These scenes of aircraft at Valdez during the late 1930s include a Glass Flying Service Sikorsky S-38B Flying Boat, a Ford Tri-Motor, a Mirow Air Service Lockheed Vega, a Lyle Air Service Stinson SM-1, a Reeve Airways Fairchild 51, and a Pilgrim having wheels swapped for skis. (B&W/Color/Silent/16mm film).
This sequence is an excerpt from AAF-9547 from the Lounsbury collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska & Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
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