Business Screen Magazine (1965-1966)

nerica! Ami heain the journey •sil to this vast North hind! ICAN World Airways has a disJ and very active library containthe worlds finest expi>siiions on J customs and scenic attractions of jibroad. It makes sense for Pan Am lie interest of multitudes of potenilers but this world airline has also iderahle contribution toward richiderstandini: betv^een countries. ' motion pictures also reach the nelcr to the United States. And as |ion to "Travel America" Pan Am premiered H//n,'\ to Alaska and vers an intriguing and [K'netrating |f the 4yth state. This latest color 'lotion picture blends romance and •.des a fascinating look at a strange 1 land and the people who relate to rst Concerned With the People :ra focused on H'/«j,'.v to Alaska lose-up that is as much interested as it is in the land; in the Eskimo, id the newly-arrived citizen. These lant to the picture as the awesome • land itself. is rendition. Pan .Ams newest film es a tradition of incisive reportage j1 beautv that was evident in till siiotiliiii His thi \kii r's drraiii i Inj tlic suifhi-cUiiihiuji In licopter." res by the same producer (Henry >mpany ) who gave us films in the es on Japan. I ahiti. New Zealand compassing view of the Soviet <an: a Pioneer unci a Pruspeclur reaches of Alaska's forests, the ' her mountain ranges, the mystery 3uds much of the glaciered inland ) have their effect on the Alaskan s the narrator points out. "There ot the pioneer and prospector in m." And well there might be: for ;c this last American frontier as a comfortable one. Alaska's cities ler wilderness is great . . . and han a few miles away. of Alaska's people the wilderness idc the door. The Eskimos living :>rcs of the Bering Sea and the Arce still wresting a living from an al l.iiiu'^ [iiud filiii iiKikiiii:) im llu sIidiis iij tli' Antic Uckiii <<//( /.v souk pricariom iiioiiu ills. jliijniio me 49 d Skk. . . The Latest Addition to the Library of Pan American Airways" Pictures. "^\'inl>s to .Maska" Is an Intriguing Study of the Land and It^ Peoples most barren land and a sea that gives grudgingl\ and then only to the skilled and strong. The airplane has brought them a certain measure of security; rifles make hunting a bit easier. But as the film points out. the ancient ceremony of the blanket toss, which once honored men who battled whales with bone spears. ". . . still seems fitting; for an Eskimo's whole life is a dance on air — an acrobat's trick of living on nature's tightrope." I.i)>hting the Path to Real Under<<tancling This technique of establishing a context for sequences of local color is what gives Winv^s to Alaska its stamp of authenticity. There's always a reason for what we see. \\hether it's a bush pilot flying a doctor into an isolated community; or a group of Indian children performing an ancient ceremonial dance; or the ghost ridden hulk of an old sternwheeler; or e\en a trio of skiers leaving their tracks on a slope that may never before have had its snow disturbed by man. Nothing is shown that doesn't "fit"; nothing that doesn't bring us closer to an understanding of what it's like to be an Alaskan ... in .Maska. The results are notable here! Prints Are Available from Pan .Vni Offices Filmed and directed by Henr\ Strauss. H'/>;,(,',v to Alaska shows the result of the months of research and preparation that went on before a single frame of 16mm color film was exposed. The thousands of feet that were eventually shot have been judiciously edited into a 26-1 2 minute motion picture that is available through Pan American sales offices throughout the country. • "Sou and till II llu (lid lull s nil I' ^ lifi . Mori uiallli has hrrii Inkrn jri in tin seas near hi math aiicii lit disguises . . . jit-agc youngsters!" Juneau than from all of Alaska's gold mines . . ." VOLUME 26 41