61 second film clip, black & white with audio track. The clip shows the damage done to the village of Chenega by the 1964 Earthquake and the resulting tsunami. This is an excerpt from the film "The Great Land", produced for the State of Alaska...
View of village of Chenega, Alaska. From information with photo: "Native village. Nick Kompkoff, President of Chenega Corp. identifies this as Chenega. 4/81." From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." AMHA-b62-1-a-170 and...
View of village of Chenega, Alaska, with Russian Orthodox Church at left. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." AMHA-b62-1-a-170 and AMHA-b62-1-a-171 form panoramic view. Photographer's number 143. n.d. Photographer: P.S. Hunt....
Title from image caption As early as 1775, Russian Orthodox Churches were built in nearly every Alaskan village under Russian influence; this church was destroyed by tidal wave following 1964 earthquake