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NEW CAPITOL FOR ALASKA - 1978

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Channel: Historic Films Stock Footage Archive · 2013 · News & Politics

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CAPITAL MOVE:
MAP OF AMERICA, ZOOM IN ON ALASKA. SMALL PLANE
FLYING OVER BREATH-TAKING RUGGED, BEAUTIFUL LAND
OF ALASKA. TAPESTRY OF SNOW, MOUNTAINS, LAKES,
FORESTS.

00:29:57 
MONTAGE TWO MEN KAYAKING DOWN RIVER, YOUNG MALE,
FEMALE HIKERS WITH BACK PACK WAITING BY RAILROAD
TRACKS ON EDGE OF FOREST. TWO SPEEDING DOWN RIVER
IN SMALL OUTBOARD MOTORBOAT. TWO CANOEING IN
MIDDLE OF LARGE LAKE. ZOOM IN "ALASKA" FLASHES ON
SCREEN. MOST OF ALASKA IS IN GOVERNMENT HANDS.

00:30:32 
AERIAL VIEW OF SNOW COVERED TUNDRA, OTHER AREAS.
MALE CITIZEN, DETERMINED TO PLAN ALASKA'S FUTURE,
ADDRESSES ALASKAN LEGISLATURE. BUSY PEDESTRIAN,
TRAFFIC IN ALASKAN CITY.

00:31:10 
AERIAL PAN VAST WILDERNESS OF FOREST LAND WHERE
ALASKAN'S HAVE PROPOSED A COMPLETELY NEW CAPITAL
CITY, A CAREFULLY PLANNED CENTER OF GOVERNMENT
BUILDINGS, SHOPS, HOMES, TO RISE FROM WILDERNESS.
CONCEIVED WITH REGARD FOR FUTURE.

00:31:18 
MONTAGE PHOTOS OF GOLD RUSH DAYS WHEN JOE JUNEAU,
RICHARD HARRIS FOUND GOLD IN 1880 IN EASTERN
ALASKA. SHOTS OF SOME OF THOUSANDS OF PROSPECTORS
WHO SWARMED TO THE SPOT.

00:31:41 
PHOTOS OF BOOMING GOLD RUSH TOWN WHICH BECAME
KNOWN AS JUNEAU. BY 1900 WAS CENTER OF ALASKA'S
POPULATION, INDUSTRY, TRADE. OBVIOUS CHOICE TO
BECOME THE CAPITAL CITY.

00:31:56 
AERIAL VIEW OF CAPITAL CITY OF JUNEAU, WHICH HAS
GROWN VERY LITTLE. WEDGED BETWEEN SEA, MOUNTAINS,
JUNEAU HAS VERY LITTLE ROOM TO EXPAND. ZOOM IN ON
JUNEAU FROM SEA. IT IS ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST
BEAUTIFUL STATE CAPITALS, IT IS ALSO THE MOST
ISOLATED AND INACCESSIBLE.

00:32:13 
CRUISE SHIP SAILS BY JUNEAU. BECAUSE THERE ARE NO
ROADS TO JUNEAU, IT IS REACHABLE ONLY BY BOAT AND
AIRPLANE.

00:32:39 
JUNEAU ON MAP, PAN TO ANCHORAGE, EIGHT HUNDRED
KILOMETERS TO THE WEST. AERIAL ZOOM IN PAN OF HUGE
MODERN CITY WHERE HALF OF ALASKA'S POPULATION
LIVES. YOUNG PEDESTRIANS AMID CROWD OF PEDESTRIANS.

00:33:25 
HAND OF ARCHITECT AS HE DESIGNS NEW CAPITAL CITY
TO BE LOCATED IN WILLA, SIXTY KILOMETERS NORTH OF
ANCHORAGE. IN RECENT ELECTION, PEOPLE HAVE VOTED
TO MOVE CAPITAL TO WILLA. PAN OF WOODED AREA.

00:33:30 
CU BEARDED YOUNG ARCHITECT TELLS OF THE TYPE OF
CITY BEING PLANNED. A CITY THAT IS "HUMANE".

00:33:48 
MINIATURE MODEL OF CITY WITH BUILDINGS ABLE TO
WITHSTAND WEATHER, AND A CITY "WHERE PEOPLE WOULD
NOT HAVE TO WALK MORE THAN TEN CITY BLOCKS TO GET
TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GET TO" AERIAL PAN OF HOMES,
BUILDINGS IN MINIATURE.

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