BUSH PILOT OF ALASKA -1978
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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · News & Politics
For licensing inquiries please contact Historic Films Archive (www.historicfilms.com / [email protected]) BUSH PILOT: ALASKA. RAINDROPS FORM LITTLE CIRCLES IN LAKE WATER. RUTH JEFFORD, BUSH PILOT, DRIVES CAR PAST SEVERAL SEAPLANES MOORED IN MARINA. CU WINDSHIELD WIPERS DOING THEIR JOB ON WINDOW. PAN TO RUTH AT THE WHEEL. 00:35:18 RUTH DRIVES WAITS FOR DOORS TO SLIDE OPEN, DRIVES INTO HANGAR. SHE LOADS PICK-UP TRUCK WITH LARGE BAGS OF MAIL, DRIVES THEM TO PLANE, LOADS THEM ON. SHE NARRATES, TELLS HOW SHE LEARNED TO FLY FORTY YEARS EARLIER IN NEBRASKA, HOW MUCH SHE LOVES IT. 00:36:13 PIPER CUB TAKES OFF. CU RUTH AT CONTROLS. LONG LINES OF SMALL PLANES PARKED AT AIRFIELD. THERE ARE OVER 8000 LICENSED PILOTS IN STATE OF ALASKA, MORE PRIVATELY OWNED PLANES HERE THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN COUNTRY. ONE PILOT IN EVERY 48 ALASKANS. 00:36:49 AERIAL RUTH'S PLANE FLYING OVER FOREST, AS SEEN FROM PLANE FLYING ABOVE. RUTH COMING IN FOR LANDING IN AREA CALLED SQUETNA, DISTANT, ISOLATED, MILES FROM NEAREST ROAD TWO MEN STANDING BY STATION WAGON, WATCH HER TAXI TOWARDS THEM. 00:37:23 MAN TAKES MAIL BAGS FROM PLANE, LOADS THEM ON RUTH'S PLANE. THEY CHAT, LAUGH, BEFORE SHE TAKES OFF. 00:37:59 TWO MEN WITH SMALL BOY START UP SMALL OUTBOARD MOTOR BOAT, TAKE OFF DOWN RIVER WITH MAIL BAGS. MAN CARRIES BAGS OF MAIL TO LOG CABIN ALONG RIVER. 00:39:18 CU RUTH PRACTICES HER VIOLIN IN HER LIVING ROOM. SHE IS AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN AND CONCERT MASTER OF ANCHORAGE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. CU RUTH'S HAND FINGERING STRINGS AS SHE PLAYS.
