Sign for Earthquake Park, where huge tracts of land slid into the Inlet during 1964 Alaska Earthquake, in Anchorage, Alaska. Seal with totem pole and Alaska flag at left. Sign reads: "Alaska Purchase Centennial 1867-1967. Earthquake Park. 'And...
(2:17 min) (04 of 04) Reorganizing after the earthquake. earthquake\ cabin -- sank\ cabin -- Army style\ four-wheelers\ Williams Creek\ Edwards, Sigurd\ Francis, Ernest\ strawberries
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“Among some 200 volunteers who worked round-the-clock in Seattle to process more than 30,000 inquiries from anxious relatives of Alaskans living in areas affected by the Good Friday earthquake were (from...
(3:10 min) (03 of 04) Trying to organize in the wake of the earthquake. supplies -- washed out\ fishing -- nets\ gas drums\ fish trucks\ Akwe River\ Dry Bay\ steam -- sand flats\ Geddes, Bill\ foam -- insects
Title from verso. Photograph of boat flung inland by the tsunami generated by the 1964 earthquake. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- FLEET DEMOLISHED -- Both pleasure craft and commercial fishing vessels suffered heavy damages...
Title from verso. Photograph of a Civil Defense team as they move cargo destined for aid and reconstruction after the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- HEAVY CARGO -- Civil Defense members of the...
Title from verso. Aerial photograph of Seward, Alaska showing damage following the 1964 earthquake and tsunami. Full caption from verso reads: "HQ AAC -- END OF The LINE -- Rail lines and a fuel tank farm suffered almost complete...
62 second film clip, color with audio track narration. Clip of the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. Narration briefly describes the earthquake, tsunami, and the resulting devestation.
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65 second film clip, black & white/silent, of earthquake damage in Anchorage, Alaska.
Visible in this clip are aerial and ground views of damage done to Anchorage by the 1964 Good Friday Earthquake. The film shows both downtown and...
47 second, black & white/silent, film clipof earthquake damage in Seward and Kodiak. The 1964 Good Friday Earthquake left the waterfronts devastated -- fires burning, automobiles and other debris floating in the water, ships cast up on shore,...
Two minute, 52 second film clip (2:52), black & white with audio track. The clip shows damage down by the 1964 earthquake; individual stories are told on the audio track. This is an excerpt from the film "The Great Land", produced for the...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ AAC -- Mass Destruction -- Many small boats from the Seward dock area paid an unexpected visit to the Alaskan Railroad yards during the Good Friday earthquake. Here the area is shown littered with the remains...
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon (Reconnaissance) -- Two U. S. Air Force B 58 "Hustler" aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
Title taken from back of photo. "HQ [Headquarters] AAC [Alaskan Air Command] -- Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] --Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state...
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon [Reconnaissance] -- Two U. S. Air Force B-58 'Hustler' aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...