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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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[President Eisenhower signing Alaska statehood documents]
[President Eisenhower signing Alaska statehood documents]
Footage includes a gold miner panning for gold, the Alaska flag, the U.S. Capitol Building, and President Eisenhower signing the statehood proclamation. Others present at the ceremony include Richard Nixon, Ralph Rivers, Ernest Gruening, Bob Bartlett, and Mike Stepovich. Following the ceremony, pens are passed out, and the forty-nine star flag is unfurled.