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Alaska Film Archives

About the Collection

Over the past half century, the University of Alaska Fairbanks has built the largest collection of archival films in and about Alaska. The collection combines hundreds of donations of film and videos to UAF by individuals, organizations and institutions. Materials range from professional productions to amateur home-movies, made in and about Alaska from the earliest days of filmmaking through today. Since 1993 these materials have been held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library. Films and videos selected for this portal project are a sampling of the thousands available for checkout on DVD through the Rasmuson Library. Unless otherwise noted, items are presented here in their entirety, unedited and uncut. Short, popular clips from the collection can be viewed on our YouTube channel. Read more about the Alaska Film Archives.

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[KTVF news stories, dog mushing, Pump Station Number One]
[KTVF news stories, dog mushing, Pump Station Number One]
Some segments of film contain audio, and others are silent. The footage features a man hooking up a dog team to a sled and driving the team through woods, two people and many supplies on a sled, a sled overturning and men pushing it upright, a man skiing between the dogs and the sled, men stopping at a cabin, dogs being fed frozen fish, more dog mushing scenes, and a man unloading supplies from a cache (segment is untitled and undated) (silent). This is followed by footage of Dr. Darch of the Alyeska Pipeline company speaking about pipeline security and other issues, aerial views of tundra and oil-drilling facilities, Dr. Darch being interviewed, and interior and exterior views of Pump Station One. (segment is untitled and undated) (sound).
[KTVF news stories, interviews, post office]
[KTVF news stories, interviews, post office]
Specific dates and other information noted on the original film are given here in parentheses. In this film, a man is interviewed about the Alaska Airlines reservation system (title of segment is "Cosgrave Alaska Air") (November 20, 1972) (sound), people speak at a meeting about the 1972 Fairbanks city budget (segment is undated) (sound), a reporter visits stores at the new Gavora's shopping center, a reporter interviews Mr. Gavora (segment is undated) (sound), officials review fire and vandalism damage at Lathrop High School, reporters interview government and school officials about the problem (segment is undated) (sound), a woman is interviewed about traffic problems in the Lameta[?] area of Fairbanks (segment is undated) (sound), a man speaks at a meeting (segment is undated) (sound), postal workers work in the Fairbanks Airport post office during Christmas time, and a reporter talks about post office procedures and the handling of packages (December 5, 1971) (sound).
[World championship sled dog races]
[World championship sled dog races]
This film features footage of George Attla and other sled dog racers.