57 second, black & white/silent film clip. This clip shows facilities being constructed and some of the air craft destined to be sent to the Soviet Union for defense against Germany during World War II . Clip is an excerpt from the Universal...
Title from verso. "Russian delegation to the international aviation conference starting in Chicago Nov 1, photographed as they arrived from Moscow at Headquarters of the Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command, AAF in Edmonton, Canada....
Title from verso. "Returning from China and Siberia, Vice-President, Henry A. Wallace dined at Ladd Field, Fairbanks Alaska, with Russian and American airmen who fly lend-lease planes to the Soviet Air Forces through the Alaskan Division, Air...
Title from verso. "Rear Admiral Konstantin Rodionov draws a bead on a tempting ball during a game of 'smoker' [snooker?] pool at the officer's club of the Army Air Base, Alaskan Division, Air Transport Command, Great Falls, MT, where the Russian...
Title from verso of a similar photo. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as...
Title from verso. "The Red Star of Russia is a familiar sight at East Base and has been for months and months. With the lifting of military secrecy, this southern station of the Alaskan Division, ATC, has been disclosed as the funnel for a vast...
Title from verso. "Clyde Armistead who won Soviet decoration at Moscow for Arctic relief flights from Fairbanks Mattern's plane." A view of Pacific Alaska Airways hangar and an aircraft. Clyde Armistead, hands in his pockets, is standing in the...
Title supplied by cataloger. Tail dragger plane on skis, parked on a snow covered field in front of a hangar. Visible markings are "CCCP-177" [i.e., "SSSR-177"]. These markings appear to be Cyrillic, thus marking the plane as Soviet. This...
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane marked as CCCP-177 [i.e., SSSR-177] on wheels without wings being towed by a truck across snowy field. Three men in the truck and a utility pole visible in the background. The markings appear to be...
Title from verso. "Slepnev's Junkers CCCP. Copied from Reed's Kay J. Kennedy Mail: 12831 N. E. 83rd St. Kirkland, Wa. 98033." Two people in fur coats stand with a team of sled dogs in front of a Soviet airplane, marked under the wings "CCCP...
Title by indexer. From verso: "S. A. Smionov, Soviet radio engineer; pilot Jimmie Mattern; Leo Khvat, Moscow Journalist and reporter for Pravda & Tass; Joe Crosson, pilot & general manager pacific Alaska Airways; pilot H. S. Jones. From a Noel...
Five Anchorage Garden Club members pose with three Russian sailors during trip to Kodiak, Alaska. From caption: "Over a dozen of our members had the special opportunity to attend the state convention in Kodiak where our own Della Barry, president,...
Title taken from caption. Soviet soldiers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa during a visit to Bering Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. A Soviet serviceman and a teacher pose for a portrait in Nikolskoye village, Bering Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Dr. Hrdlicka looks on while Lt. Lazerof, a Soviet officer, tries to read the inscription on the cross marking Vitus Bering's grave. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to...
Title taken from caption. Soviet flag flying above a house in Praeobrajensko, Medny Island, Russia. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.