https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/50b6678d-b3b4-4882-ba61-3274553583ea “The ‘Princess’ Way to Alaska” is a 1960s color film presented by Canadian Pacific, the “world’s most complete transportation system,” and encourages travelers to rely on the company’s Princess Patricia cruise ship when planning a visit to Alaska or the Yukon. The luxury liner is introduced at mark 00:30, with the narrator explaining the vessel has been designed specifically for voyages to Alaska. The itinerary takes the passenger from Vancouver, British Columbia, northward to Prince Rupert, and on to Alaska with stops at Ketchikan, Wrangell, Juneau, and Skagway, before traveling to Carcross in the Yukon Territory. The film offers some of the highlights in each stop, including the new post office in Vancouver and the city’s calm waters of the Pacific Ocean, log-rolling events, and traditional bagpipers. The ship is shown again at mark 02:35, as the film takes the viewers onboard with scenes of the vessel’s luxury, followed by images of various activities held on the ship and majestic sights passed along the way. Following a sight-seeing tour at Prince Rupert, shown at mark 07:00, the cruise ship takes its passengers to Ketchikan, Alaska, shown at mark 12:23, with images of many of the totem poles that stand on the land. (Including one, at mark 14:13, honoring Abraham Lincoln.) Passing small ice flows at mark 14:55, the cruise ship approaches Juneau at mark 15:10, with its many hotels and banking facilities, as well as the Mendenhall Glacier, introduced at mark 16:30. Following more scenic views of Skagway (“Mecca of the gold rush days”), the travelogue takes its viewer to the White Pass and Yukon Railway for a trip to Carcross in the Yukon Territory, as more scenic views flash across the screen. After a show by cancan dancers near mark 26:25, the ship makes its southbound voyage back to Vancouver and the film reaches an end. The Princess Patricia was the first ship to operate for Princess Cruises, one of the largest lines in the world when she was built 1949. Stanley MacDonald chartered a Canadian Pacific ferry in 1965. He intended to monopolize the winter cruising market by operating out of Los Angeles and cruising to Acapulco, Mexico. This is the period where most ships would be laid up. The second of Canadian Pacific Line's two 356 foot long, 56 foot wide, 5,611/6,062 ton (1963 refit) Fairfield Shipyards, Scotland-built west Pacific coast steam turbine passenger ships, the SS Princess Patricia was named in 1949 for Princess Patricia of Connaught. She was retired from Alaskan cruising services in 1978, used as a floating hotel in Vancouver, British Columbia for their 1986 World's Fair before being finally scraped in Taiwan in 1995. 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=dyV3auKCX9U Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:28:20 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/50b6678d-b3b4-4882-ba61-3274553583ea 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.