Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-1527B

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00:29:47 7.33	CAPITAL MOVE: MAP OF AMERICA, ZOOM IN ON ALASKA. SMALL PLANE FLYING OVER BREATH-TAKING RUGGED, BEAUTIFUL LAND OF ALASKA. TAPESTRY OF SNOW, MOUNTAINS, LAKES, FORESTS.
00:29:56 16.33	MONTAGE TWO MEN KAYAKING DOWN RIVER, YOUNG MALE, FEMALE HIKERS WITH BACK PACK WAITING BY RAILROAD TRACKS ON EDGE OF FOREST. TWO SPEEDING DOWN RIVER IN SMALL OUTBOARD MOTORBOAT. TWO CANOEING IN MIDDLE OF LARGE LAKE. ZOOM IN "ALASKA" FLASHES ON SCREEN. MOST OF ALASKA IS IN GOVERNMENT HANDS.
00:30:31 51.33	AERIAL VIEW OF SNOW COVERED TUNDRA, OTHER AREAS. MALE CITIZEN, DETERMINED TO PLAN ALASKA'S FUTURE, ADDRESSES ALASKAN LEGISLATURE. BUSY PEDESTRIAN, TRAFFIC IN ALASKAN CITY.
00:31:09 89.33	AERIAL PAN VAST WILDERNESS OF FOREST LAND WHERE ALASKAN'S HAVE PROPOSED A COMPLETELY NEW CAPITAL CITY, A CAREFULLY PLANNED CENTER OF GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, SHOPS, HOMES, TO RISE FROM WILDERNESS. CONCEIVED WITH REGARD FOR FUTURE.
00:31:17 97.33	MONTAGE PHOTOS OF GOLD RUSH DAYS WHEN JOE JUNEAU, RICHARD HARRIS FOUND GOLD IN 1880 IN EASTERN ALASKA. SHOTS OF SOME OF THOUSANDS OF PROSPECTORS WHO SWARMED TO THE SPOT.
00:31:40 120.33	PHOTOS OF BOOMING GOLD RUSH TOWN WHICH BECAME KNOWN AS JUNEAU. BY 1900 WAS CENTER OF ALASKA'S POPULATION, INDUSTRY, TRADE. OBVIOUS CHOICE TO BECOME THE CAPITAL CITY.
00:31:55 135.33	AERIAL VIEW OF CAPITAL CITY OF JUNEAU, WHICH HAS GROWN VERY LITTLE. WEDGED BETWEEN SEA, MOUNTAINS, JUNEAU HAS VERY LITTLE ROOM TO EXPAND. ZOOM IN ON JUNEAU FROM SEA. IT IS ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST BEAUTIFUL STATE CAPITALS, IT IS ALSO THE MOST ISOLATED AND INACCESSIBLE.
00:32:12 152.33	CRUISE SHIP SAILS BY JUNEAU. BECAUSE THERE ARE NO ROADS TO JUNEAU, IT IS REACHABLE ONLY BY BOAT AND AIRPLANE.
00:32:38 178.33	JUNEAU ON MAP, PAN TO ANCHORAGE, EIGHT HUNDRED KILOMETERS TO THE WEST. AERIAL ZOOM IN PAN OF HUGE MODERN CITY WHERE HALF OF ALASKA'S POPULATION LIVES. YOUNG PEDESTRIANS AMID CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS
00:33:24 224.33	HAND OF ARCHITECT AS HE DESIGNS NEW CAPITAL CITY TO BE LOCATED IN WILLA, SIXTY KILOMETERS NORTH OF ANCHORAGE. IN RECENT ELECTION, PEOPLE HAVE VOTED TO MOVE CAPITAL TO WILLA. PAN OF WOODED AREA.
00:33:29 229.33	CU BEARDED YOUNG ARCHITECT TELLS OF THE TYPE OF CITY BEING PLANNED. A CITY THAT IS "HUMANE".
00:33:47 247.33	MINIATURE MODEL OF CITY WITH BUILDINGS ABLE TO WITHSTAND WEATHER, AND A CITY "WHERE PEOPLE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WALK MORE THAN TEN CITY BLOCKS TO GET TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO" AERIAL PAN OF HOMES, BUILDINGS IN MINIATURE.
00:34:41 301.33	BUSH PILOT: ALASKA. RAINDROPS FORM LITTLE CIRCLES IN LAKE WATER. RUTH JEFFORD, BUSH PILOT, DRIVES CAR PAST SEVERAL SEAPLANES MOORED IN MARINA. CU WINDSHIELD WIPERS DOING THEIR JOB ON WINDOW. PAN TO RUTH AT THE WHEEL.
00:35:17 337.33	RUTH DRIVES WAITS FOR DOORS TO SLIDE OPEN, DRIVES INTO HANGAR. SHE LOADS PICK-UP TRUCK WITH LARGE BAGS OF MAIL, DRIVES THEM TO PLANE, LOADS THEM ON. SHE NARRATES, TELLS HOW SHE LEARNED TO FLY FORTY YEARS EARLIER IN NEBRASKA, HOW MUCH SHE LOVES IT.
00:36:12 392.33	PIPER CUB TAKES OFF. CU RUTH AT CONTROLS. LONG LINES OF SMALL PLANES PARKED AT AIRFIELD. THERE ARE OVER 8000 LICENSED PILOTS IN STATE OF ALASKA, MORE PRIVATELY OWNED PLANES HERE THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN COUNTRY. ONE PILOT IN EVERY 48 ALASKANS.
00:36:48 428.33	AERIAL RUTH'S PLANE FLYING OVER FOREST, AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ABOVE. RUTH COMING IN FOR LANDING IN AREA CALLED SQUETNA, DISTANT, ISOLATED, MILES FROM NEAREST ROAD TWO MEN STANDING BY STATION WAGON, WATCH HER TAXI TOWARDS THEM
00:37:22 462.33	MAN TAKES MAIL BAGS FROM PLANE, LOADS THEM ON RUTH'S PLANE. THEY CHAT, LAUGH, BEFORE SHE TAKES OFF.
00:37:58 498.33	TWO MEN WITH SMALL BOY START UP SMALL OUTBOARD MOTOR BOAT, TAKE OFF DOWN RIVER WITH MAIL BAGS. MAN CARRIES BAGS OF MAIL TO LOG CABIN ALONG RIVER.
00:39:17 577.33	CU RUTH PRACTICES HER VIOLIN IN HER LIVING ROOM. SHE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN AND CONCERT MASTER OF ANCHORAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. CU RUTH'S HAND FINGERING STRINGS AS SHE PLAYS.
00:39:42 602.33	ESKIMO-NANA CORPORATION: KOTZEBUE, ALASKA ON MAP. CU OLD NATIVE AMERICAN WOMAN (SOMETIMES CALLED ESKIMO, OR EITHER INUIT OR YUPIK) CLAIRE ADAMS, REPAIRS NETS IN PREPARATION FOR SALMON RUNS. CU ZOOM IN FACE SHOT AS SHE WORKS. CU FACE SHOTS OF OTHER NATIVE ALASKANS, INCLUDING CHILDREN.
00:40:34 654.33	PAN LARGE GROUP OF NATIVE ALASKAN CHILDREN, PARENTS. AS A RESULT OF THEIR CLAIM, U.S. CONGRESS AWARDED ALL 77,000 NATIVE ALASKANS, 960 MILLION DOLLARS AND ENTITLED THEM TO EIGHTEEN MILLION HECTARES OF LAND. TO BE MANAGED BY REGIONAL CORPORATION.
00:40:45 665.33	AERIAL NATIVE OWNED NANA CORPORATION HEADQUARTERS IN KOTZEBUE, THE SECOND LARGEST NATIVE ALASKAN VILLAGE IN THE ARCTIC. OF THE 4800 MEMBERS IN NANA CORPORATION, ALMOST HALF LIVE IN KOTZABUE.
00:41:04 684.33	PAN OF SMALL FISHING VILLAGE, WITH SMALL BOATS ALONG THE BEACH. CU NATIVE ALASKAN WOMAN PULLING IN A NET. TAKES OUT GOOD SIZE SALMON. NOW WITH THE MONEY, NATIVE ALASKANS CAN NOW BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT AGAIN.
00:41:47 727.33	CU WILLIE HENSLEY, YOUNG NATIVE ALASKAN AND A MEMBER OF NANAS' BOARD OF DIRECTORS, SPEAKS, SUMS UP THEIR ATTITUDE.
00:42:09 749.33	ZOOM IN "UNITED BANK, ALASKA," OWNED AND OPERATED BY NANA CORPORATION. NATIVE ALASKAN WORKERS INSIDE BANK. ZOOM IN ON NANA CONSTRUCTION COMPANY CORPORATE OFFICES ALSO RUN BY NANA. ZOOM IN ON CONTROL TOWER AT ANCHORAGE AIRPORT, ALSO RUN BY NANA.
00:42:24 764.33	NATIVE ALASKAN TRAFFIC CONTROLLER WATCHES PLANE THROUGH WINDOW AS IT COMES IN FOR LANDING
00:42:45 785.33	NATIVE ALASKAN WORKER EXAMINES HUGE JADE BOLDER BEING CUT AUTOMATICALLY BY HUGE SAW. WITHIN NANAS' REGION STANDS A MOUNTAIN OF SOLID JADE BOULDERS. CU WORKER USES ELECTRIC WET STONE TO GRIND JADE PIECES.
00:42:59 799.33	CU NATIVE ALASKAN WORKER CARVES JADE PIECES. NATIVE ALASKANS TRADITIONALLY WERE IVORY CARVERS. WITH SHORTAGE OF IVORY, JAGE FITS THE BILL.
00:43:24 824.33	CONSTANT STREAM OF TOURISTS ENTER NANAS' GIFT SHOP. MONTAGE SMALL FIGURINES MADE BY NATIVE ALASKAN CRAFTSMEN.
00:43:35 835.33	HUGE HERD OF REINDEER WITH HUGE HORNS ARE HUSTLED TOGETHER BY NATIVE ALASKANS WHO FORM A FENCE, HOLDING A LONG PIECE OF CANVASS BETWEEN THEM, AND CLOSING IN ON THE HERD. WITH WILD CARIBOU HERDS BECOMING SMALLER EACH YEAR, NATIVE ALASKANS BEGAN TO RAISE REINDEER
00:44:05 865.33	DURING ANNUAL ROUND-UP, REINDEER ARE PASSED THROUGH NARROW CORRAL, COUNTED, AND DE-HORNED USING WIRE CUTTERS. CONTAINING VALUABLE MEDICINAL PROPERTIES, HORNS ARE SOLD AT SUBSTANTIAL PROFIT.
00:44:23 883.33	ELDER NATIVE ALASKANS POUND ON DRUMS, SING TRADITIONAL TRIBAL SONGS, DANCE. ETHNIC MUSIC, DANCE. ZOOM IN OLD NATIVE ALASKANS SINGING. CU NATIVE ALASKANS POUNDS FOOT, WITH COLORFUL BOOT MADE OF SKINS, FUR, IN DANCE. CU OLD NATIVE ALASKANS DOES DANCE WITH BIG SMILE ON FACE. THESE NATIVE AMERICANS ARE SOMETIMES CALLED ESKIMO, OR EITHER INUIT OR YUPIK.
00:44:43 903.33	ELAINE MEADER - WILDERNESS COUPLE: BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA. HARSH DESOLATE MOUNTAINS, JUST BELOW ARCTIC TUNDRA, KNOWN AS BROOKS RANGE. SETTLEMENTS ARE ALMOST NON-EXISTENT IN THE RANGE.
00:45:13 933.33	ELAINE BROOKS, AXE IN HAND, CHILD IN PAPOOSE ON HER BACK AND SMALL DAUGHTER, WALK OUT OF SMALL CABIN, ALONGSIDE LAKE, IN WOODS OF BROOKS RANGE. HER HUSBAND DIED IN PLANE CRASH, LEAVING HER AND CHILDREN ALONE IN RANGE.
00:46:22 1002.33	ELAINE GATHERS BRANCHES ON HER PROPERTY FOR FIRE WOOD. CU ELAINE, WITH HER LITTLE GIRL IN PAPOOSE, GATHERS WILD HERBS. HAS HER DAUGHTER SMELL ONE.
00:47:19 1059.33	CU ELAINE MIXES BOWL OF DOUGH MADE FROM WHEAT. EIGHTY PERCENT OF HER FOOD IS FROM THE LAND. IN WINTER, CARIBOU, MOOSE IN SUMMER FRESH FISH AND GREENS. CU HANDS OF DAUGHTER ROLLING DOUGH.
00:47:50 1090.33	YOUNG COUPLE, FRIENDS OF THE MEADERS, FISH FROM CANOE. HE PADDLES, SHE FISHES. SHE PULLS IN A BIG ONE. CU HANDS OF BEARDED FRIEND, FILLETING FISH WITH SHARP KNIFE.
00:48:09 1109.33	CU ELAINE DIPS FILLET IN BREAD CRUMBS, PLACES IT IN FRYING PAN. CU SHE PULLS OUT FRESH LOAVES OF BREAD FROM OVEN. GIRL FRIEND TOSSES SALAD IN BOWL. ALL SIT DOWN TO EAT. CU SMALL DAUGHTER USES HANDS TO EAT. MESSY. DISHES MADE FROM CARVED WOOD.
00:49:26 1186.33	ELAINE SITS TO WRITES BOOK OF HER MEMORIES. STOPS, REFLECTS, WRITES.
00:49:59 1219.33	COUPLE CANOE ON LAKE, HE PADDLES, SHIRTLESS.
00:50:11 1231.33	CU BEE SUCKING NECTAR FROM FLOWERS. CU SMALL BIRD PERCHES ON STUMP. ELAINE GIVES SMALL ONE PUSH ON SWING MADE FROM TIMBERS, OLDER GIRL SWINGS ALONGSIDE.
00:50:24 1244.33	GLACIER BAY: AERIAL PAN OF GLACIER BAY, ALASKA. MOUNTAINS, FOREST, ALONG LARGE BODY OF WATER, GIANT GLACIERS. FLOCK OF GEESE TAKE OFF FROM SIDE OF GLACIER, SWOOP DOWN, FLY INCHES ABOVE WATER.
00:50:44 1264.33	SHADOW OF SEAPLANE ON SNOW COVERED MOUNTAINS AS IT FLIES OVER THEM. PAN HUGE CHUNKS OF SNOW AND ICE CRUMBLE INTO THE WATER FROM GLACIERS, CAUSING EXPLODING SPLASHES IN WATER. PAN WATER IS FULL OF FLOATING ICE, SEA LIONS FROLICKING ON SOME OF THEM SEAGULL TAKES OFF FROM FLOATING ICE.
00:51:37 1317.33	AERIAL PAN AWESOME SHOTS OF FAIR WEATHER RANGE WHERE SNOW FALLS AS MUCH AS FIVE METERS EACH YEAR.
00:51:51 1331.33	CRUISE SHIP SAILS AMID GLACIERS, IN GLACIER BAY. TOURISTS LINE RAILINGS TO VIEW AWESOME SIGHTS. U.S. PARK SERVICE NATURALISTS SPEAK TO TOURISTS ON DECK TO AID PASSENGERS IN UNDERSTANDING AREAS' GEOLOGY.
00:52:29 1369.33	CU ELDERLY MALE TOURIST WATCHES IN AWE AS LANDSLIDE OF SNOW TUMBLES DOWN MOUNTAIN INTO WATER.
00:52:44 1384.33	SMALL SPECIALLY DESIGNED BOAT FILLED WITH TOURISTS SPEEDS IN FOR CLOSER LOOK. CU TOURIST PEERS THROUGH BINOCULARS WATCHES EAGLE LAND IN TREES. MANY OTHER SPECIES OF BIRDS FLY, LAND ALONG ROCKY HILLS.
00:53:19 1419.33	ICEBERGS DRIFT OUT, MELT SLOWLY IN THE SEA. OTHERS ARE BEACHED BY TIDES, STAND ON SHORE, BLEACHED BY SUN FORMING ABSTRACT SCULPTURES OF UNUSUAL BEAUTY. TWO MEN WALK AMONG THEM.
00:53:43 1443.33	PAN TO DRIPPING WATER ON EDGE OF GLACIER, MELTING IN SUN. IN LESS THAN 200 YEARS THE ICE OF GLACIER BAY HAS RECEDED 200 KILOMETERS. CU PAN SMALL BEADS OF ICE LOOK LIKE JEWELS ON LEAVES.
00:53:59 1459.33	PAN OF HARDY PLANTS, MOSSES, WEEDS, WILDFLOWERS TREES, GROW ON EXPOSED LAND AS ICE MELTS. BEARDED PARK RANGER LEADS TOURISTS, HIKERS THROUGH DENSE FORESTS, WHICH TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO, LAYED CRUSHED BENEATH 100 METERS OF SOLID ICE. RANGER LECTURES TOURISTS ABOUT FOREST. AERIAL VIEW OF THE BEAUTIFUL GLACIER BAY.