Skagway 1949

The 4-minute video posted below is from a 16mm film shot in 1949 by a woman on an Alaska trip. The 55-minute reel I have is probaby the second of three films covering her cruise from Seattle or Vancouver to Skagway, week-long trip down the Yukon River to Dawson City by sternwheeler, and back to Seattle or Vancouver.

Back a few years ago when I found the film on eBay I did some crude scans and posted an article on my RailsNorth Web site. Richard Lawrence did the scan of this film for me, as well as a 25-minute long promotional film shot ca. 1946 for Pan American World Airways called “Wings to Alaska”.