(4:40 min.) (12 of 12) Occupation Shemya runway washed away--Took a few days to get back to Anchorage--wrote history of Alaska construction--lots of people wrote it Bush edited--Left over the Alaska Highway--short time in states--then to south...
(4:44 min.) (05 of 08) 5. Autonomy Which direction should we move in next? More autonomy is better -- get more states together to lobby for more autonomy. People should keep an eye on government because they will always try and keep...
(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)
2 min, 38 sec film clip, color/silent. Men walk around Weeks Field and the hangars, talk with one another, take photographs, apparently consult maps or other papers, and prepare to see Jimmie Mattern pilot "The Texan" away.
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.
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...