Film · Documentary
Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest (1940)
★ 7.3 · 3 votes9 minDocumentary1940
This Traveltalk series short visits Seattle and other areas in the state of Washington. Seattle was a small city until the 1897 gold rush. During World War I, it served as a major shipping center for lumber that was transported through the Panama Canal to East Coast shipbuilders. We also visit a Weyerhaeuser lumber camp located between Longview and Tacoma, and the city of Everett, where lumber is used in the burgeoning aircraft industry.
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- February 17, 1940
Cast
James A. FitzPatrickNarrator (voice)
