The city of Haines, Alaska in this short film was said to have "500 people" living in it. The City of Haines was diisncorporated in 2002 and in the 2020 cenus,, the population of the Haines Borough area was 1,657 people.
At the time this movie was released (1956) Alaska was still a U.S. territory. Statehood was granted to Alaska on January 3, 1959.