39 second, color/silent film clip of men making babiche (hide rope). First, a man rinses the hide in a barrel, then in a large body of water. Two men then stretch and cut the hide into strips.
35 second, color/silent, film clip showing people catching salmon in a net and processing them, 1958-1961.
A small boat is in the background. The women are using ulus to cut the fish.
23 second, color/silent, film clip of an Eskimo woman talking with young adults and children, 1958-1961. She is showing them her necklace of story beads.
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.
40 second film clip, color/silent, of statehood celebration activities. Anchorage Daily Times front page. Reading Daily News Miner. Newsboy selling papers. United States and Alaska flags hung from upper stories of building. Fire engine in a...
31 second film clip, color/silent, of Front street and the shoreline at Kotzebue, Alaska, 1958-1961. The tugboat, Helen Lee, is seen with a walrus carcass on its deck. People are walking on the sidewalk.
53 second film clip, color/silent, of a blanket toss and a high kick and umiak race in Nome, Alaska, 1958-1961.
A crowd watches as athletes compete in traditional Eskimo games.
This clip has been modified from the first release on this...
59-second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Machetanz Collection , 1951 - 1954". Film clip of a boy retrieving a dog harness from a cache and harnessing a dog. The boy then is seen with several puppies. Location may be...
Title taken from caption. View of artist Fred Machetanz wearing fur trimmed coat, probably in Anchorage, Alaska at Fur Rendezvous festival. 1953-1959. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.