ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY—THIS IS YOUR STORY SINCE 1895

Duration: 22 min

Year Published: 1960

Creator: Produced by Henry Portin

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: Sound

Description: Shows how the Alaska Steamship Company began its Alaska service with the diminutive 450-ton 140-foot wooden steamship Willapa. Recounts disasters and triumphs of this Seattle line which outlasted all others in the rough Alaska trade. Uses historic stills and clips of early silent films.

Complete Record: Source: AlaskaSS Interest level: ad Price: free-loan Format: sd b&w

Metadata Source:Educational film guide. Supplements (1959-62)