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Aircraft and crews, of the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska Flight, assemble at the starting point, Bolling Field, Washington, DC

United States Army Air Corps Alaska Flight Project begins in Washington DC. YB-10 bomber (tail number 151) takes off from Patterson Field, Ohio, heading for Washington, DC, the official starting point for the operation. A few Martin YB-10 aircraft taxiing at Bolling Field, Washington, DC (20 MacDill Blvd SE, Washington, DC 20032, USA). Several Martin YB-10 bombers parked in a line, with ground crews attending them. Chief of the United States Air Corps, General Benjamin Delahauf Foulois; United States Assistant Secretary of War Harry Woodring and Commander of the Alaska Flight, Colonel Henry H. Arnold, stand along with the Alaska Flight pilots, in front of a project airplane, number 143, painted with the project logo: an eagle perched over a map of Alaska. Secretary Woodring meets and shakes hands with the pilots.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1934
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064906
An organizational chart with the heading "CINCAL, Commander in Chief, Alaska".

An organizational chart headed as "CINCAL, Commander in Chief, Alaska". Written below is USARAL (US Army in Alaska), U.S. Navy, Alaskan Sea Frontier and the AAC (Alaskan Air Command).

Location: Alaska Elmendorf Air Force Base USA
Date: 1954, October 7
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034935
Group of pamphlets on table in Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.

Group of pamphlets on table in Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. An airman look at pamphlet titled "ASSIGNMENT ALASKA".

Location: Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska USA
Date: 1954, January 7
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034960
Group of magazines on table at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska.

Group of magazines on table at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. A man picks up magazine headed "Assignment Alaska". He opens the magazine.

Location: Alaska Elmendorf Air Force Base USA
Date: 1954
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035020
Construction of the Alaska Highway that connects the lower 48 United States to Alaska via Canada.

Construction of the the Alaska Highway aka Alaska-Canadian Highway aka ALCAN Highway, in 1942. Montage showing momentary views of American highways seen from underneath, highlighting their structural supports and the like. A man traveling in snow by means of a dogsled. Vehicles bumping along on rough road in a wilderness, passing a piece of heavy road-building machinery in operation. A sign posted on June 15, 1942, soliciting workers for construction of the ALCAN highway. The sign reads "This is No Picnic." Steam locomotive pulling railroad train into station at Whitehorse, Yukon territory, Canada. Men in parkas sorting through boxes of supplies at the rail depot. A caterpillar tractor clearing trees along the planned roadway path. Canvas covered trucks driving across snow-covered landscape. Narrator mentions start of World War 2, as related scenes are shown, including: A formation of military aircraft in flight; Bomb exploding in Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor; and wreckage of the USS Arizona after the attack. Scene shifts to workmen in parkas carrying tools, as they walk past tents in snowy site. Surveyors struggling through snow and underbrush to perform their work. A truck driving across a temporary bridge. A bulldozer clearing underbrush. A convoy of trucks driving along a snowy road. Men attempting to free a vehicle trapped in a snow bank. Vehicles moving along parts of the highway covered by water from melting ice. A Jeep driving past a tent displaying a sign pointing to Tokyo. Gathering of construction workers in completion ceremony at Soldier's Summit on 21 November, 1942.

Location: Canada
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023509
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs Alaska Statehood Act in the White House allowing Alaska to become the 49th U.S. state.

Exteriors of the White House in Washington DC. Interior of the White House shows U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signing Alaska Statehood Act on July 7, 1958, granting Alaska status as the 49th state as of January 3, 1959. U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon and other officials surround President Eisenhower. Workers work with the U.S. flag showing 49th star added to new staggered star design.

Location: Washington DC White House USA
Date: 1959, January 3
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047730
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