https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/8d96502e-7e61-4a3f-b465-c15f24833729 Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com View our Amazon store here: https://amzn.to/3XQHsVD This 1950s episode of “The Big Picture” was produced by the Army Pictorial Center and gives viewers an overview of what at the time was the US’ newest state. It looks at the very diverse people living in Alaska, the landscapes, different economic sectors, and transportation links. In the second half, it focuses mainly on the importance of Alaska to the US military, notably due to its strategic location close to the USSR. It covers the work of the different military units, including different types of cold weather training for troops and how indigenous knowledge is used to achieve strategic goals. 0:35 “The Big Picture”, 0:50 Sgt. Stuart Queen talking to the camera, 1:15 different aerial overviews of glaciers and mountains in Alaska, 2:02 overview of plains and rivers in Alaska, 2:24 different animals including seals, polar bears, and reindeer, 3:05 a Russian Orthodox religious service, 3:45 aerial overview of different mountains and glaciers, 4:26 a man prospecting for gold, 4:36 historical reenactment of settlers setting up in Alaska, 4:52 Japanese forces invading the Aleutian Islands, 5:43 street footage from Anchorage, 6:14 different Native American Totem Poles, 6:26 Eskimos making fur clothes, 6:51 Eskimos performing a dance, 7:43 Eskimos working in construction, 8:15 Native Alaskans working in a vocational school, 8:45 students at a public High School, 9:33 stock car racing for adults and children, 10:08 a dogsledding race, 10:27 fishing boats catching salmon, 10:48 salmon being processed in a factory, 11:05 a farmer tilling his field, 11:32 different massive vegetables that can be produced due to the long days, 11:49 industrial scale mining of gold and platinum, 12:33 oil prospecting in Alaska, 13:08 overview of a coal mine, 13:35 lumber workers felling trees, 14:05 different elements of the Alaska Communication System providing communication connectivity, 14:21 overview of road construction in Alaska, 15:09 passenger rail services on the line from Seward to Fairbanks, 15:59 a seaplane taking off from a lake, 16:16 a PAA DC-3, 16:32 a map showing Alaska’s strategic location close to the USSR, 17:01 the construction of an airbase, 17:30 Soviet soldiers completing snow training, 18:15 military personnel monitoring aircraft in Alaska, 18:55 Northtrop F-89 Scorpions being scrambled, 19:37 US Navy ships unloading supplies, 19:42 a US army snow train moving the supplies to a remote outpost, 20:00 an army combat unit conducting cold weather training, 20:53 US Army test board conducting cold weather tests on equipment, 21:31 members of the Alaskan National Guard, 22:08 National Guard members using a dog drawn sled to conduct a patrol, 23:13 US Army Headquarters at Fort Richardson, 23:20 Nike Hercules Missiles at Fort Geely, 23:57 a Fairchild C-123B taking off, 24:18 troops on skis during an exercise, 24:30 paratroopers landing during an exercise followed by a supply drop, 26:11 aerial overview of Anchorage, 26:40 children fishing in a river, 27:00 overview of different people living in Alaska, 27:44 Sergeant Stuart Queen talking to the camera, 28:29 produced by the Army Pictorial Center, presented by the Department of the Army Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. 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