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Members of the U.S. Army Air Corps 1934 Alaska Flight complete their photo-mapping mission and are ready to fly home

The U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) Alaska Flight of 1934. The YB-10 aircraft of the project after completing their photo-mapping of 21 thousand square miles of Alaska. The aircraft have each been named for leading Alaskan cities and are fueled and ready to fly home. View of the YB-10 flown by Expedition Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold, displaying painted name "City of Fairbanks" and flag containing stars of Big Dipper and Polaris (North Star). The symbol of the expedition is also painted on the fuselages of all the airplanes, consisting of a totem pole topped by an Eagle with two arrows, superimposed on a map of Alaska. Names: Anchorage, Fort Yukon, Tanana, and Kodiak, are seen painted on airplanes. Aviators of the USAAC Alaska Flight pose for a picture in front of a YB-10 aircraft. Lieutenant Colonel Henry Arnold, Commander of the expedition, is in the center of the first row of men. To his right, is a pipe-smoking officer in a campaign hat, holding a puppy Husky dog. Arnold pets the puppy

Date: 1934
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064922
News stories of 1958 including polar cruise of USS Nautilus and statehood of Alaska

Aerial view of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine, underway on the surface and then submerging. View of helmsman below in the Nautilus. Aerial view of frozen arctic ocean with deep crevasses, as narrator mentions the Nautilus traveling submerged, beneath the North Pole on August 3, 1958. The boat's Captain, Commander William R. Anderson, is seen in uniform. More views of the Nautilus moving on the surface, including one with crew members standing on deck. Next, a newspaper headline is shown, announcing Alaska's statehood. Small boy and girl sitting in the grass holding a flag displaying map of Alaska and reading: "Alaska 49th State." Automobile traffic driving into Anchorage, Alaska. Banner stretched across the road reads: "Anchorage. All-America City." Pedestrians jam the sidewalks as the city celebrates its new statehood. A float displaying a huge moose has sign on its side reading: "49th. Hey Texas. Now I'm the biggest Bull..." Young Alaskans ride in a convertible automobile. A huge 48-star American flag covers the front of a building. It has a large extra star appended to it. Closeup of the flag.

Date: 1958
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047397
Tourists ride a sightseeing train of the Alaska Railroad from vicinity of Mount McKinley, to Seward, Alaska.

Tourists seeing Alaska from train of the Alaska Railroad. View from interior of a sightseeing car of the railroad. Passengers stand about and look out at the scenery as the train moves along parts of Alaska. View from the train traversing rail line along a river in vicinity of Mount Mckinley. Snow on the ground. View to the rear showing rugged terrain over which the rail line passes along the edge of a river. Closeup of a building with sign reading "Anchorage" and noting 353 miles to Fairbanks and 114 miles to Seward. View from inside the train as it passes through a Snow shed (aka avalanche gallery) where the light creates interesting effects. View exiting the snow shed. Steep mountain sides with snow in that area. View looking back at a curved trestle and track already passed over. Change of scene to the waterfront at Seward, where the train has arrived. Commercial boats and ships in the water. View of a seaman climbing a rope ladder in rigging of a ship. A mountain overlooking the city

Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064925
Fliers of the 1934 U.S.Army Air Corps Alaska Flight, spend time in Fairbanks, Alaska

Members, of the 1934 U.S. Army Air corps Alaska Flight, patronizing local hotel and shops in Fairbanks, Alaska. A sign identifies the Nordale Hotel (Slate notes the extreme high cost of things in Fairbanks, Alaska, such as: 25 cents for a cup of coffee and one dollar for a haircut, much higher than in the lower 48 in 1934.) Some of the fliers eat at the lunch counter of a local tavern. One leaves the tavern and poses for the camera, in front of a barber shop. He holds up a silver dollar, and walks into the shop.

Date: 1934, July
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064911
Views of Fairbanks Alaska, as seen during visit by U.S. Army Air Corps' 1934 Alaska Flight

Views of Fairbanks, Alaska, taken by cameraman with the USAAC 1934 Alaska Flight. View of an antique steam locomotive of the Alaska Railroad displayed in front of the Fairbanks railroad station. Glimpse of an Alaskan Railroad passenger car. View from a high point above some rooftops, of waterfront. Camera pans along river, showing riverfront buildings, a steel bridge, and areas of the Fairbanks downtown.

Date: 1934
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064913
Scenes of Fairbanks Alaska, taken during visit by Army Air Corps' 1934 Alaska Flight

Fairbanks Alaska as photographed by cameraman with the U.S. Army 1934 Alaska Flight. Views of private float planes parked in the water along the banks of the Tanana river, in Fairbanks, Alaska. A small covered barge loaded with 55 gallon drums has "Damfino" written on its bow. It is being pushed by a tugboat. Glimpse of a bridge over the river. Scene shifts to commercial signs in downtown Fairbanks. One reads: "Palace Bath House Open Day and Night." Signs identify the Model Cafe, Cann Studio, and John F. Lonz Furnishings. Cars are parked along the street. A drug store is seen further along the street at the approach to a steel bridge. Closeup of sign on side of a truck,reading: "Natural Milk, Bentleys Dairy." Man riding in a horse-drawn wagon, labeled "Fairbanks Garden."

Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064914