Alaska Film Archives

A Letter for Debra Anne
A Letter for Debra Anne
AAF-13990 and AAF-13991 are presented by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs. Both films contain identical scenes with AAF-13990 narrated in English and AAF-13991 narrated in Yupik. The program is about the development of the Primary Eskimo Program (PEP), a bilingual language program introduced in Yupik-speaking Alaska Native communities of southwest Alaska. Opening credits list Area Director Clarence Antioquia, Assistant Area Director Emil Kowalczyk, Federal Program Director William Menojah, Jr., Title 1 Director Willard Walters, Agency Superintendent of Education S. William Benton, and Education Specialist Calvin Lundy. Cinematographer is Frank Johnson. Editor is Guy Bishop. Storyteller is John Haymer. Yupik interpreter is Oscar Alexie. The film is written and directed by Jerry Warner, and it's produced by Jerry Warner and Associates. The program contains scenes in Kwethluk and Akiachak, Alaska, including elementary-aged students learning to speak, read, and write in both Yupik and English. In 2018, Juliana Carlson, originally from Kwethluk, identified the following individuals who appear in the film: Ethel Peter (at 01:42, center girl with red and black shirt); Deborah, Mabel or Mary Constantine (at 02:16); Deborah Ann Michael of Kwethluk (at 5:07); the Kwethluk First Grade class including teacher Lillian Michael McGill, John Andrew, Jr., Paul Jackson, Anastasia Michael, Wassiliie Paul, Juliana Guy, Matthew Dillon, Minnie Nicori, William Nicolai and Olga Nick (at 05:41); Kwethluk First Graders John Andrew, Jr. and Juliana Guy (at 06:16); Lynn Jones (at 07:24); Alice Alexie, Veronica Michael (left), and Daniel Jackson (at 07:58); Samson Mann and Matthew Nicori (at 17:39); Kwethluk BIA first grade teacher Lillian Michael McGill (at 19:22); James Michael, Lillian Michael and Lola Evan (at 22:47); Sophie Owens Lowery (at 23:21); Kwethluk 3rd and 4th Graders (at 23:55); Elena Pasitnal (left), Elena Chimegalrea (center), and Marla Evan (right) (at 24:29); Deborah Michael of Kwethluk (at 26:46); and Wassillie Paul of Kwethluk (at 27:20).
A Man for the '70s
A Man for the '70s
This is a 1968 campaign film about the background and political vision of Mike Gravel prior to his election to the U.S. Senate. Bob Bartlett, Hubert Humphrey, and Ted Kennedy are briefly seen. The film covers the topics of campaign stresses, the development of oil fields in Alaska, and the need to create jobs in Alaska. The film reviews Gravel's childhood in Springfield, Massachusetts, his years in the military, and his family life in Anchorage and Washington D.C. Scenes in Alaska include Alaska Railroad travel, statehood activity in Anchorage and Juneau, a trailer park or mobile home park, building construction, Juneau, Nome ?, union halls, Sitka, and other unidentified scenes.
A Story of Fur
A Story of Fur
The original narrated DVD is labeled “John Baker - A Story of Fur.” The original silent film is labeled “No. 1 Winter Trapline.” The narrated version is played back at a different frame rate and is slower and longer than the silent version. This is the narrated version. The film contains footage of the B&K Trading Company building and the Roadhouse in Talkeetna; Carol and Verna Close baking bread; a dog named Queenie with John Baker checking a trapline during winter; Queenie wearing a dog pack; John Baker hiking in snowshoes and checking a beaver trap; John Baker and trapping partner Gene Lanzaro building a small log cabin from start to finish, including peeling logs, scribing and notching logs, and sawing boards from logs; setting a wolverine trap; a pilot and mailman Cliff Hudson delivering mail via small airplane; John Baker nailing a roof on a cabin, cutting out a window on a cabin, installing a chimney through a cabin roof, looking at Mount McKinley (Denali) through cabin windows, demonstrating window shutters, and showing bear protection around windows; Gene Lanzaro cutting fireweed and the dog Queenie pulling a sled with logs; cooking meat and pancakes inside cabin; John Baker with a lynx that he trapped; a captive marten kept as a pet; a moose; John Baker demonstrating hiking in snowshoes versus without snowshoes in deep snow; John Baker showing a marten he has trapped and field dressing a spruce grouse; a new snowmachine; Queenie barking at a trapped wolverine; scenes of setting and checking a beaver trap, including fresh beaver signs in spring, a beaver snare, a beaver lodge with steam emerging, skinning a beaver, and Queenie pulling a sled; John Baker starting up and flying a small airplane on skis, aerial views of snowy landscapes, and groups of moose; landing an airplane on skis; a moose walking through deep snow; John Baker butchering a moose and loading it onto an airplane; aerial views of mountains and moose; a ptarmigan in white plumage; a snowmachine pulling a sled; showing off a trapline catch at Summit log cabin; Queenie running behind a snowmachine and riding on a sled; an airplane in a windstorm and John Baker digging out the airplane after the storm passes; Lake Hood airplanes and a hangar damaged by a windstorm near Anchorage; John Baker with a roll of furs and a pickup truck at Lake Hood airstrip; Anchorage Fur Rendezvous scenes, including Fourth Avenue in Anchorage, brief glimpses of George Attla and Jimmy Malemute, Roland Lombard mushing along a trail, a helicopter flying over the trail, Jonas Brothers Taxidermy shop in Anchorage, and a fur auction; Myers Furs shop in Michigan, a furrier at work, and John Baker’s father posing in a beaver coat and hat.
Alaska 49th state : [part 1]
Alaska 49th state : [part 1]
This film was used for lectures by the Machetanzes when they travelled outside of Alaska. Footage includes the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner headline "Alaska 49th State," George Sundborg checking teletype and noting the passage of statehood legislation on June 30 1958, statehood headlines from the Anchorage Daily Times and Anchorage Daily News, men launching a large star suspended by helium balloons from the Polaris building's roof in Fairbanks, a line of people signing a giant telegram in Fairbanks, a statehood parade down Second Avenue in Fairbanks, Ernest Gruening shaking hands in Anchorage, and graphics showing routes to Alaska. Additional images include passengers embarking on the Riverboat Discovery near Fairbanks, Jim Binkley piloting the boat and talking on a microphone, Mary Binkley with a microphone and an unidentified assistant showing fur to passengers, Alaska Natives at Tanana River fish camp, Alaska Native men building a fishwheel, men retrieving salmon from a fishwheel and processing it for drying, an Alaska Native woman making a birch bark basket, Sara Machetanz looking at a birch bark baby carrier, and Sara with baby Traeger Machetanz. Additional images include children bottle feeding a moose calf, people harvesting grain and vegetables in the Matanuska Valley, an aerial view of an oil drill rig, Healy coal mine, men operating a hydraulic giant and driving thaw points near Fairbanks, a dredge operating near Fairbanks, men using Caterpillars and a dragline to operate a large sluice box, sluice box clean-up, and a man smelting gold into an ingot. Additional images include the Machetanzes Hi Ridge cabin near Palmer during winter, Fred using a dog team and chainsaw to obtain firewood, a moose at a cabin, Fred and Sara travelnig to Palmer during winter, a snow plow and rotary snowblower on the road, and Jan Koslosky with a rifle showing a large Polar Bear hide. Images at the Fur Rendezvous in Anchorage include a fur auction, a weight-pull contest, a blanket toss, a merry-go-round, the start line of World Champion Dog Sled Races, and Northern Alaska Native dancers performing the Wolf Dance.
Alaska 49th state : [part 2]
Alaska 49th state : [part 2]
This film was used for lectures by the Machetanzes when they travelled outside Alaska. Footage includes Open North American dog sled races in Fairbanks and Dr. Roland Lombard wearing bib number one. Additional images include travel on the Alaska Railroad during winter, a man with a reindeer in Fairbanks, downtown Fairbanks, a party at the Atwood home in Anchorage, international travelers arriving at the Anchorage International Airport and Bob Reeve at the airport, a musical conductor and choral group, KTVA television studios and Norma Goodman, and shoppers in a grocery store. Southeast Alaska images include glaciers and travel by ship, amphibious aircraft taking off in Juneau, loggers cutting and hauling trees, Ketchikan Pulp Mill, salmon in a stream, purse seiner and cannery. Additional images include two men going upstream in a canoe and fishing for grayling, and campus buildings at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks.
Alaska Division: Great Falls to Fairbanks
Alaska Division: Great Falls to Fairbanks
This is an Army Air Corps training film for crews ferrying aircraft from Great Falls, Montana to Fairbanks, Alaska, where Soviet pilots then took possession of the airplanes. The aircraft were part of the Lend-Lease program in which the United States sent war supplies to the Soviet Union during World War II. Footage includes graphics showing the route, aerial views of runways along the route, views of runways during landings, and graphics advising pilots of procedures for aborting flights. During the life of the Lend-Lease project, nearly 8,000 planes flew along this route, also known as the Alaska-Siberia (ALSIB) route, from Montana to Alaska then on to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia. The film was made by the U.S. Army Air Forces Air Transport Command Overseas Technical Unit.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Arthur Lake]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Arthur Lake]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Native leader Arthur Lake about rural issues. The program was recorded on March 21, 1998.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Bjornstad, Crawford, Carson, Poe, Donley]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Bjornstad, Crawford, Carson, Poe, Donley]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews experts about various Alaskan issues. In part 1, Red Boucher interviews Gene Bjornstad, general manager of Chugach Electric, about deregulation and the role of electric energy in Alaska's economy. In part 2, Red Boucher interviews Colonel Randy Crawford, director of Alaska State Troopers, about law enforcement in Alaska. In part 3, Red Boucher interviews Wes Carson, president of Alaska Communications System, about the role of telecommunications in developing Alaska's economy. In part 4, Red Boucher interviews Robert Poe, executive director of AIDEA, about the Alaska Industrial Development Authority's role in developing Alaska's economy. In part 5, Red Boucher interviews Alaska State Senator Dave Donley about the goals and objectives of the 2001 legislative session. These programs were recorded on January 13, 2001.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Bob Bell and Jane Angvik]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Bob Bell and Jane Angvik]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Bob Bell and Jane Angvik, former Anchorage assembly members, about the pros and cons of the proposed tax cap issue. The program was recorded on October 7, 2000.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Dave Rose]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Dave Rose]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews permanent fund director Dave Rose about the permanent fund in Alaska's future. Program was recorded Dec. 16, 1995.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Doug Kiel]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Doug Kiel]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Doug Kiel of Challenge Alaska about handicapped access. The program was recorded on October 11, 1997.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Ethan Berkowitz]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Ethan Berkowitz]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews State Representative Ethan Berkowitz about the thoughts of a freshman legislator. The program was recorded on February 14, 1998.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Gail Phillips]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Gail Phillips]
In this episode of Alaska On Line TV show, Red Boucher interviews State Representative Gail Phillips about the outlook for the 1998 legislative session. The program was recorded on February 14, 1998.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Gene Bjornstad]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Gene Bjornstad]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Gene Bjornstad, general manager of Chugach Electric, about the generation of electric energy in Alaska. The program was recorded on September 9, 2000.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Jay Hammond - part 2]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Jay Hammond - part 2]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher continues his interview with Jay Hammond. The program was recorded on December 20, 1997.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Jennifer Dietz]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Jennifer Dietz]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Jennifer Dietz, president of Career College, about the role of vocational education in Alaska. The program was recorded on October 7, 2000.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews John Andrews and Sharon Bandle]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews John Andrews and Sharon Bandle]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews educators John Andrews and Sharon Bandle about the Alaska Society for Technology in Education. The program was recorded on April 14, 1999.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews John Shively]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews John Shively]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews DNR Commissioner John Shively about ANWR and oil development in Alaska. The program was recorded on August 26, 1995.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Jude Andrews]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Jude Andrews]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Jude Andrews, director of KYUK, about TV in bush Alaska. The program was recorded on August 1, 1998.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Julie Kitka]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Julie Kitka]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Julie Kitka, president of AFN, about rural Alaska issues . The program was recorded on May 23, 1998.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Lew Freedman]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Lew Freedman]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews journalist and author Lew Freedman about his new book, Diamonds in the Rough, which is about baseball in Alaska. The program was recorded on September 9, 2000.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Mark Hamilton and Steve Smith]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Mark Hamilton and Steve Smith]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Mark Hamilton, president of the University of Alaska, and Steve Smith, CIO of the University of Alaska, about plans for long distance education in Alaska. The program was recorded on November 11, 2000.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Mark Hellenthal]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Mark Hellenthal]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews researcher Mark Hellenthal about public opinion polling in Alaska political races. The program was recorded on April 1, 2000.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Mark Oppenheim]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Mark Oppenheim]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Mark Oppenheim of Tetherless Access Ltd. (TALWireless) about wireless telecommunications in Alaska. The program was recorded on October 26, 1996.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Matt and Susan Teel]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Matt and Susan Teel]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews webmasters Matt and Susan Teel about the development of websites. The program was recorded on August 15, 1995.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Matthew Nicolai]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Matthew Nicolai]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Matthew Nicolai, CEO of Calista Corporation, about the role of Native corporations in the Alaska economy. The program was recorded on May 23, 1998.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Melphine Evans]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Melphine Evans]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Melphine Evans, senior vice president of Alyeska Pipeline, about her experience as a minority in an executive role. The program was recorded on October 7, 2000.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Tom Edrington]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Tom Edrington]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Tom Edrington, CEO of ATU, about telecommunications in Alaska and the potential sale of ATU. The program was recorded on August 17, 1996.
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Walter and Vivian Teeland]
Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Walter and Vivian Teeland]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews pioneer storekeepers Walter and Vivian Teeland about their lives in Wasilla. The program was recorded on December 28, 1996.
Alaska Review 40- part 1
Alaska Review 40- part 1
In this video, host Pete Carran of KAKM-TV talks with John Havelock, director of legal studies for the Justice Center of the University of Alaska in Anchorage. Havelock gives an overview of the history of cameras in the courtroom and discusses issues relevant to the Williams v. Zobel case. Reporter Carroll Hodge of KAKM-TV interviews State Supreme Court Justice Jay Rabinowitz about cameras in the courtroom. Plaintiff Ronald Zobel is interviewed about the case he and his wife Patricia have brought before the court. Judge Ralph Moody is shown and quoted. An assistant attorney general for the state is interviewed. The Zobels' attorney, Mark Sandberg, is interviewed. Counsel for the State, Avrum Gross, is interviewed. Governor Jay Hammond is interviewed. John Havelock discusses each of the justices of the State Supreme Court: Chief Justice Jay Rabinowitz, Justice Edmund Burke, Justice Roger Connor, Justice Warren Matthews, Justice Robert Boochever, and former Justice Diamond as photos of the judges are shown. Counsels for the State, Assistant Attorney General Susan Burke and former State Attorney General Avrum Gross, present arguments for the State of Alaska during a live broadcast of the court proceeding.