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
Will Rogers and Wiley Post pose for pictures taken just before boarding Post's self-modified float plane that crashed en route to Point Barrow, Alaska, killing both Rogers and Post. The floatplane takes off from water. Map shows route: Juneau to Dawson, Fairbanks, Alaska; to Anchorage, Alaska and then back to Fairbanks. The words, "Point Barrow" animate on map - line running to Point Barrow, where the plane crashed after an engine failure, while taking off from a lagoon just outside of Point Barrow. Aerial views of the Arctic areas.
View of the new Federal Building on Courthouse Square, in Fairbanks, Alaska, where members, of the 1934 U.S. Army Air corps Alaska Flight set up an office, during their stay in Fairbanks. A flight mechanic attending to one of the YB-10 aircraft has with him, two black bear cubs on chain leashes. They cavort on the aircraft wing for the camera. Next, one bear cub is seen on the nose of the airplane. Finally, the two cubs play on a step ladder in front of an aircraft.
Film shot during the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) Alaska Flight of 1934. View from a YB-10 aircraft flying over snowy mountains in Alaska. Perspective of the cameraman inside the YB-10. Downward view of mountains covered in deep snow. Some mountains at lower elevations with streams flowing down their slopes. Cumulus clouds obscuring the ground and interfering with the photo-mapping mission for the photograpers. Cloud capped Mount McKinley (aka Denali) seen off the aircraft wing at a distance of 75 miles.
Scene of a bus terminal in Anchorage, Alaska. Exterior view of bus terminal. A bus leaves the terminal garage.
Men work on railroad tracks at Anchorage, Alaska. Two men take turns driving a railroad tie into the ground, swinging pick hammers. A building in the background.
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