Alaska Film Archives

[George Steck collection 15]
[George Steck collection 15]
Footage includes views of First Avenue in Fairbanks, Immaculate Conception Church and St. Joseph Hospital, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner building, a parade on Cushman Street, a baseball team (the Goldpanners) at the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce building on First Avenue, people along the banks of the Chena River watching the start of the Yukon 800 Marathon boat race, Goldpanners baseball practice, and construction at Growden Park.
[KTVF news stories, miscellaneous KTVF clips, construction, beauty pageant, auction, baseball]
[KTVF news stories, miscellaneous KTVF clips, construction, beauty pageant, auction, baseball]
Some segments of film contain audio, and others are silent. Specific dates and other information noted on the original film are given here in parentheses. Footage includes a man putting rolls of insulation in a wall, a title screen saying "Division of Energy and Power Development - Anchorage Alaska," close-up views of a gas pump, a man pumping gas/heating oil (silent and sound) (undated), representative Andy Warwick being interviewed about his thoughts on Alaska's future (sound) (undated), semi-trucks loaded with construction supplies traveling along a gravel road (silent) (undated), dancers on a stage, a drummer and a guitarist, a beauty pageant with women in swimsuits and evening gowns, the pageant winner being crowned and interviewed (silent) (undated), Tim Wallace of the Fairbanks Native Association and a member of the State Chamber speaking at a Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce meeting (sound) (undated), an auction, a sign with the date "1977," rows of bulldozers being sold (silent) (undated), people building a boardwalk and trail through the woods (silent) (undated), men in an office doing paperwork and filling out a logbook (silent) (titled "Truckers") (undated), a baseball game, players in Alaska baseball uniforms (silent) (titled "Wichita") (undated), building construction, traffic, road construction (silent) (undated), people packing gear, an archaeological dig site, a man being interviewed about archaeological finds, people digging, and people holding up objects (sound) (undated).
[KTVF news stories, Native Claims Settlement Act interviews, KUAC studio, Goldpanners, Boy Scouts, Tanana]
[KTVF news stories, Native Claims Settlement Act interviews, KUAC studio, Goldpanners, Boy Scouts, Tanana]
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 includes man-on-the-street interviews, men and women being interviewed at a shopping mall and at the Fairbanks Native Welcome Center about their thoughts on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (no date) (sound), a story about KUAC-TV, the new educational television station at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, interviews with two station managers (no date) (sound), firefighters responding to a structure fire, construction equipment that was damaged in the blaze (no date or description) (silent), scenes from a Goldpanners baseball game (July 7, 1971) (silent), wildfire crews battling forest fires, a story about Fairbanks area wildfires (July 8, 1971) (sound), a wheelchair accessible van being demonstrated (July 8, 1971) (silent), scenes of a hospital's construction (July 8, 1971) (silent), a group of men waiting in a parking lot and inside a building (segment is titled "B-Menus") (July 16, 1971) (silent), Boy Scouts and leaders assembling for a photograph and then riding a train (July 24, 1971) (silent), the aftermath of a two-car collision (July 20, 1971) (silent), scenes from another Goldpanners baseball game (July 4, 1971) (silent), the Tanana Post Office, Northern Commercial Company buildings, views of the town of Tanana, Ted Stevens and other men in suits touring the area (no date or description) (silent), a Golden Days celebration, women dressed as dance hall girls, the Golden Days jail wagon, people in costume visiting Eielson Air Force Base (July 19, 1971) (sound), Don Dickey of the State Chamber of Commerce speaking in Fairbanks about the Native Claims Settlement Act and the pipeline (July 6, 1971) (sound), a structure damaged in a fire (no date or description) (silent), a story about flood damage due to the Tanana River along Richardson Highway (no date) (sound), and a man and woman in a pharmacy being interviewed about the substances used by children and teenagers to get high (no date) (sound).
[KTVF television news stories and footage from 1974]
[KTVF television news stories and footage from 1974]
Footage includes a ground breaking ceremony for the King 8 Motel on Lathrop Street and Airport Road on 6/19/74, a Goldpanners baseball game, and an interview with coach Jim Dietz by reporter Chuck Benson on 6/19/74.
[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).
[KTVF television raw footage and news stories from Fairbanks during 1977, Alyeska pipeline start-up raw footage from 1977]
[KTVF television raw footage and news stories from Fairbanks during 1977, Alyeska pipeline start-up raw footage from 1977]
Footage includes children in North Pole collecting bags of aluminum cans, vandalized airplanes at Alaskaland (5/10/77), police cars and a Loomis truck in downtown Fairbanks (5/2/77), a damaged guard-rail by the MUS Power Plant, motorcycles in a parking lot (5/18/77), an accident between two motorcycles and a car (6/8/77), murals in downtown buildings (6/9/77), traffic on Fairbanks streets (6/14/7)7, a U-2 aircraft from NASA taking off in Fairbanks (6/15/77), construction equipment at a gravel pit (6/16/77), traffic and businesses along University Avenue and Geist Road (6/16/77), highlights from a Goldpanner baseball game (6/15/77), an unidentified man being interviewed about vandalism at 12 Mile Village (sound), Midnight Sun Sale scenes in downtown Fairbanks, Peger Road Bridge construction over the Chena River (6/20/77), Dr. Darch of the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company announcing the start-up of the pipeline (sound) (6/20/77), Jim Kowalski speaking about environmental concerns related to pipeline construction (sound) (6/20/77), University Car Care Center, people flying remote control model airplanes (6/11/77), and construction of the Hamme pool (6/22/77).