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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, Fairbanks housing and traffic, smokejumpers]
[KTVF news stories, Fairbanks housing and traffic, smokejumpers]
Some segments of film contain a soundtrack, and others are silent. Specific dates and other information noted on the original film are given here in parentheses. The film features men being interviewed about the housing shortage in Fairbanks and borough rezoning efforts that would regulate boarding houses, the borough mayor being interviewed (June 1975) (sound and silent), a reporter touring facilties used by the BLM smokejumpers (June 1975) (poor sound), Fairbanks mobile home park scenes (June 1975) (silent), a machine called the "Kar Killer" being used to crush junk cars (June 1975) (sound), a military representative being interviewed about the Chena Flood Control project (June 24, 1975) (sound), bystanders watching as a body is pulled from the Chena River (June 1975) (silent), the NASA Ames Research Center and high altitude views of a large city (June 1975) (silent), the groundbreaking ceremony for the Fairbanks Federal Building (July 23, 1975) (sound), a man being interviewed about the (Pan-Am) airline service to Fairbanks (July 14, 1975) (sound), banquet scenes (July 14, 1975) (poor sound), animals at the Alaskaland zoo (July 14, 1975) (silent), Fairbanks neighborhood scenes (July 15, 1975) (silent), rainy downtown Fairbanks scenes (July 15, 1975) (silent), the NOAA Gilmore Creek Facility (July 16, 1975) (silent), Disneyland's construction in California (July 17, 1975) (sound), an Air Force C-5 cargo airplane loaded with luggage and equipment (July 19, 1975) (silent), a police officer and "Safety Bear" meeting with children to talk about summer safety (July 19, 1975) (sound), an interview with the city manager of Juneau about the possible impact of moving the capital (July 29, 1975) (sound), men in Revolutionary War and Civil War costumes, a choir singing (July 25, 1975) (sound), athlete Jesse Owens being interviewed by a Fairbanks reporter (July 25, 1975) (sound), aerial views of wildfire (July 1975) (silent), a small airplane overturned near Fort Wainwright (July 1975) (silent), traffic on Lathrop Street (July 1975) (silent), traffic on Cushman Street (July 4, 1975) (silent), and scenes of various old Fairbanks cabins (July 31, 1975) (silent).
[KTVF news stories, Valdez oil tankers, forest fires]
[KTVF news stories, Valdez oil tankers, forest fires]
Some segments of film have sound, and others are silent. The footage features Golden Days promotions, gold panning demonstrations in the Penneys parking lot in downtown Fairbanks, newsreporters advertising upcoming coverage of the Golden Days Parade, an Arco oil tanker in Valdez, scenes from a Valdez celebration. (August 3, 1977), Jay Hammond speaking at a Governor's banquet (August, 1977) (silent), a map of bike trails, Fairbanks scenes (silent), trees being cleared from a park area (August 19, 1977) (silent), the Tanana Valley Community College General Store (August, 1977) (silent), trash at a rest area by the Tanana River along Chena Pump Road (silent), firemen collecting money in boots for a fundraiser (silent), farm animals and plants (August 13, 1977) (silent), bridge construction on Chena Hot Springs Road (silent), Tanana Valley Fair scenes (silent), homes in Beaver Subdivision in North Pole, a woman being interviewed (August 12, 1977), a forest fire and a helicopter (August 2, 1977) (silent), the Valdez City Manager (Carpenter?) being interviewed, a village along a river (Shungnak?), crews fighting a forest fire at night (silent), aerial views of a Beaver Creek fire (August 12, 1977) (silent), scenes of Fairbanks in a haze of wildfire smoke (August 11, 1977) (silent), people looking at items at a pipeyard sale (silent), a motorcycle rider (Bob Correl?) performing a stunt, D-2 Lands Hearings, Jay Hammond speaking (August 20, 1977) (silent), kids playing in an indoor swimming pool (silent), a Northwest airplane landing, troops and cargo offloading at Fort Wainwright (October 28, 1977) (silent), firefighters battling a structure fire (December 8, 1977) (silent), and young dogsled mushers being interviewed.
[KTVF television news stories from Fairbanks during 1974 and 1975]
[KTVF television news stories from Fairbanks during 1974 and 1975]
Footage includes the construction of the new State Building on Eighth Avenue (9/21/74), a United Way campaign (9/24/74), Hawaiian dancers in a bank lobby (9/24/74), men walking geese down Second Avenue on leashes (9/28/74), a mock fashion show, people on the street are being asked if Alaska should be independent (9/17/74), a small plane crash followed by an ambulance wreck on Airport Road (9/23/74), Paul Harvey speaking at a banquet (9/22/74), people on a street commenting about current election campaigns (11/4/74), Pioneers Home residents Charlie Creamer, Ilene Ferguson, Warren Taylor, Amelia Hero, and Richard Callahan being interviewed about pipeline construction (11/10/74), footage of the Doyon building under construction (11/10/74), a night time baseball game between the Pirates from Hawaii and the Goldpanners, Lathrop High School basketball scrimmage, a women's softball game, horseshoe pitching, the N.C. Machinery Company building (3/8/75), an unidentified Alaska Native man being interviewed about the annual Fairbanks Native Association potlatch, and people being asked if they believe in leprechauns (3/17/75).