Title from verso. Photograph of Seabees building a runway out of Marsden Matting. Verso reads: "Seabees work through a mile-a-minute gale at an Aleutian base from which American planes take off to bomb Paramushiru, key Jap [ Japanese ]...
One minute, 41 second, color/sound, film clip. From title frame: "Marston Matt" steel plank runway is assembled by U.S. Army on Adak. Excerpt from "Report from the Aleutians", a 1943 War Dept. film produced, directed, and narrated by John...
Unknown military personnel standing beside a PBY Catalina seaplane during World War II on an airstrip at Adak Island, Alaska, with propellers in motion. Surface on the ground is Marsden matting (perforated steel plating that interlocks to provide a...
Two servicemen pose for a photograph on a vehicle used for towing aircraft. Verso: "Left to right: Charles Nicholls and Weldon Preddy." Marsden matting (interlocked steel plates) covers the ground. Original photograph size: 4 x 5 3/4 inch.
A flight crew from the 77th Bombardier Squadron (Eleventh Air Force) stands beside a plane on the runway at Adak. Left to right: Weldon Preddy, Joe Fontaine, and Ken Wood. Marsden matting (steel interlocked plates) covers the ground. Original...
Title taken from front. View of Marsden matting (interlocking steel plates which provide a stable place for airplanes to take off and land) on runway, damaged by high winds, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, during World War II. Also from front: "IPF 3G294...
Title from sleeve. The tail of the 'Marineland of the Pacific Arctic Expedition' airplane on the runway at the Gambell airport, with airplane number N67578. A Wien 'Arctic Liner' airplane is partially viisble behind. Photographer's number: 12029. 2...
Title from sleeve. Fur trader Edward R. Shepherd with his wife 'Dick', who sits on the hood of a Snow-Trac snowmachine at the Gambell airport. Photographer's number: 11216. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
(4:59 min.) (03 of 12) Down the chain Marsden matting--harbor installation--dock washed away--Amchitka--Atka-- Attu and Kiska--Discrepancies with Lael Morgan--Garfield, (author)