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Travelogue of Pacific Northwest regions of the United States, including Seattle and Alaska.

1980s travelogue of Pacific Northwest regions of the United States and Alaska. Map highlights Pacific North West regions. Pictures show people and sites located in Mid West regions. View of oncoming Amtrak passenger railroad train approaching camera position as it crosses a bridge. Coast line views of ocean and inland views of waterfall. Elevated view of coastal areas in Washington state. A small waterway by a coastal village. A child is helped in reeling in a salmon fish catch on a boat. Ship crew nets the salmon. View of fresh salmon fish being grilled on barbecue grill. Views of ferry and ship in harbor at Seattle. View of space needle tower in Seattle. A lumber man competition shows hatchet or axe throwing contest, a two man sawing contest to cut a felled tree. Two young men in a log rolling contest in water. Ag group of people river rafting on rapids. Sled dogs running in snow pulling a sled. View from sled position of dogs pulling sled. View of Mount McKinley or Denali peak as seen from across a lake (possibly Wonder Lake). A group of native people, possibly eskimo, perform a traditional dance. View of a totem pole, two grizzly bears running on a shore line, big horn sheep in a herd, a passenger ship passing near a calving glacier. Passengers observe the glacial landscape. A glacier breaking (calving) and dropping a large piece into water. Orca or "killer whale" lightly breaching the surface of the water. View of a harbor with boats and low mountains in distance behind a bay area in Alaska. Wide view of a passenger bus traveling on a road in Alaska with a glacier in the distance behind. Yellow flowers close-up. A passenger ferry ship slowly moving on a bay of water.

Date: 1986
Duration: 2 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039837
Relocation of Japanese Americans in United States during World War II.

'Japanese Relocation' shows Milton S Eisenhower speaking about the threat posed by Nisei or Japanese American people in United States during World War II. Japanese residents along the west coast have direct access to American oil fields and harbors. This heightens the need to migrate the Nisei to interiors of America. Commander General of Western Command at his office plans the migration (internment) of Nisei people. Notices informing the people of mass migration put up. Nisei people fill up documents and submit it to war relocation authority. People undergo medical examination. They sell their property through 'Evacuee property department'. Japanese load their belongings onto trucks and buses. Deserted shops and homes of Japanese Americans. Rows of temporary houses at Santa Anita race track in Arcadia, California. People eat in a mess and attend church service. Men prepare houses for the Nisei. They move to relocation center in trains and buses.

Date: 1943
Duration: 6 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049420
Japanese Animated maps of the Pacific Ocean and Hawaii before Pearl Harbor attack (WW2)

Japanese perspective of Japanese bombing attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States during World War II. Animated map showing Japan, neighboring Asian countries, the West Coast of the United States, and the Pacific Ocean. The map measures the distance of Hawaii between Japan and the United States. A Japanese fighter plane squadron in flight. United States Navy battleships in column underway at sea. A sailor operating a signal lamp. A captain steering the ship while other crew members work. Side view of a convoy of American destroyers and cruisers in the Pacific Ocean. An animated map of Oahu showing the location of Honolulu, Moloka’I, and Pearl Harbor. A detailed map of Oahu in Japanese.

Date: 1941, December 7
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Japanese
Clip: 65675080626
Aircraft maneuver over and around U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored in harbor on West Coast of United States

A high wing monoplane and a bi-wing float plane maneuver over warships of the U.S. Pacific fleet in a harbor. Several more airplanes join in the maneuvers. The aircraft circle over the anchored fleet. A high wing monoplane dives close to the water and climbs out again.Views of Destroyers, Battleships and other vessels.

Date: 1920
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060911
Newsreel "Biggest family of shipbuilders help win war"

Fifteen members of large Brockmiller family work in war production industry as ship builders at Kaiser Shipyards on the Pacific West Coast of the United States during World War 2. The working members include a girl. The members of the family at the worker Pay Booth receiving pay. Family gathered at dining table eating food. Whole family including grandchildren seen together.

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040769
FJ-3 landing, takeoff, and ordnance operations aboard United States Carrier, Bon Homme Richard (CV-31)

United States Navy FJ-3 of Navy Fighter Squadron, VF-211 (Red Checkertails) lands on the deck of USS Bonhomme Richard (CV-31) off the California coast, as she is preparing for deployment to the Western Pacific. The aircraft has two sidewinder missiles attached under its wings. Red shirt ordnance men attach cover over one of the missiles, and remove electric leads. Missile being removed from plane's bomb rack and put on a sled onto bomb elevator and is lowered down. Missile placed on plane launcher and cover from missile nose being removed. Flash light test conducted on the missile nose. Pilot gives thumbs up signal to flight deck. Plane takes off from the deck of the ship.

Date: 1956, June 21
Duration: 2 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675038509