https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/49306b83-2850-4d68-9472-c3b2c742ca07 ALASKA, RESERVOIR OF RESOURCES, shows the Territory of Alaska in 1947. It includes extensive footage of the timber industry and lumberjacks. Logs are shown being floated to mills at the 2:13 mark. At the 2:50 mark, the salmon industry is shown, with individual fishermen trapping the fish. The unending stream of fish is seen at the 4:00 mark, being moved into a cannery and packaged for sale internationally. At 4:41, a ship of the Alaska Steam Ship Company is seen taking on supplies. At Fairbanks, placer mining is seen at the 4:50 mark, with soil eroded by being hit with water. Huge dredges are seen at the 5:30 mark. At 5:45, airplanes are seen at the Fairbanks Airport loading supplies for mining and trapping camps. This includes a small Pan Am aircraft. The Fairbanks train depot is shown at the 6:25 mark. The Matanuska Valley is seen at the 6:45 mark with its rich farms. Reindeer are seen at the 8:00 mark, with native Alaskans shown raising them for fur. Mink and fox farms are also shown. Totem poles are shown at the 9:27 mark. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD and 2k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh3ZXH6JZng Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:28:11 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/49306b83-2850-4d68-9472-c3b2c742ca07 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.