Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest Trailer

Seattle: Gateway to the Northwest Trailer (1940)

17 February 1940 Factual 9 mins

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.

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Cast

James A. FitzPatrick

as Narrator (voice)

International Releases Dates

United States 17 February 1940

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