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00:03:15 74.63
"INLAND WATERWAYS"
COMBAT INFANTRYMEN TAKE TO THE WATERWAYS OF
ALASKA TO ACCOMPLISH MISSION - A SIMULATED ATTACK
ON AN AGGRESSOR-HELD BRIDGE
00:03:20 79.63
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.
00:03:23 82.63
MS- SOLDIERS IN HEAVY ARCTIC WEAR TREK THROUGH
WIND SWEPT SNOW DRIFTS.
00:03:30 89.63
MONTAGE- ALASKA'S BEAUTIFUL PLUSH LANDSCAPE AFTER
SNOW MELTS IN SPRING. CU- RUSHING STREAMS HEAD FOR
THE SEA.
00:04:21 140.63
LS- ELK STRUGGLE THROUGH THE SNOW, AS SEEN FROM A
TRAIN. MS- GI'S CAMERA CREWS FROM 'THE BIG PICTURE
GATHER AROUND AND WAX THEIR SKIS PRIOR TO THEIR
FILMING TRIP THROUGH ALASKA.
00:04:45 164.63
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.
00:05:00 179.63
MS- GROUP OF GIS TREK THROUGH SNOW ON SNOW SHOES
MS- 2 GIS CUT DOWN A SMALL TREE WITH SAW AS THEY
MAKE A CLEARING FOR CAMP. THEY PITCH A TENT.
00:05:44 223.63
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.
00:06:09 248.63
AERIAL- DOG SLEDS AND THEIR ESKIMO CREWS STAND OUT
IN THE WHITE LANDSCAPE.
00:06:22 261.63
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.
00:06:43 282.63
MS- A DOG TEAM TEAM PULLING A SLED (AS SEEN BY THE
DRIVER FROM BEHIND) MS- ESKIMO PADDLES HIS KAYAK
THROUGH FLOATIN ICE. POV ON DOG SLED
00:07:01 300.63
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
00:07:32 331.63
LS- A BUSY SMALL TOWN LIKE ANY OTHER IN THE U.S.
MS- A WOMAN SHOPPER PASSES THE 'NORTH POLE BAKERY'
LS- BUSY TRAFFIC AND PEOPLE IN BUSTLING CITY OF
JUNEAU IN THE SHADOW OF A MOUNTAIN
00:07:56 355.63
LS-FISH JUMP UP AND DOWN OUT OF NETS AT A WHARF
BY A FISHING AND CANNING COMPANY
00:08:10 369.63
MONTAGE- LONG CHUTES SCOUR THE ORE THROUGH SEIVES
AT A GOLD MINING PLANT.
00:08:24 383.63
MS- SLED PULLED BY 2 HORSES STRUGGLES THROUGH THE
WIND SWEPT SNOW. LS- TOTEM POLES DOT THE SUMMER
LANDSCAPE. CU- A TOTEM POLE.
00:09:00 419.63
LS- LONG BOATS WITH GIS ABOARD SPEED THROUGH THE
RIVERS THAT ONCE WERE FROZEN ICE.
00:09:35 454.63
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.
00:10:00 479.63
MONTAGE- GIS PREPARE THEIR BOATS ALONG RIVER WHERE
THEY PLAN TO TRAVEL TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MISSION.
CU- A GI PATCHES A HOLE IN THE HULL OF HIS BOAT
00:10:29 508.63
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
00:12:18 617.63
MS- CREWS LIFT THE BOATS INTO THE RIVER AND MOUNT
THE OUTBOARD MOTORS. WEAPONS AND AMMO ARE NEATLY
PLACED ON BOARD IN A BALANCED MANNER.
00:14:10 729.63
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.
00:18:55 1014.63
MS- WAVE LIKE WATER INDICATES DEEP WATER WHILE
RIPPLING WATER INDICATES SHALLOW WATER.
00:20:27 1106.63
MS- A GI TOSSES THE ANCHOR OVERBOARD AS THE BOATS
REACH THEIR DESTINATION.
00:21:21 1160.63
LS- GIS IN THE BOAT USE LONG POLES AS THEY TRY TO
FREE THEIR BOAT WHICH BECAME GROUNDED IN SHALLOW
WATER. GIS CLIMB OUT TO PUSH BOAT TO HIGH WATER
00:26:00 1439.63
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.
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Year: 1957  Color: Black & White
Genre: NEWSREELS

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