Francais
Deutsch
Italiano
Refine Your Search
+"Alaska USA" +1943 stock footage and images
- Showing 1 to 6 of 69 results
more
Hide
View of Makushin Volcano and mountain range near Dutch Harbor in Alaska
View of Makushin Volcano and mountain range near Dutch Harbor in Alaska. Shoreline seen. Clouds and snow covered mountains in view. Smoke rises from summit of Mount Makushin.
A U.S. Army convoy moves along the newly constructed Alcan Highway connecting Alaska and the United States during World War II.
A convoy of U.S. Army vehicles moves along the newly built Alcan Highway during World War II. Animated map connecting Alaska and the United States. A convoy of trucks along a road and over a bridge. Army personnel repair the trucks. A bear on a road. Soldiers play with the bear. The trucks are refueled. Troops gathered outside a building.
U.S. Air operations from Adak, and views of.the island's defenses during the Aleutians campaign of World War II.
As film begins, two U.S. B-24 bombers are seen taxiing across the Adak airfield to takeoff on a bombing run against the Japanese airfield at Kiska Island. Closeup of B-24 with engines running. About an inch of water covers the ramp. The two bombers take off (followed by others unseen). Airmen on the ground watch them depart. Scene shifts to the port of Adak. A cargo ship and a tugboat moving a barge are seen in the water. Trucks drive along the beachfront. Mountains loom in the background. Military supplies, including munitions are seen piled along the beach. Soldiers carry some goods over their shoulders. Closeup of items piled on the beach. A dog trots along with soldiers walking the beach. Change of scene highlights guns installed as coastal defense on the island, including fixed heavy guns, anti-aircraft guns and machine guns. A sailor viewed through a life safer buoy, paints part of a warship. A Navy PBY Catalina on patrol is seen overhead. U.S. gunboats patrol the harbor. Crew members are seen aboard a U.S. destroyer patrolling deep waters off Adak. They exchange blinker light messages with a Bancroft-class (four-stacker) destroyer. Glimpse of the Bancroft-class destroyer flashing blinkers lights. Sailors on a destroyer respond to alarm of sonar sound contacts and man battle stations. Closeup of a Bancroft-class destroyer, followed by views of depth charges being launched from a destroyer underway. Exchanges of blinker light messages between camera destroyer and a Bancroft-class destroyer.
Work underway during the Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska during World War II.
The Canol Project during World War II. 'Canol' written on a building in Fairbanks, Alaska. The American flag on a pole in front of the building. Faces of engineers. 'Waterways' written on a building wall. People walk outside the New Franklin Hotel. Tents, vehicles and barracks on an open ground. A soldier walks with a rifle in hand. Carpenters erect wooden barracks.
Workers load tractors, diesel drums and engineering equipment onto barges for the Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska during World War II. Graders, tractors and engineering equipment operating at a work site. Workers load tractors and equipment on to a barge. A number of newly constructed barges at a harbor. The workers turn the barges with the help of cranes. Men roll diesel drums. 'Fuel Diesel' written on the drums. A worker greasing runways.
A tugboat hauls a loaded barge across a stream for the Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska.
The Canol Project in Fairbanks, Alaska during World War II. A tugboat hauls an empty barge across a stream. Workers stand on the barge. They load the barge with engineering equipment. An engineering vehicle loaded on the barge. The loaded barge leaves the harbor.