The Inside Passage1941

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[A map of North America appears on screen; then a map of Alaska with the Inside Passage highlighted]

Narrator:
Uncle Sam's Alaska looms into the limelight of current events as a possible haven for many of the unfortunate peoples who have been driven from their native lands by the dictates of tyranny and the horrors of war. The usual approach to this land of promise is by way of the so-called Inside Passage, a remarkable salt water route extending from Seattle to Skagway, through a network of well-protected channels, along the shores of which are many good harbors, ...

[Scene changes to a view of Ketchikan, Alaska's harbor from aboard ship]

Narrator:
... beginning with that of Ketchikan, into which we now sail.