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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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[Perspectives on natural resource development in Alaska 1]
[Perspectives on natural resource development in Alaska 1]
The original Betamax videotape is labeled “Perspectives, set one.” The video contains scenes from a puppet show, which is followed by an unidentified man discussing conservationists and the logging industry.
[Perspectives on natural resource development in Alaska 2]
[Perspectives on natural resource development in Alaska 2]
The original Betamax videotape is labeled “Perspectives, issues master.” The video contains repeated images of a small town, newspaper headlines related to the Trans-Alaska pipeline, photos of pipe segments, and clips from interviews with a variety of individuals (including Vic Fischer and Harry Carter) about concerns over the proposed pipeline construction