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
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
U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon arrive at a lodge in Alaska and are welcomed by Former Alaska Governor and former Secretary of the Interior under Nixon, Walter "Wally" Hickel. Walter Hickel is joined by his wife Ermalee Hickel. Walter Hickel shakes hands with the President and his wife and talks to them. Patricia Nixon and Ermalee Hickel talk to each other. The dignitaries pose for a photo. Then they approach a small gathered crowd holding a sign "Welcome Pres Nixon Come Shake Hands." They greet the crowd. This is earlier in the day before Nixon welcomed Emperor Hirohito of Japan in Alaska.
View of Midnight Sun from bow of the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska Flight support ship, El Aquario, underway in Alaskan waters. Mountains are seen as she proceeds through Resurrection Bay, towards Seward, Alaska. Views of the harbor at Seward, where several ships are seen. The El Aquario, seen at the dock in seward. The camera pans the pier, which contains rails for cargo handling. Another ship is docked behind the El Aquario. Slopes in background are covered in evergreen trees. Railroad station and warehouses are seen. View from atop a railroad train, shows rail lines, bridge, buildings, a ship in the harbor, and mountain in background. Captain George Goddard, supply officer for the expedition, stands with another officer and points to chalk writing on an Alaska Railroad caboose car reading: "Capt. Goddard return back on." He and the other officer are then seen on rear platform of that car on a railroad train. Goddard lights a cigarette. View from that caboose platform as the train pulls out of the Seward train station. View from atop the caboose showing the last six cars, containing expedition supplies, preceded by other cars making up a long train. Views of snowy landscapes beside the tracks as the train proceeds. Picture of the Fairbanks railroad station as the train arrives.
The Carpenter-Whitney Expedition in Alaska. Largest species of moose family, Kenai Moose spotted in a forest area. The moose walks into the bushes. H W Terhune, the Executive Game Commissioner of Alaska, with assistants, arrives by boat. The Commissioner inspects a large moose head along a lake.
Views from the deck of the Army Air Corps Alaska Flight support ship, "El Aquario," as she makes way close to shore in the Gulf of Alaska. Snow covered mountains dominate the landscape. Bow waves break as the ship heads into less protected waters. She beins to roll in white-capped seas and then pitches and rolls with water breaking over her bow, in heavy seas.
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