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.
Views of harbor at Ketchikan, Alaska, from deck of the "El Aquario," supply ship supporting the U.S. Army Air Corps Alaska flight project in 1934. Camera pans across the harbor showing a steamship at dock and the settlement town of Ketchikan. A passenger steamship is seen with smoke from her stack, underway. A smaller steam ship underway. Crew members of the El Aquario, fish from her bow. One pulls in a small fish. Another one poses with a large fish. views of glassy calm waters from the El Aquario, underway after refueling at Ketchikan, followed by scenes as she moves into more open waters. Hills with snow on their tops.
Signboard above a log cabin reads "WILLIWAW" in Alaska. A man stands in front of cabin.
Williwaw on a log cabin in Alaska. Woman outside the house. Men talk amongst themselves. Newspaper press in operation.
Aerial view of Lake George, Alaska. Mountains beside the lake.
U.S. Army plane arrives at Alaska. Sea plane lands in water. Snow covered mountains in the area. Aircraft takes off over the mountains encircling Chignik Bay. Commander Martin and mechanic Harvey, crashed into a mountain in a fog. A map shows the course of Major Martin's journey. Flight Commander Martin and mechanic Harvey pose after rescue at Port Moller, Alaska
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