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Alaska’s Scenic Marvels Amaze Harding

Date other

14 Aug 1923

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

NoS ID

388069

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: President views glories of "American skies".

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USA: Alaska’s Salmon War

Date released

1938

Series name

The March of Time 3rd Year

Issue no

8

NoS ID

352180

Story no

2 / 3

March of Time synopsis: That fisheries, so often the cause of dispute between maritime nations, may be the basis of a new diplomatic exchange between Japan and the U.S., is pointed out in this episode of the...

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News in Flashes

Date released

9 Jan 1956

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2594

NoS ID

046305

Story no

5 / 8

Rocket firing fighter planes with 1,000 mile range are part of American Arctic defence.

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Aurora Explained, The (1985 Video)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS (NTSC, PAL). col. 58 min., 1999 sale: £24.99 (inclusive) (PA)

Explains what the Northern Lights are, how they work and why and when they appear where they do. Shows Aurora borealis effects accompanied by music. The video data was gathered using a supersensitive colour...

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Tuktu (1985 Video)

Director

Graham Johnston

Subject

Anthropology

Distribution

Hire (RAI Film & Video Library) Sale (RAI), Videocassette. VHS. col. 47 min., 2000 hire: £15.00 (+VAT +p&p) 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Tuktu is the Kuvanmiit Eskimo word for caribou. The film traces the early evolution of Ambler, founded in the mid-1950s on the Kobuk River in Alaska. Change and development characterise life in this village...

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Troops Try "War" at 68 Below!

Date released

5 Mar 1956

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2610

NoS ID

046438

Story no

2 / 6

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

American soldiers find out how tough war would be in polar region.

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Manoeuvres in a Snow Setting

Date released

6 Mar 1950

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1083

NoS ID

016244

Story no

1 / 3

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Manoeuvres in a Snowy Setting. DESCRIPTION: In Alaska, combined American and Canadian forces have recently been on manoeuvres known as Exercise Sweetbriar. The idea is to test the...

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Copenhagen - Tokyo: Trans Polar Flight Route

Date released

28 Feb 1957

Series name

Gaumont British News

Issue no

2416

NoS ID

073989

Story no

2 / 4

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet

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DARING NAVY FLYERS SURVEY ALASKA’S MIGHTY GLACIERS

Date released

23 Sep 1926

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1618

NoS ID

387685

Extras

1 film clip

NfO synopsis: Machine equipped with special cameras soars over forbidding mountain ranges.

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Seventy Below

Date released

5 Mar 1956

Series name

British Movietone News

Issue no

1396

NoS ID

020773

Story no

2 / 11

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Seventy Below. DESCRIPTION: A gale force blizzard put a temporary stop to the American Army’s Exercise Moosehorn in Alaska. But the weather was all part of a plan to discover how to...

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