Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
From a film on "Transportation in Alaska," shot in the Upper Lynn Canal/Haines region circa 1930s or early 1940s. This clip features scenes of a rotary plow being used to remove snow along the narrow gauge White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad between Skagway, Alaska, and Canada (B&W/Silent/16mm film).
Excerpted from AAF-6681 of the Colonel and Mrs. Ellis Altfather Film Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
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From a film on "Transportation in Alaska," shot in the Upper Lynn Canal/Haines region circa 1930s or early 1940s. This clip features scenes of a rotary plow being used to remove snow along the narrow gauge White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad between Skagway, Alaska, and Canada (B&W/Silent/16mm film).
Excerpted from AAF-6681 of the Colonel and Mrs. Ellis Altfather Film Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
