North American Van Lines Moving to the " Great Land Alaska " 47474 (1955)

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This promotional, color film called North American Van Lines the Great Land Alaska, was probably produced around 1955 as a promotional for its business. North American Van Lines was founded in 1933 by a group of 12 agents and grew into one of the largest U.S. trucking companies. By 1952 it was attempting to expand its business to become international. Ariel of Alaskan mountains ( 0:07 - 0:17 ), Alaskan forests ( 0:22 ), Alaskan rivers ( 0:23 - 0:28 ), the Tundra ( 0:29 - 0:31 ). A Moose eating moss in a river ( 0:35 - 0:43 ), a caribou ( 0:44 - 0:48 ), a grizzly bear with a cub ( 0:49 - 0:52 ), and a herd of mountain sheep ( 0:53 - 0:59 ). A city street in Anchorage with cars of the 1940’s and early 1950’s ( 1:00 - 1:13 ). Map of Alaska showing main city locations ( 1:29 - 1:45 ). North American Van Line on the Alaskan Highway north of Dawson Creek ( 1:46 - 2:05 ). Map of Alaska and northern Canada showing the Alaskan Highway route ( 2:05 - 2:28 ) and the Aleutian Islands chain ( 2:29 - 2:54 ). The Bering Straits, also called the Ice Curtain, with Big Diomede Island and Siberia on the left, and Little Diomede Island on the right, the boarder between Russia and the U.S.( 2:55 - 3:22 ). The Inupiat village on Little Diomede Island ( 3:30 - 3:50 ). Some of Inupiat’s vegetation ( 3:51 - 4:17 ). Umiak’s, or Skin boats, holding the Inuit’s going walrus hunting. ( 4:18 - 4:53 ). The Eskimos harpoon a seal and eat the raw meat ( 4:54 - 5:11 ). They find hundreds of Walrus. They…

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Running time

25 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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