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Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website This 1960s color travelogue film takes place in the historic fishing town of Kodiak, Alaska and highlights the town’s famous king crab fishing industry. Filmed in cooperation with the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce and the Fishing Industry in the Kodiak Region, the film depicts all aspects of the king crab fishing industry from the fisherman braving harsh winter seas to fish the crab to the storage, canning, and shipment of the crab to the rest of the United States. Aerial view of Kodiak (0:23). View of Kodiak and harbor from mountain peak (0:47). Holy Resurrection Orthodox Cathedral, Angelus bell rings (0:54). Winding commercial road of Kodiak (1:24). Alitak Cannery (1:31). Modern Kodiak post office and courthouse, Maine Street (1:43). Sign for Alaska Department of Fish and Game: King Crab Research (1:51). Marine biologist from Alaska Department of Fish and Game in deep conversation with crab fisherman (1:55). Close-up king crabs mating (2:02). Close-up king crab’s outer shell, anatomy (2:43). Shedding old shell (2:59). Close-up comparison baby king crabs, adult king crabs (4:34). Snow covered mountain peaks (4:53). Seagulls struggle against strong winds, frigid water (5:04). Small fishing ship fighting against choppy, icy water (5:17). Fishing fleet dormant in harbor, frozen over waiting for storm to end (5:39). Boat pulls into harbor, mast covered in ice (6:07). Fishing method: trolling, fisherman cast and drag net across ocean floor (6:19). Crab pots, colorful buoys in Alitak Bay mark position of crab pots (6:51). Men working the deck of boat scoop round pot onto boat, unload crabs into salt water tank (7:33). Square pot pulled onto ship (8:14). Salted bullheads, sole, flounder, cod, salmon heads stuffed into bait bags (8:32). View of snow-covered mountains (9:13). Sun peaks over mountains and illuminates floating ice (9:26). Smaller fishing boat enters Lazy Bay, crab stored in wire-cage towed alongside vessel (9:46). Aerial view of fisherman unloading crab into salt-water tender that can hold up to 6500 crabs, throw females and under-grown males back into sea (10:34). Captain prepares boat to pull back out into wintery seas (11:41). Montage of clips choppy seas, boat churns and deck fills with water (11:46). Aerial view of a Kodiak cannery (12:26). Container overflowing with king crabs offloaded by mechanized crane, weighed (12:46). Dock men wheel crabs away to holding tanks on cannery pier (12:59). Crabs delivered to cannery from tanks (13:25). Shelling crabs: large stainless steel basket of crabs is removed from boiling water (13:31). Meat blown from legs, claws by water pressure machine on conveyor belt (14:13). Women sort crab meat (14:32). Female factory workers stuff meat into cans (14:38). Close-up of red gloves stuffing pink crab meat into can (15:05). Automatic machine vacuum seals cans (15:09). Finished cans rolled into basket of cold water (15:31). Filled basket placed by two workers into retort for cooking (15:48). Shining, storage of frozen crab meat in the shell (16:20). Close-up of washing exterior shell (16:46). Rubber bands bind crab’s legs (17:10). Loaded racks of shells loaded into freezing room (17:27). San Juan Fishing & Packing Co. packaging, Wakefield’s, Deming’s King Crab other packaging examples, recipe books (18:24). Finished products loaded by crane onto steam ships (19:25). Steamship sails off (19:41). Pacific Northern Airlines (PNA) C-54 Skymaster loaded with crab shipment (19:46). Camera pans aerial view of Kodiak and harbor (20:17). Crowds at Kodiak Crab Festival: specialty foods, free crab boat rides, kids with balloons (20:29). Parachute jump from seaplane (21:15). Scuba diver gathers king crabs for shelling competition (22:04). Men and women compete in crab shelling competition (22:16). Coronation ball: young women dressed in 1960s gowns; festival queen receives crown made of king crab shell (22:54). Official tasters taste and judge the crab dishes at festival banquet (23:29). Rainbow over Kodiak (24:29). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
