35 second, black & white/silent, film clip of scenery filmed from a moving train, of the Alaska Railroad station in Fairbanks, of disembarking passengers and of cargo being unloaded. At the end of the clip, Alaska Railroad Engine No. 1 can be seen.
44 second, black & white/silent film clip. Clip shows a Ford Tri-motor airplane. Men crank start the plane, which then taxis down the snowy runway and takes off.
46 second, black & white/silent film clip of a hockey game taking place on the Chena River beneath the Cushman Street Bridge during the 1935-1936 Fairbanks Winter Ice Carnival.
50 second, black & white/silent film clip, of the A. J. [Alaska Juneau] Mine near Juneau. The camera pans across the mining facilities and records the blasting of a hillside.
52 second, black & white/silent, film clip of people hiking with skis, lacing up their boots, traversing a hill, skiing downhill, and failing to land a ski jump. Also included are scenes of skiers warming up around a fire and a sunset.
54 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a miner hauling wood to feed a steam engine. The steam was used to thaw the frozen ground and enable the miners to chip out the rock and earth. A bucket is seen coming out of a mine shaft and...
54 second, black & white/silent, film clip of the Miss Alaska float at the 1935-1936 Winter Ice Carnival. The clip includes the contestants climbing off the float, up the ice throne and the winner being crowned. What appears to be a seal poke...
55 second film clip, black & white/silent, of Palmer, Alaska showing street scenes, a railroad track, and a horse drawn wagon. Mountains form the background.
56 second film clip, black & white/silent, of activities at the hospital in Palmer, Alaska. Scenes on the film clip include medical professionals seeing patients and setting the arm of a small girl, a patient ward, a nurse holding two infants...
58 second, black & white/silent, film clip of trees being turned into firewood. Two men chop and saw down trees; the logs are cut to wood-stove size with a saw attached to the back of a pick-up truck.
59 second, black & white/silent, film clip of hydraulic gold mining near Esther [Ester], Alaska. The men use large hoses releasing pressurized water to cut into a small hillside.
60 second, black & white/silent, film clip of a ferry crossing the Tanana River, loading a Thrifty Market [of Fairbanks] truck, and travelling back across the Tanana. There is a nice view of a log building at Rika's Roadhouse.
60 second, black & white/silent, film clip of Matanuska Valley Colony houses and tents at Palmer, Alaska. Scenes include a horse drawn wagon, an automobile, scenes of houses and tents at Palmer (including some under construction) and a train...