NARRATOR STUART QUEEN TELLS ABOUT ALASKA AND ROLE
OF THE U.S. ARMY THERE. GIS TRAVEL 100 MILES DOWN
INLAND WATERWAYS IN BOATS TO MEET 'AGGRESSOR'
FORCE IN A MILITARY EXERCISE.

MONTAGE- ALASKA'S BEAUTIFUL PLUSH LANDSCAPE AFTER
SNOW MELTS IN SPRING. CU- RUSHING STREAMS HEAD FOR
THE SEA.

CU- SERGEANT USES BLOW TORCH ON SKIS TO WARM THEM
UP FOR THE WAX. INSTRUCTOR GIVES CAMERA CREW A
SKIING LESSON, THEN THEY HEAD OUT INTO THE SNOW.

MS- A MAP OF ALASKA IS SUPERIMPOSED OVER A MAP OF
U.S. TO SHOW IT'S RELATIVE SIZE. ANOTHER MAP SHOWS
THE CLOSENESS OF ALASKA TO RUSSIA. 56 MILES ACROSS
THE BERIAN STRAIT.

MS- ESKIMO WOMEN SIT BY A HOLE IN THE ICE WITH A
SMALL FISHING ROD IN ONE HAND TO CATCH FISH AND
A STICK IN THE OTHER HAND TO CLUB IT.

CU- ESKIMO TRAPPER SHAKES SNOW OFF A DEAD MINK.
MS- HERD OF DEER RUN THROUGH THE WIDE OPEN SPACES.
LS- 3 BEAR CUBS PLAY ATOP A TELEPHONE POLE
LS- A POLAR BEAR RUNS THROUGH THE WHITE SNOW

LS-FISH JUMP UP AND DOWN OUT OF NETS AT A WHARF
BY A FISHING AND CANNING COMPANY

MS- SLED PULLED BY 2 HORSES STRUGGLES THROUGH THE
WIND SWEPT SNOW. LS- TOTEM POLES DOT THE SUMMER
LANDSCAPE. CU- A TOTEM POLE.

CU- AN OFFICER POINTS TO A SECTION ON A WALL MAP
WHERE A SIMULATED ATTACK WILL BE MADE ON AN
'AGGRESSOR' FORCE IN A MILITARY EXERCISE.

MS- 2 GIS BLEND AND FILL 5 GALLON CANS OF GAS FOR
THE BOATS TAKEN FROM 50 GALLON DRUMS. BOATS ARE
LASHED DOWN ON TRAILOR TRUCKS FOR TRIP DOWN STREAM

MS- THE ANCHOR IS LIFTED OUT OF THE SAND AND THE
BOAT WITH IT'S CREW OF ABOUT A DOZEN MEN PUSH OFF
FOR THEIR 100 MILE TRIP.
MONTAGE- THE CARAVAN OF SMALL BOATS WIND DOWN THE
RIVER THROUGH THE NATURAL HAZZARDS AND OBSTACLES.

MS- A GI TOSSES THE ANCHOR OVERBOARD AS THE BOATS
REACH THEIR DESTINATION.

MS- GIS TAKE COVER UNDER HANGING TREES ALONG THE
SHORE AS AN 'AGGRESSOR' PLANE FLYS OVER. AFTER
'ALL CLEAR' THE GI STARTS HIS MOTOR AND THE BOAT
CONTINUES DOWN STREAM.