[Title: Alaskan Interlude - part one] PAN of frigid winter mountain landscape. HAS of turbulent river seen trough evergreen trees in foreground. TILT DOWN glacier. PAN over a Yukon village. MS PANs of beached and decaying paddlewheelers ("Bonanza King" and "Natsulin"). MS of abandoned cart, man climbing onto driver's seat. ESTABLISHING SHOT of the Vancouver waterfront, including HASs of part of the harbour, cruise ship moored to wharf. LAMS of cruise ship "Prince Robert". LACS of cruise ship at dock, streamers hanging down, HAS of crowd waving from dock. MLS of other cruise ship heading for strait. FOLLOW SHOTs of seagulls gliding past camera ship, mountainous shoreline visible in background. BOATING LS and MS of Ocean Falls waterfront showing fish boats, port installations, housing project on hillside. HA PAN of factory at water's edge. Sequence on passengers aboard ship playing various deck games and looking at the scenery. Slow BOATING SHOTs through Gardner Canal and Douglas Channel, high cliff-like shoreline. BOATING LS and MSs of Prince Rupert. HA PAN of town from hillside. HAS of pier, moored cruise ship, Canadian National Railway passenger train pulling in lower foreground. [Titles interspersed]