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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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North Slope: Brower interview #4 [# 2]
North Slope: Brower interview #4 [# 2]
This footage features an interview with Eugene Brower, mayor of the North Slope Borough.
North Slope: Brower interview #4; Barrow [Utqiagvik] students
North Slope: Brower interview #4; Barrow [Utqiagvik] students
This footage features an interview with Eugene Brower, mayor of the North Slope Borough. Scenes from the Barrow school include a girl reading, a mural, young students, a woman teaching the children, a woman teaching a high school math class, students with calculators, high school students sitting in class, high school students at their lockers, a busy school hallway, the school cafeteria during lunch, and the faces of students in line to get food.
North Slope: Eskimo dancing in Barrow [Utqiagvik] high school
North Slope: Eskimo dancing in Barrow [Utqiagvik] high school
This footage features Inupiat dancing in the Eben Hobson High School gymnasium. Scenes include Alaska Natives drumming, a conductor, the audience, a line of young girls dancing, young boys dancing, a woman with a child on her lap, faces in the audience, Inupiat audience members, and singers.
Outer Continental Shelf: elders 2 ; Barrow [Utqiagvik] visuals
Outer Continental Shelf: elders 2 ; Barrow [Utqiagvik] visuals
This footage includes an interview with elders. Footage also includes views of Utqiagvik, a NSB building, an ASRC building, houses, Inupiat women, boats, and a laundry line.
Outer Continental Shelf : Hopson, tape 2 ; Elders, tape 1
Outer Continental Shelf : Hopson, tape 2 ; Elders, tape 1
This footage includes an interview with Eben Hopson of Barrow, mayor of the North Slope Borough. He mentions Ted Stevens.
Outer Continental Shelf : Eben Hopson, tape 1
Outer Continental Shelf : Eben Hopson, tape 1
This footage features an interview with Eben Hopson of Barrow, mayor of the North Slope Borough.
Outer Continental Shelf : Archie Brower
Outer Continental Shelf : Archie Brower
This footage features an interview with Archie Brower of Barrow, who was president of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, on the impact of oil spills on sea mammals and sea birds.
[Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Edna MacLean]
[Alaska On Line: Red Boucher interviews Edna MacLean]
In this episode of Alaska On Line, Red Boucher interviews Edna MacLean, president of Ilisagvik College, about higher education in the arctic. The program was recorded on December 28, 1996.
[1947 Nalukataq whale feast at Barrow]
[1947 Nalukataq whale feast at Barrow]
Reed Bovee interviewed filmmaker Bill Bacon in 2010, and the following information about these films is based on Bovee's notes from that interview: “Barrow, Nulakatuk, 1947. After a successful whaling season they have a Nulakatuk celebration which is to celebrate the parting of the whales soul so there is no hard feeling to the whales so they will come again the next year. All the whaling captains get together and have this celebration and if there are a lot of whales killed that season they may have two or three celebrations on different days.", From the Alaska Film Archives, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks., From the William W. Bacon III collection. APR Collection Number 2015-203., AAF-20,079 transferred in 2016 by Reflex Technologies of Burbank, California, to Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and Mac-format external hard drive. Some light and color corrections may have been applied to Blu-ray disc and DVD by Reflex Technologies., Filmmaker's original labeling scheme has film AAF-20,079 numbered as Bacon 17, and titled “1947 Nulakatuk Whale Feast, Barrow.” Film contains scenes of whale and muktuk being distributed at the Nalukataq whale feast at Barrow, people eating and celebrating, blanket toss, men in military uniforms, Alaska Native dancers and drummers, children running and chasing after large vehicle, and more blanket toss.