# THE WORLD TODAY 1947 ALASKA DOCUMENTARY FAIRBANKS & ALEUTS 31364

This 1947 black and white documentary about Alaska is part of a Movietone educational films series called “The World Today”. It was produced by Edmund Reek and narrated by radio announcer Nelson Case. A “Fifth Avenue Coach Company” double-decker bus is shown. A man puts a letter into a mailbox. A fly-over of New York City transitions to Alaska. (:35- 1:10 ). The mail plane arrives by multiple igloos. A dog sled takes the mail to the post office ( 1:11 - 1:35 ). An incorporated town has a Trading Post. Sitka has stores and a Russian Church ( 1:36 - 2:15 ). The water and shore is covered in adult seals and pups ( 2:25 - 2:55 ). A boat passes ice floes and glaciers ( 3:05 - 3:29 ). People swim in steaming hot pools ( 3:30 - 3:39 ). Explorers walk along a ridge, with a close-up of spiked boots and an ice axe. One jumps across a crevice. Glacier walls fall away with up-close views ( 3:40 - 4:38 ). A bird eats on a tiny ice floe ( 4:39 - 4:48 ). Two deer scramble up the hill. A herd of caribou run through the forest ( 4:49 - 5:25 ). Bears catch salmon jumping upstream ( 5:26 - 6:05 ). A beaver swims through a stream ( 6:06 - 6:18 ). A fur trapper works his dog sled team through the snow ( 6:19 - 7:04 ). An Aleut builds an igloo. Children play on a dog sled past a group of muskox ( 7:05 - 7:37 ) and carved totems ( 7:38 - 8:00 ). Various Alaskan scenery is shown ( 8:01 - 8:38 ). Gold rush miners leave camp and walk up a mountain trail ( 8:39 - 9:00 ). A boom town’s women wear long…

- Kind: Documentary
- Genres: Documentary, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/31364TheWorldTodayGreatLandAlaskaVwr)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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