View from Douglas Island looking across Gastineau Channel at the city of Juneau nestled at the foot of Mount Juneau (left) and Mount Roberts (right). At the time (1954) Juneau was the Capital of the Territory of Alaska. (Note: Gastineau Channel is a part of the "Inside Passage" of SE Alaska, a naturally protected waterway of the North Pacific Ocean.)
Aftermath of a September 17, 1934 fire in Nome, Alaska. Debris spread across a large area after a massive fire swept the city of Nome in Alaska. Soldiers near a damaged car. A view of the area with debris all around. The 1934 Nome Fire began at Steadman Avenue between First and Third Avenues.
U.S. Navy Alaska survey expedition. Arrival of the plane on the expedition in Seward, Alaska. Plane taxis in water. Snow capped mountains in the background. Men stand aboard a vessel.
(Soon after passage of the Gold Reserve Act in the United States, establishing a much higher price for gold): Alaskan scenes photographed by cameraman with the U.S. Army Air Corps' 1934 Alaska Flight. Placer mining for gold, near Fairbanks, Alaska. Heavy stream of water directed at edge if a stream, to wash away loose dirt and expose more stable layers of gravel, where gold may be found. Views of channels cut from the high pressure hose. A giant dredge that operates 24 hours a day, digging up riverbed to depth of 30 feet, sifting out heavier material (gold) and discharging the tailings behind, as it moves along. Closeup of the dredge. Steel buckets connected to a conveyer, being raised in the process. A pet black bear cub playing in a tub of water and later, in a tree. Two Bear cubs playing in a tree.
Some scenes of Fairbanks Alaska and environs filmed by cameraman accompanying the U.S. Army Air Corps' 1934 Alaska Flight. A very tall pole with radio antenna, surrounded by smaller poles holding antenna wires for radio reception. A road through pine forest leading to the Fairbanks summer resort at Lake Harding. View from motor vehicle traveling along the road. It passes around another vehicle stopped in the roadway. View of the lake, with a floatplane resting in the water. Youngsters in bathing attire playing in the lake waters. A small tree house near a large log home in woods near the lake.
YB-10 aircraft of the U.S.Air Corps 1934 Alaska Flight heading to Anchorage, Alaska. View of one of the aircraft as it takes off from Fairbanks. View out the window of one B-10, as another moves into formation off its left wing. Views from various angles in the airplane. Views of Anchorage, below. aircraft in formation passing over the Anchorage airfield. The camera airplane setting up on downwind leg to the field. Glimpse out right side window over the wing as the aircraft is on final approach near the field. YB-10s parked on Anchorage airfield, with lots of spectators and well-wishers to greet the fliers. Another B-10 landing, as Lieutenant Colonel Henry (Hap) Arnold and Major Ralph Royce watch, along with other fliers. The newly arrived B-10s taxiing to park. Panning view of the airfield, with B-10s parked in a line and spectators standing scattered about in the field. Mountains in background
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