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Go to HomepageReel Number: 221495-04
Color: Colour
Sound: SIL
Year / Date: 1940s,1950s
Country: Canada,USA
Location: ALASKA,British Columbia,Sitka
TC Begins: 08:33:09
TC Ends: 08:43:15
Duration: 00:10:06
1940s - Color, American Indian Activity In the Pacific Northwest Pt. 2 of 2 Totem poles w/ woods behind, man walking past & looking. Indian children at base of three large totem poles. 08:34:10 Narrow road thru woods. People walking around totem poles among fir trees. Large pole w/ two figures at top. Ornately carved & painted, various sizes. Tourist. 08:35:56 Six or eight sided log building w/ pitched roof. MCU showing notched interlocking corners. Sitka from across bay. 08:36:28 Fishing boats docked; man rowing. Small float plane of Alaska Coastal Airlines & people boarding. 08:36:54 Town w/ red truck past church & large houses. Wet gravel streets. Board walks. Woman looking at plants in raised growing beds beside house. Vegetable garden w/ large cabbages, flowers. House w/ dogs up street beside man on bicycle or motorcycle. 08:37:41 School building, kids play on swings. 08:37:45 House w/ wood plank sidewalks. Car on muddy gravel street; others cars parked. 08:38:15 Building w/ sign City Hall above door. View from across street w/ fire station next to City Hall door, man walks past. Lawn, looking to bay. MCU waves on beach & pilings. City street; people walking on plank sidewalks. Woman walking around mud. Indians along sidewalk. Car w/ dried mud down street. 08:39:11 Sign: Apolet on store, truck pulls up. Indians w/ fur collars walking along sidewalk. Shacks of native houses & kids playing. Long underwear on clothes line. Kids playing in water. Women w/ children on backs posing beside boats on sawhorses. Others in dress parkas; CUs. 08:40:45 Ivory tusks. man looks at, drilling ivory w/ hand drill; carving figure in palm of hand. CU face. Man working bone in vise; sawing w/ hacksaw. Another man carving; man showing finished ??. 08:41:57 Man w/ mouthpiece holding end of drill in mouth; tiny caribou carved. Table w/ ivory carvings. 08:42:41 Wooden shacks, native housing w/ cloths lines; drying pelts (?). Drying fish under covered smoke house. Small dog & puppies. American Indians; Native Americans; Pacific Northwest Daily Life; 1940s; 1950s; Tourists; Fishing Industry; Travel Film; Crafts; Ethnic Culture; NOTE: soft focus throughout.