67 second, black & white/silent, film clip of people shopping at the trading post in Palmer. It looks as if a man is getting paid in tokens or bingles.
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.
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.
One minute, black & white, silent film clip of campus life at Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines. Clip starts with a train at the Fairbanks rail depot. People are loading baggage into a pickup truck. ARR engine no. 1 figures...
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.
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.
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.
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.
One minute, 42 second, black & white/silent, film clip of scenes aboard a steamship. Also seen are fog, ocean, a light house, passengers and crew, people playing shuffleboard, and another ship filmed through a port hole.