(4:36 min.) (19 of 20) G. W. Skinner/ tourism--Oregon (ship)--Alaska Consolidated Canneries--Cannery ship--Yes Bay--Bob Rose--Paid commissions to railroad companies as well as travel agents--Kenny Cross--H. N. Peterson
(6:33 min.) (05 of 12) Building bases and prep for Attu 30,000 men working total--civilian contractors did lots of work--DeLong--General Tally--Cold Bay task force to retake Attu--General Buckner--Alaska scouts--12,000 men in first two...
(9:00 min.) (05 of 09)
Barging
Martha; working close to the land; barge; waves; advice for young people; hovercraft; year round; 75 tons; 30 miles per hour; follows the river; demand; fuel; propane; airlines; schedules; develops better...
(9:55 Min.) (01 of 09)
Barging on the river
barging; river history; summer -- Galena; hauling 140 ton loads; river trips; whole life on river; Holy Cross; freight; Nenana; Yukon; million gallon barge; Nenana; Fairbanks; Core of Engineers; Chena...
Third volume of five volume set of diaries kept by Walter Todd, railroad surveyor for Alaskan Engineering Commission in southcentral Alaska. Jan. 15, 1917-May 18, 1917. [97] pages ; 15 cm.
63 second, color/silent film clip. Shows the motorcyclist Slim Williams building a boat to cross the Klappan River. Title frame reads: "Slim Williams and John Logan Build a boat to cross the Klappan River".
A cross was made from the ice of Lake Iliamna for the blessing of the water. The cross broke, so they fixed it by using string. Bishop Benjamin blessed the water.
A girl sticks out her tongue while a Red Cross nurse appears to look at her throat. Behind them, others have thermometers in their mouths. Notes with photo read: "Citizens numbering about 115 of Valdez were evacuated to Fairbanks, via 3 Alaska...