Alaska Film Archives

[KTVF news stories, downtown Fairbanks, North Star Terminal development plans]
[KTVF news stories, downtown Fairbanks, North Star Terminal development plans]
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 a biologist tracking moose with a radio transmitter in a light airplane (December 11, 1973) (silent), interior views of the Chena Five power plant (December 12, 1973) (silent), a land auction in the Fairbanks North Star Borough being reported by Pat McGuire (no date) (sound), a commercial for Tommy's Elbow Room and the Firelite Room restaurant in Fairbanks (December 8, 1973) (silent), Phil Deicer interviewing developer Chuck Reese as he displays a model of the proposed North Star Terminal development (December 13, 1973) (sound), U.S. Army soldiers picketing in protest of the military making the Flame Lounge and French Quarter off limits to soldiers (December 15, 1973) (sound), Ernest Gruening signing his book "Many Battles" (December 18, 1973) (sound), a hamburger eating contest at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (December 19, 1973) (sound), reporter Larry Holmstrom interviewing Pat Patterson, Darwin Bruce, Roland Bonneville, Steve Berman, Russell Shinn, and Dick Randolph about their predictions for Fairbanks in 1974 (December 31, 1973) (sound), buildings at the University of Alaska Fairbanks including the University Museum, the University Commons, and the Wood Center (December 30, 1973) (silent), a group of people at a dinner party (January 8, 1974) (silent), teamsters picketing Independent Lumber (January 8, 1974) (silent), U.S. Senate candidate C.R. Lewis explaining his views (January 9, 1974) (sound), Cub Scouts picking up trash along the roadside (May 13, 1974) (silent), Burl Ives and Walter Hickel at Fairbanks International Airport (May 17, 1974) (silent), rescue workers in a riverboat using a crane to pull a car from the Chena River (May 21, 1974) (silent). Mr. Sarnoff speaking at the 1974 University of Alaska commencement in Fairbanks (May 20, 1974) (sound), animals at the Alaskaland zoo (May 22, 1974) (silent), firefighters fighting a fire in a small Fairbanks pawn shop (May 27, 1974) (silent), golfers at Arctic Acres Golf Course on Ft. Wainwright (July 12, 1974) (silent), a Golden Days fashion show (July 16, 1974) (silent), a Felix Pedro look-alike weighing a poke of gold during Golden Days festivities (July 16, 1974) (silent), Glenn Hackney in the Golden Days jail (July 16, 1974), Native Alaskan dancers at Alaskaland (no date) (silent), rubber boat races on the Chena River (no date) (silent), a Golden Days Parade (no date) (silent), an Airstream trailer caravan (no date) (silent), and nurses picketing the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital (July 18, 1974) (silent).
[KTVF news stories, Yukon River ice bridge, UAF presidents, Yukon 800 boat race]
[KTVF news stories, Yukon River ice bridge, UAF presidents, Yukon 800 boat race]
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 development and construction along Airport Way in Fairbanks (April 17, 1974) (silent), construction scenes, the Ranch Motel (no date or description) (silent), B&B Center supermarket and shops, an empty field, a Safeway store, the Nerlands store, construction at various sites (April 19, 1974) (silent), people protesting taxation (segment is titled "Lib. Protest) (April 13, 1974) (silent), a school's services facility building (April 13, 1974) (silent), office workers dressed like Easter bunnies (April 13, 1974) (silent), members of the Interior Alaska Trapper's Association, Eielson gunfighters, Ice-Racing Association members at a sports show (1974) (silent), a boys wrestling competition (April 13, 1974) (silent), a Yukon River Ice Bridge sign, trucks crossing a river on ice (April 1, 1974) (silent), Lathrop High School students and adults being interviewed about a proposed walkout, students at the School District Central Office (April 22, 1974) (sound), an empty lot for sale (segment is titled "Pay-N-Park") (April 15, 1974) (silent), the public attending a Joint Federal State Land Use Planning Commission hearing, commissioners Celia Hunter and Joe Josephson (April 29, 1974) (silent), a protest at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, students wearing black arm bands, men and women speaking to a gathering (title of segment is "Hiatt Protest") (May 1, 1974) (silent), community leaders sweeping streets, a prize drawing (May 1, 1974) (silent), tennis, basketball, and softball being played at Fairbanks area parks (April 29, 1974) (silent), men and women gathering for a reception at Presbyterian Hospitality House (title of segment is "Rasmussen Mother of the Year") (April 29, 1974) (silent), Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts playing, eating, and creating displays (segment is titled "Scout-O-Rama") (April 30, 1974) (silent), men listening to a speaker talk about life in a pipeline camp, men being welcomed by Alyeska (title of segment is "Bechtel Orientation") (May 2, 1974) (sound), the construction of a building (segment is titled "State Building") (April 30, 1974) (silent), people and police looking at a commemorative stone placed in the middle of a sidewalk in downtown Fairbanks (segment is titled "University Stone") (April 30, 1974) (silent), university leaders speaking about the over-proliferation of courses taught at the university (segment is titled "University Regents") (May 3, 1974) (sound), a man being honored at a ceremony at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (segment is titled "Hiatt") (May 4, 1974) (silent), University of Alaska leaders Terris Moore, Ernest Patty, and William Cashen speaking to the Fairbanks Chamber of Commerce (May 3, 1974) (sound), a man speaking about bids for construction of an oil refinery (segment is titled "Krausse - Refinery") (May 9, 1974) (sound), firemen fighting a house fire (segment is titled "29th and Mercer Fire") (May 10, 1974) (silent), scenes from the Yukon 800 boat race, boats leaving Fairbanks, aerial views of the race, the village of Tanana, and racers arriving in Galena (June 25, 1974) (silent).
[KTVF television raw footage from 1976]
[KTVF television raw footage from 1976]
Footage includes a women's cross country race on the University of Alaska's West Ridge (9/4/76), Bentley Mall construction (10/14/76), Steese Expressway bridge construction (10/76), the closure of Nenana Highway at the College Road intersection (10/76), flowers at Creamer's Refuge (10/76), school children making puppets (10/76), buildings at the University (9/76), traffic and people on Second Avenue in Fairbanks (9/76), construction and traffic around Fairbanks (9/76), the Federal Building on Cushman Street (9/3/76), a North Pole Jr.-Sr. High School classrooms (11/76), Fairbanks buildings and street scenes (11/76), naturalized citizens waving flags (11/18/76), a military parachute drop at Ft. Wainwright (11/16/76), a woman operating a chemical analyzer (11/26/76), firefighters training at night (12/2/76), an Alaska Railroad crossing in Fairbanks (12/2/76), children at a Christmas play (12/76), University of Alaska instructors picketing (12/76), controls and boilers at the M.U.S. power plant (12/76), workers at the Fairbanks Rehabilitation Association (12/76), buildings and scenes at Ft. Wainwright (1976), a firefighter competition (1976), oil spill tests (1976), dead wolves being examined in a laboratory (1976), experiments in the UAF Arctic Health Building (1976), and the interior and exterior of the M.U.S. powerplant (8/18/76).