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.

: [Burrows Advertising commercials 1]; AAF-16092 is labeled, “Burrows No. 1 - Bill Burrows Master Edit Tape” and contains the following Fairbanks-area television commercials from about 1989: Mike’s Chevron and Dale’s Chevron - Dairy Queen Parfait; J.C. Penney - Jewelry; Tesco - Parts; J.C. Penney - Fall Wardrobe; Mike’s Chevron - Air Conditioning July 1988; Young’s Gear and Drivelines 1 to 3 - Spring 1989; Tip Top Chevrolet - Indiana Jones; Auto Service Company - What It Takes and Reasons; Tip Top Chevrolet - No Fine Print No. 1; Compeau’s - Skidoo Long Track and Performance; Auto Service Company - Service; Mike’s Chevron and Dale’s Chevron - Dairy Queen Sundae Paper Bag; Auto Service Company - August All Trac; and Tip Top Chevrolet - 1989 Sellathon.

: [Burrows Advertising commercials 2]; AAF-16093 is labeled, “Burrows No. 2 - Bill Burrows Edit Master 9/89,” and it contains the following Fairbanks-area television commercials from 1989: Tip Top Chevrolet - Set Your Sights; Auto Service Company - Touch Down 1 and 2 and Cars Stacking; Mike’s Chevron - Atlas Tire Sale; Tip Top Chevrolet - Last Crusade and Anniversary ’57 Chevy; Young’s Gear and Drivelines - Positraction; Auto Service Company - Year End Clearance; Tip Top Chevrolet - 1990 Excited Lumina, 1990 Excited Tracker, 1990 Excited Storm, 1990 Excited 10 seconds, Bear Tracker, and Christmas 30 seconds and 10 seconds; Young’s Gear and Drivelines - C.V. Special; Tip Top Chevrolet - Back to the Future; Tesco - Electronics and Design and Parts; Mike’s Chevron and Dale’s Chevron - Super Dog; Tip Top Chevrolet - Anniversary 1990 [producer notes indicate this spot is “ok to use for 1993 sale”]; Campbell Sports - Pre-Season Bike; FLOT - Opera; Campbell Sports - Screens, Pre-Season Softball, and 90 Days; Dairy Queen 50 year anniversary; and Tip Top Chevrolet.

: [Burrows Advertising commercials 3]; AAF-16094 is labeled, “Burrows No. 3 - Bill Burrows Edit Master” and contains the following Fairbanks-area television commercials from about 1990: Campbell’s Sports - Cycle Madness; Mike’s Chevron - U-Haul; Young’s Gear and Drivelines - Full Load; Cambell’s Sports - Rental and Trek Fest; Mike’s Chevron - Tire Sale 2; Tip Top Chevrolet - Reasons (with Roy, Deb, Ron, and Phil), Reasons (with Steve, Pat, Royce, and Larry), Reasons (with Jim, Scotty, Ron, and Roy), and Reasons (with Ralph the Dog); Fairbanks Camper Sales - Flair; Tip Top Chevrolet - Dick Tracy; Mike’s Chevron and Dal’s Chevron - Troy Dairy Queen; Tip Top Chevrolet - Golden Days 1990; Auto Service Company - Calibre; Compeau’s; Auto Service Company - No Trouble; Mike’s Chevron - Full Service; Tip Top Chevrolet - Southside and Bunny Hops Stationery; Campbell’s Sports - Season; Pike’s Landing - Menu 1 and 2; Mike’s Chevron - Atlas Tires; Sourdough Fuel - Saver; Tip Top Chevrolet - Mission, New Showroom 30 seconds, New Showroom 10 seconds 1 and 2; Shoppers Forum - Family 1 and 2; Tesco - Parts, Lighting, and Electronics; Fairbanks Fast Foto - Christmas Gift; Shoppers Forum - Yes Virginia 1-3; Compeau’s - Christmas Package; Campell’s Sports - Kids; and portion of car commercial rap.

: [Burrows Advertising commercials 4]; AAF-16095 is labeled, “Bill Burrows Edit Master No. 4,” and it contains the following Fairbanks-area television commercials from about 1991: Auto Service Company - Roof Cave In; Tip Top Chevrolet - Top Rock II; Compeau’s Winter Break I to III; Tesco - Cool Down Sale and Lightolier; Auto Service Company - Back in Showroom; Mike’s Chevron - Warm Memories; Auto Service Company - Time to Sell and Compare Camry; Mike’s Chevron and Dale’s Chevron - Mini Service and Quarter Pounder; Tip Top Chevrolet - Feeling Good New Car and Feeling Good Warm Weather; Auto Service Company (two commercials); Mike’s Chevron and Dale’s Chevron; Tip Top Chevrolet and Jaybird’s Wing World; Tip Top Chevrolet - Feel Good, and I Feel Good I and II; U-Save Auto Rental; Auto Service Company - Goodyear 1991, New Look and Eagle 1991; Tip Top Chevrolet - Robby Hood; Auto Service Company - Paseao; Fairbanks Fourth of July Celebration; Sourdough Fuel - Responsibility and Dependability; Auto Service Company - Great Day; Campbell’s Sports - Huffy Throw; Tip Top Chevrolet - Determinator; Jackovich - Summer; Young’s Gear and Drivelines - New Location; Compeau’s - Fair; Sourdough Fuel - Pancakes; Tip Top Chevrolet - Southside 1991; Auto Service Company - Tercel; Mike’s Chevron and Dale’s Chevron - McDonald’s Shake; Sourdough Fuel - Bill G; Tip Top Chevrolet - Used Car 1991; and Compeau’s - Ice Breaker.

: [Burrows Advertising commercials 5]; AAF-16096 is labeled, “Bill Burrows Edit Master No. 5,” and it contains the following Fairbanks-area television commercials and political campaign commercials from about 1991 and 1992: Bonnie Williams for Fairbanks North Star Borough Mayor - Shooting Range, Leadership, Carlson Center, Education and Schools, and Call; Sue Wilken for School Board Seat A, Fairbanks - Home and Bio; Hops Stationery - Dayrunner; Auto Service Company - Camry; Tip Top Chevrolet - Addams Family; Compeau’s - History and Bush; Hops Stationery - Halloween; U-Save Auto Rental - No. 2; Auto Service Company - 4 Runner; Fairbanks Fast Foto - Christmas; Shoppers Forum - 1 and 2; Hops Stationery - Christmas 1 and 2; Tip Top Chevrolet - Star Trek; Young’s Gear and Drivelines - U Bolt; Auto Service Company - Previa; Tip Top Chevrolet - Funnin’ 1; Compeau’s - Boat Save 1992; Tip Top Chevrolet - Captain Hook; Jackovich - Winters Worst I and II; Tesco Electrifying and Candle Power; Tip Top Chevrolet - Serious and Test Drive; Compeau’s; Pike’s Landing; and Tip Top Chevrolet - Used Car Roundup.

: [Burrows Advertising commercials 6]; AAF-16097 is labeled, “Bill Burrows No. 6,” and it contains the following Fairbanks-area television commercials and political campaign commercials from about 1992: Compeau’s - Air Chair Fun and Pike’s Boat Show; Tip Top Chevrolet - H. Robby Ginther, James Bond 007 1-3; Jackovich - Trimmers, and Firefighter; Compeau’s - Summer Generic 1992; Pike’s Landing - Champagne Summer Brunch; Jackovich - Enviroflex and Weather Promo; Tanana Valley State Fair 1992; Compeau’s - Boat 1992 Fair and After Fair; Factory Direct Furniture - $100, Free Lunch, and No Compromise; Compeau’s - Skidoo Fair and Skidoo After; Tom Brice for State House - Bio, Dirty Job, Tools, Dreams, Testimonial 1 Valerie Therrien, Testimonial 2 Howard Cutler, Testimonial 3 Catey Barber, and UAF; and Sourdough Fuel - Bigger, Auto Delivery and Service.

: [Burrows Advertising commercials 7]; AAF-16098 is labeled, “Bill Burrow Edit Master 7,” and it contains the following Fairbanks-area television commercials and political campaign commercials from about 1992: Tip Top Chevrolet - Quantum Leap; Don Gray for State House District 32 - Bio, Double Shift, More than Education, Resume, James Ranney, and Carol Rombers [sp?]; Northern Power Sports - Yamaha and Arctic Cat; Mike’s Chevron - Atlas Tires; Chevron Dealers - Atlas Tires; Valerie Therrien for Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly - Hard Work, Served Who, Sacrificed, John Davies, and Testimonial 1 and 2; Juanita Helms for State Senate - Life Story, Pictures, and No Denali; Family Shoe Store; Juanita Helms for State Senate - Influence and Bettye; Tom Brice for State House - Fight Fair; Samson - Makita 1 and 2; Compeau’s - Christmas 1992; Factory Direct Furniture - Rocky I; Jackovich - Weather Promo; 660 AM KFAR - Bill Burrows Promo; Factory Direct Furniture - Gloves Off, Sunline with Mike and Sue Larson, and Snoring; Northern Power Sports - five 30 second commercials; Audio-only for furniture store; and Compeau’s - Skidoo in French.

: [Burrows Advertising commercials 8]; AAF-16099 is labeled, “Burrows Advertising Edit Master No. 9,” and it contains the following Fairbanks-area television commercials from about 1993: Factory Direct Furniture - Shop Around 1 to 4 and SOS 1 and 2; Tip Top Chevrolet - Chevio Bros [Mario Brothers]; Compeau’s - Francais Formula and Francais Summer; Northern Power Sports - Yamaha Surge and Cat Cash; Factory Direct Furniture - Don’t Wait and Two Rooms; M & O Auto Parts - Insert and Plus; Hops Stationery - Christmas Catalog Pre and Post; Tip Top Chevrolet - Hillbillies; Shoppers Forum - Old Friends 1 and 2; Fairbanks Fast Foto; Pike’s Landing - Dinner Special; Fairbanks Fast Foto - Try Harder, and Best Deals 1 and 2; M & O Auto Parts - December Insert 1 and 2; Factory Direct Furniture - Dispersal; University Center - 1 to 3; Tip Top Chevrolet -Year End 1 to 7 [copyright General Motors Corp]; Factory Direct Furniture- Year Ends Upside; Ted Stevens - Silver Anniversary Celebration at Carlson Center; Pike’s Landing - Sports Lounge; Fairbanks Fast Foto - After Christmas; Tip Top Chevrolet - Year in Commercials 1993; and Factory Direct Furniture- Volume Buying.

: [Burrows Advertising commercials 9]; AAF-16100 is labeled, “Burrows Edit Master No. 10 January 1994,” and it contains the following television commercials from about 1994: Compeau’s - Turbojet, Seadoo FL and Seadoo SP; Floormart - Special; Jackovich - Woodpile; Colonel Abner’s Carpet - Clearance; Northern Power Sports - Yamaha Clearance; M&O Auto Parts - Machine Shop; Fairbanks Fast Foto - Mega Stores; University Center - Presidents’ Day; Floormart - Teaser; Compeau’s - Spring Break 1 and 2; University Center - H&R Block and Easter; Woodriver School - Spring Bazaar; Jackovich - Optima; Floormart - Wood; Fairbanks Fast Foto - Think Fast 1 and 2; M&O Auto Parts - National Car Care; University Center 1 - 4; Floorcraft - Stock Exchange; University Center 5 - 8; Fairbanks Fast Foto - Paying Too Much; M&O Auto Parts - North Pole and Open; University Center - 101 Gold Give Away; M&O Auto Parts - Quaker State NP Open; Compeau’s; and Alaska Factory Direct Furniture.

: [KTVF miscellaneous short clips; A, B, and C-rolls for commercials]; 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 men in a canoe, Juneau harbor and town scenes, men painting a boat, gulls, people walking along a path to the Mendenhall Glacier, a man reading a newspaper, buildings and mountains (silent) (undated), aerial views of a city, a man being interviewed (silent) (undated), a man talking about taxpayer frustration in Alaska and about his campaign for state legislature (sound) (segment titled "Jim O'Sullivan - Quiet Revolution") (undated), portions of a Jim O' Sullivan commercial (silent) (segment titled "Quiet Revolution") (undated), views of a gas station and cars (silent) (segments titled "Russell's Union") (undated), views of people door-to-door campaigning (silent) (undated), miscellaneous footage of Alaska cities and industries (silent) (segment titled "Oil and Alaska's Future") (undated), a political commercial for U.S. Senate candidate Terry Miller, views of Alaska cities, fish processing, Ketchikan, etc. (silent) (undated), miscellaneous footage for an Andy Warwick political commercial, Warwick talking to a man about Alaska fisheries and oil lease sales (silent and sound) (undated), views of pipeline and oil facilities for a Terry Miller political commercial (silent) (segment titled "Oil and Alaska's Future") (undated), scenes for a United Way commercial (silent) (segment titled "United Way") (October 3, 1974), views of grocery stores and the pipeline for a Terry Miller political commercial (silent) (segments titled "Producer L. Hebert - Inflation") (undated), a basketball game in the Patty Gym at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (silent) (segment titled "Nanooks") (undated), a snowy day, a girl serving cookies to a child (silent) (undated), a person in a prospector costume (silent) (undated), San Francisco scenes, a Ford manufacturing plant, a Seekins Ford dealership, and Seattle views (silent) (undated).

: [KTVF miscellaneous short clips, Sitka, news clips, etc.]; 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 harbor views (segment titled "Sitka harbor"), totem poles, a television talk show (segment titled "KSA-TV Sitka"), an interview scene, a man on a motorcycle, men in hardhats, men in a forest, construction scenes (segment titled "Anchorage construction"), Warwick talking to elderly gentlemen (segment titled "Pioneer's Home"), a KSA-TV clip, Ted Stevens, an interview scene, wharf views, Ted Stevens again, a strongman contest (all silent) (all undated), a school board hearing about the expulsion of a boy for wearing long hair in a public school (sound) (undated), scenes from a HIPOW auction (sound) (undated), firefighters cleaning up a scene after a fire in downtown Fairbanks (silent) (segment titled "Jean Dixon") (undated), a tourism banquet and speakers at the Traveler's Inn in Fairbanks (sound) (undated), Hunter Elementary School students climbing on a new playground fire truck (sound) (undated), school board officials touring Nordale School (sound) (undated), a woman in a kitchen, views of a cabin interior, people talking at a table, an outhouse, exterior cabin views (all silent) (all undated), a man promoting a Fairbanks housing development (sound) (segment titled "McGuire Development spot") (undated), a woman talking about career possibilities for West Valley High School students (sound) (segment titled "Roger and Nancy") (undated), women talking (silent) (segment titled "Mae and others") (undated), an elderly woman and beaded moccasins (silent) (undated), men meeting in front of City Hall (silent) (segment titled "Gold/City Hall") (undated), women playing homemade drums (sound) (segment titled "Dumbek Drum") (undated), women talking (silent) (segment titled "Pioneer Home interview") (undated), a beekeeper being interviewed (sound and silent) (undated), the aftermath of a car accident (silent) (segment titled "Car Crash Lacey Street") (undated), kids on a playground and in a classroom (sound) (segment titled ("Hunter School") (undated), trees (silent) (segment titled "Herbicides") (undated), construction (sound) (segment titled "Build Old Folks Home") (undated), a man driving a Sourdough fuel truck (silent) (undated), a girl on a scale (silent) (undated), a man talking (silent) (segment titled "Jack") (undated), a woman talking on a phone for a modular home commercial (sound) (segment titled "Mobile Homes") (undated), Fairbanks aerial views, and pipeline construction scenes (silent and sound) (undated).

: [KTVF news stories, Eielson Church of Christ, Deitrich Camp, interviews]; Some segments of film contain audio, others are silent. Specific dates and other information noted on the original film are given here in parentheses. Footage includes elderly people exercising, eating, and reading in care facility as well as a woman speaking about activities for the elderly (segment is titled "Careage North") (no date) (sound), military exercises utilizing helicopters and snowmachines (no date or description) (silent), a still image of a man and girl (segment is titled "United Way Still") (no date) (silent), views of the new Market Basket store and surroundings (segment is titled "Don Bender") (no date) (silent), views of ice and snow on buildings, cars, and airplanes (segment is titled "Deep Snow, Plane Crash, Icicles") (no date) (silent), scenes of family life in a cabin (segment is titled "Dale Road cutaways") (no date) (silent), activities and people at the Salvation Army, U.S.O., and church buildings (segment titled "United Way Campaign 1975") (silent), a man talking about running for state house (segment is titled "Sam Barnes") (no date) (sound), outtakes from a commercial about homes for sale (segment is titled "McGuire Dev. Spot") (no date) (sound), a woman being interviewed about the impact of pipeline development on the housing market and house insurance rates (segment is titled "Goldstream sync") (no date) (sound), children with skis and a dogsled, kids eating around a campfire, a dog yard (segment is titled "Blankenship outs") (no date) (silent), scenes in Valdez, a waitress at the Harbor Club being interviewed about Saturday night activities (no date) (sound), views of the Eielson Church of Christ building, church member activities (no date) (silent), pipeline camp scenes, a building burning, and cleanup after the fire (segment is titled "Dietrich Fire") (no date) (silent).

: [KTVF television news footage and stories from Fairbanks between 1967 and 1977]; Footage includes politicians mingling at a cocktail party in Juneau, Terry Miller for U.S. Senate political commercials with Senator Ted Stevens, Jim O'Sullivan for State House campaign commercials including C-130 Hercules airplanes from Alaska International Air and Weaver Brothers trucking operations during pipeline construction, Garry Russell splicing a motion picture film (1977), elderly men playing pool at the Pioneers Home in Fairbanks, sled dog races in Fairbanks with a reporter, knuckle-hop contestants including Willie Hensley, 1967 flood scenes from Fairbanks, people ice-fishing near Fairbanks, unidentified women at a North Star Council on Aging meeting (1977), an American Legion building, a couple talking on telephones, sea gulls, Ivory Jack's log building, and an unidentified woman.

: [KTVF television news stories, footage and political commercials from 1974 to 1977]; Footage and news stories include the christening of the ARCO Juneau (5/18/74), a tracked vehicle unloading a large building from a barge in Prudhoe Bay (1974), the christening of the ARCO Anchorage (5/75), Granny Hamme commercials for the Pantry Market (silent), a swimming pool at Chuck Reese's home, workers flooding ice on the Yukon River while building an ice bridge (1974), Five-Mile Camp (1974), an Alaska International Air C-130 Hercules cargo plane being loaded then flown to the North Slope and unloaded (1974), the Sheldon Jackson Museum and college buildings, Jim O'Sullivan campaign commercials featuring scenes of Alaska International Air C-130 Hercules operations and Weaver Brothers trucking operations, Ted Lehne city council campaign commercials and outtakes (1977), the Fairbanks City Manager talking about transportation development, a commercial for Direct Distance Dialing (the first time callers in Fairbanks could direct dial long distance without going through an operator), and Jules Tileston speaking about planning issues involving land used by the oil industry.

: [Miscellaneous commercials]; Footage includes scenes and outtakes from commercials for United Way, Sourdough Heating, Fairbanks Security Service, and Arctic Pancake House (undated) (silent).

: [Ralph Seekins commercials]; Footage includes views of Seattle and the Space Needle, the salesman Stan Davis at Seekins Ford in Fairbanks showing a car to a customer, a parts department and shop, and Ralph Seekins recording a commercial in the Space Needle.

: [Television commercial outtakes]; This film includes a series of KTVF television commercial outtakes from Nerland's Home Furnishings in Fairbanks with an unidentified female announcer and Larry Holmstrom, Captain Jim Binkley standing by the Discovery II and giving a political endorsement for Andy Warwick, and Darrell Russell of Russell's Union 76 Station talking about car repairs and working in the garage. Additional silent portions of the film include a man in makeup dressed like a trapper at a campfire and a couple at the Sunset Strip restaurant having dinner and dancing at the bar.

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