70 second, black & white/silent film clip of the 1935-1936 Fairbanks Ice Carnival parade. Floats and their sponsors include: a basketball team in their bus, Waechter Brothers Meat Co., Creamers Dairy, what looks like a horse drawn coach, a dog...
46 second, black & white/silent film clip of a hockey game taking place on the Chena River beneath the Cushman Street Bridge during the 1935-1936 Fairbanks Winter Ice Carnival.
54 second, black & white/silent, film clip of the Miss Alaska float at the 1935-1936 Winter Ice Carnival. The clip includes the contestants climbing off the float, up the ice throne and the winner being crowned. What appears to be a seal poke...
Title taken from verso. Aerial view of Knik River in Matanuska Valley, Alaska, with Knik Glacier in far background. Wing of airplane partially visible at top left. Also from verso: "In the far background, Knik Glacier. Air view." 1935-1936....
View of school and gymnasium under construction in Palmer, Alaska, with truck and lumber in front of building and people at left. 1935-1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
View of colt raised by Alaska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation's Matanuska Valley Colonization Project colonists in Matanuska Valley, Alaska. From verso: "One of first colts raised by colonists." 1935-1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
54 second film clip, black & white/silent, of a miner hauling wood to feed a steam engine. The steam was used to thaw the frozen ground and enable the miners to chip out the rock and earth. A bucket is seen coming out of a mine shaft and...
81 second film clip, black & white/silent, showing a thermometer reading 48 degrees below zero, and scenes of Fairbanks in winter. Scenes are from rooftops and elevated perspectives showing downtown's 1st and 2nd avenue, Cushman Street and the...
75 second film clip, black & white/silent of medical professionals using an x-ray, apparently photographing the leg of a small child. A nurse is working with an autoclave.
55 second film clip, black & white/silent, of Palmer, Alaska showing street scenes, a railroad track, and a horse drawn wagon. Mountains form the background.
56 second film clip, black & white/silent, of activities at the hospital in Palmer, Alaska. Scenes on the film clip include medical professionals seeing patients and setting the arm of a small girl, a patient ward, a nurse holding two infants...
60 second, black & white/silent, film clip of Matanuska Valley Colony houses and tents at Palmer, Alaska. Scenes include a horse drawn wagon, an automobile, scenes of houses and tents at Palmer (including some under construction) and a train...
60 second, black & white/silent, film clip of a ferry crossing the Tanana River, loading a Thrifty Market [of Fairbanks] truck, and travelling back across the Tanana. There is a nice view of a log building at Rika's Roadhouse.
65 second, black & white/silent, film clip of a small town newspaper being produced. According to the sign hanging on the building, Jack Allman was the editor and publisher. Possibly this is him in the clip. A man types and then makes copies of...
66 second, black & white/silent, film clip of Matanuska Valley Colony farmers drawing for horses. Scenes include horses being off-loaded from a freight train and Matanuska Valley Colony farmers drawing for teams of horses.
62 second, black & white/silent film clip, of the business district in Palmer, Alaska. Shown in this film clip are Sally's Cafe, Koslosky's General Store, Valley City Cafe, the post office and barbershop. A man pumps gasoline into an...