- chief engineer; secure the propeller; steam ship -- towed ship back to Seattle; repair -- cylinder head; stop the...
(7:00 min.) (04 of 12) Weather at Amchitka and railroad to bering sea Apr '42 Engineers got word from Service and Supply (Roosevelt) find Railroad route from Fairbanks to sea.--Town meeting of the 3000 population of Fairbanks--Lots of...
08 Continue into Alaska (4:54 min.) (08 of 09)
Got some bad gas in Northway and had to drain the tanks. Finally made it into Nome, but it took two weeks. Joe Barber's plane was found a month later, and they found a trappers cabin with some...
49 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a film clip organized like a film newsreel. Shown is a railroad contstruction camp, the Alaska Railroad bridge over Eagle River, and a railroad observation car. Captions on the film read: "The...
57 second film clip, black & white/silent, organized like a film newsreel. The title on the film reads "Educational Film Corporation of America"; the first scene is "Matanuska Junction -- Crossing", and shows the river, tents, and men walking...
61 second film clip, black & white with audio track narration Clip of the construction and operation of the Alaska Railroad and early campsite of Anchorage, Alaska. Narration describes the development of the ARR.
From text of document: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, - That the territory ceded to the United States by Russia by the treaty...
"An unusual record of achievement has been established by eight native Alaskans, who were graduated August 10 by the RCA Institutes in New York. Members of a pilot group, sponsored by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, they scored a notable success in...
"Eight native Alaskans received diplomas August 10 from the RCA Institutes in New York, marking successful completion of an 18-months course in Industrial and Communications Electronics. All are members of a pilot educational program sponsored by...