Aloft Over Alaska! (1940)

Titles read: “Now Pathetone Lightens The ’Blackout’ With - ALOFT OVER ALASKA!“ Vancouver, British Columbia. Various shots of a seaplane being fuelled and the crew and Eskimo guide getting ready for take off for a reconnoitre trip to Alaska for a new highway. Several aerial shots of mountains and rivers in Alaska and the city of Dawson. Road engineers who are planning the Alaskan highway sit looking at maps in the plane. Commentator says there are plans to build a tunnel between American and Asia. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959),