31 second film clip, black & white/silent, of men cutting ice. The men cut the ice with saws and haul it away using a small sled or sledge pulled by an old fashioned truck.
31 second, color/silent, film clip of processing and preserving salmon along the Yukon River. Women, using ulus and knives, are cutting fish for drying. A man, using what appears to be a spear, tosses fish into a hole, probably to prepare...
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.
36 second film clip, color/silent, of a reindeer roundup on the Seward Peninsula. People herd the reindeer into the corral using a long piece of material. A reindeer is wrestled to the gound.
38 second film clip, color/silent, of the Alaska Territorial Guard [ATG] moving a house on skids through the streets of Nome, Alaska. They are using a bulldozer; other heavy equipment can be seen in the background.
42 second, color/silent, film clip of women fishing through the ice. First the hole is dug and cleared of slush, using a chisel and an ice scoop, then the women sit and jig for fish using a hand-line.
47 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Smith Collection". Film shows men unloading freight from a C-46 at Barter Island. They are using a small crane to remove a large crate from the airplane, the crate is loaded onto a...