The Pacific Story: Alaska America s New Frontier (1943)

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In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward receives a midnight visit from the Russian minister, who offers the sale of Russian America for $7,200,000. The program traces Alaska's history from its Russian fur trading era through its purchase by the United States. It describes the territory's gold, fur, fish and mineral wealth, and Japan's interest in the region in the years before the Second World War. It then covers America's buildup of defenses in Alaska and the construction of the Alaska Highway. The program is the second in The Pacific Story series, broadcast by the National Broadcasting Company on July 18, 1943, and it includes commentary by Owen Latimore of Johns Hopkins University.With William Seward, Russian minister, Owen Latimore, Billy Mitchell.Listen for: The midnight meeting between Seward and the Russian minister, and Latimore's closing remarks on Alaska's place in future air travel and world highways.First aired on July 18, 1943.Episode notes written with AI from the recording itself; the audio is the original broadcast.Free, complete and restored, no modern ads. Two new episodes a week: The Pacific Story on Stupid Potato, every episode so far and the episode guide.Stupid Potato restores classic radio and TV audio and runs 60 free 24/7 channels and 189 podcasts: old-time radio westerns, detectives, comedy, science fiction and suspense, vintage TV, Saturday-morning cartoons, Halloween and Christmas. No modern ads. Listen free at stupidpotato.com.

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