[Goodnews Bay Mining Company and Platinum area scenes 4]

AAF-16393

Joseph Fisher and Eugene Fisher collection

Joseph Fisher
Eugene Fisher

Joseph Fisher (Filmmaker)
Eugene Fisher (Filmmaker)

1945-1965

United States

Alaska

AAF-16393 is a super-8mm film containing scenes of a bucket dredge in a frozen pond, a dragline moving water and mud from the pond, snow surrounding homes, snow piled almost to the top of the roofs, a bucket dredge working in an icy pond with mountains in the distance, a town as seen from a hill above, and more scenes of mining equipment in operation. A man works a dragline while a dog sits nearby. A group of adults gather around people who are processing salmon, and a man holds up a large salmon. The film ends with a shot of the Platinum Post Office and structures along a river or inlet with mountains in the distance.

moving image

film

super 8mm film; color; silent

Home movie

Dredges
Lakes & ponds
Snow
Mountains
Cities & towns
Mining equipment
Salmon
Post offices

1940-1949
1950-1959
1960-1969

North America

United States

Alaska

Alaska
Western Alaska
Interior Alaska

Alaska Film Archives, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks

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