(3:55 min.) (03 of 24) 03 Worked for Alaska Steamship Co. during WWII Laid cable for Alaska Communication System [ACS]. Worked on a troop transport (possibly the Chinook Victory). Delivered soldiers to and from Truck Island; the ship...
(4:23 min.) (17 of 20) Shismaref/ cargo unloading-piece hauling problems with fixed tariff--Umiaks with outboard motors--unloading a pick-up truck--George Goshaw--published tariff easy to undercut and regulations on general carriers
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.
33 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Wagner Collection". Film shows a ferry carrying a truck across the Tanana River at Delta.
37 second, black & white/silent, film clip of two people standing and pointing outside of what might be the Forget-Me-Not Emporium in Anchorage. A second section of film shows a man shoveling coal from the back of a Alaska Transfer Company coal...
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...
58 second, black & white/silent, film clip of trees being turned into firewood. Two men chop and saw down trees; the logs are cut to wood-stove size with a saw attached to the back of a pick-up truck.
60 second, black & white/silent, film clip of a ferry crossing the Tanana River, loading a Thrifty Market [of Fairbanks] truck, and travelling back across the Tanana. There is a nice view of a log building at Rika's Roadhouse.
70 second, black & white/silent film clip of the 1935-1936 Fairbanks Ice Carnival parade. Floats and their sponsors include: a basketball team in their bus, Waechter Brothers Meat Co., Creamers Dairy, what looks like a horse drawn coach, a dog...
A fire truck sits in the middle of the street while a fireman holds a fire hose during a fire in Seward, Alaska. In background, spectators watch firemen fight the fire in a building at left. Aug. 1935. Photographer: Sylvia Sexton. Original size of...