Skagway Alaska-1977: Camera Pans Across Steam Locomotive Number 52 Behind a Fence

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Year1977
Decade1970s
LocationSkagway, Alaska, United States
Duration4s
Price$149 USD
Collection1977 · Skagway, Alaska, United States
StatusStockfilm Exclusive

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What is in this clip

railway heritage
steam transport
historic equipment preservation
tourism
Alaska sightseeing
mountain towns

Shot type: medium
Camera: pan · handheld · Eye-level oblique side view
Setting: outdoor · Fenced railway display with tall grass, trees, a wooden building and a mountain backdrop
Time and weather: Daytime · Likely summer · Bright, apparently dry conditions
Lighting: Natural daylight with shaded areas on the engine and building
People: 0 · No people are visible in the supplied frames.
Vehicles: Stationary steam locomotive number 52 · Railway tender
Landmarks: White Pass railway locomotive number 52
Objects: wire fence · fence posts · smokestack · boiler · steam domes · locomotive cab · wheels · red window trim · tall grass · trees · wooden building
Readable signs: 52 · W.P.&Y.R
Colors: black · muted green · red · brown · gray · cream
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Low
Location confidence: High

Moments in the footage

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The engine's front, smokestack and boiler appear behind the wire fence.
The rightward pan centers the red-trimmed cab and large number 52.
The cab and lettered tender fill the frame beside a dark wooden building.

Camera Pans Across Steam Locomotive Number 52 Behind a Fence — Clip Details

Skagway, Alaska, United States, circa 1977 home movie footage shows a stationary black steam locomotive numbered 52 behind a wire fence. The camera pans right from the smokestack and cylindrical boiler toward the red-trimmed cab and a tender bearing White Pass railway lettering. Tall grass partly obscures the wheels, while trees, a dark wooden building and a mountain slope fill the background. The single shot has soft detail and slight handheld movement.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 4s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800003368

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People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1977 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Skagway, Alaska, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Supports documentary and museum requests for Skagway railway heritage and visitor footage circa 1977.
Period detail: The riveted boiler, tall smokestack, red-trimmed cab and lettered tender show historic equipment, but the engine itself does not date the filming.
Home-movie behavior: A visitor's brief handheld pan follows the displayed engine from its front toward the cab and tender.
What appears in frame: The shot contains a black engine, numbered cab, lettered tender, wire fence, tall grass, wooden building and mountain slope.
Film character: Soft grain, subdued color, bright daylight and small framing wobbles give the projected-film transfer a recognizable home-movie texture.
Edit role: Use as a railway heritage cutaway or a short sightseeing insert between wider Skagway views.
Historical context: The fenced, stationary engine presents railway equipment as a visitor attraction within a mountain-town setting.
Research note: No people are visible; railway lettering, equipment and buildings appear, and film copyright remains separate from trademark and property permissions.
Research search match: Matches searches for Skagway locomotive 52, White Pass railway displays and small-gauge Alaska home movies circa 1977.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's White Pass carriage exhibit and moving passenger train, then Skagway views circa 1977 and other historic railway displays.

Still Frames From This Clip

Skagway, Alaska, circa 1977: locomotive 52 viewed from the front quarter behind a wire fence, with trees and a mountain slope beyond. — The opening view includes the engine's front, tall smokestack, boiler and numbered cab.
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Skagway, Alaska, circa 1977: the pan brings locomotive 52's red-trimmed cab and the front of its tender into view. — The cab becomes prominent as the rightward pan begins to reveal the tender.
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Skagway, Alaska, circa 1977: locomotive 52's cab and White Pass lettered tender stand behind a fence beneath a mountain backdrop. — The large cab number and tender lettering identify the railway subject.
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Skagway, Alaska, circa 1977: the final framing emphasizes the numbered cab, W.P.&Y.R tender lettering and wooden building behind the display. — The pan ends on the cab and tender, with the engine's front largely outside the frame.
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