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Telephone cable is laid to Ketchikan in Alaska

Title card: "Alaska-US Brought Closer - New Telephone Cable System is Opened" / An elaborate totem pole assembly / animation featuring Alaska, Skagway, Ketchikan, Port Angeles, and Seattle / The cable ship USACS Albert J. Myer at dockside with a fade to the entire ship underway / a thick cable is rolled over a spool / the cable moves from the ship into the water / The ship at Ketchikan with a view of the town / flyover of the ship at Port Angeles, Washington / Animation of the cable route from Port Angeles to Ketchikan; fade to telephone operators at several switchboards / Note: exact day not known
Title card: "Alaska-US Brought Closer - New Telephone Cable System is Opened" / An elaborate totem pole assembly / animation featuring Alaska, Skagway, Ketchikan, Port Angeles, and Seattle / The cable ship USACS Albert J. Myer at dockside with a fade to the entire ship underway / a thick cable is rolled over a spool / the cable moves from the ship into the water / The ship at Ketchikan with a view of the town / flyover of the ship at Port Angeles, Washington / Animation of the cable route from Port Angeles to Ketchikan; fade to telephone operators at several switchboards / Note: exact day not known
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Credit:
Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels
Editorial #:
1365855015
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
December 01, 1956
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
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Clip length:
00:01:11:23
Location:
Ketchikan, Alaska, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr004928_01_04