Note accompanying photo reads: "Kodiak's fishing fleet two hours before the earthquake and its accompanying tidal waves struck. The four successive waves demolished the piers and swept away the boats, with some maneuvered to safer coves by their...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Emergency Powerhouse displays the oily water line when the tide came in behind the station administration building 3/27/64. For immediate release official U. S. Navy photograph. Public...
Title taken from back of photo and accompanying note. "Two Fishing boats lay on their sides in the city of Kodiak when they were swept in by the massive tidal waves which struck March 27th. The building to the right, smashed as if a gigantic...
Photograph of the fishing vessel 'Yukon' and two other vessels (the name on one partially obscured showing '-bich') flung into the community of Kodiak by the tsunami resulting from the 1964 earthquake. Also visible are...
Waves are splashing over boulders on a rocky beach. Numerous rocks poke up through the water in the background. There appears to be a possible lighthouse or buoy on the left.
(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
(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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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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57 second film clip, black & white with audio. The clip shows damage to four small villages on Kodiak Island by the 1964 earthquake and the resulting tsunami. The audio relates personal experiences of survivors. This is an excerpt from the film...
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...
49 second film clip, black & white with audio. The clip shows scenes of damage from the 1964 earthquake and the resulting tsunami. The audio track describes the tsunami and experiences of survivors. This is an excerpt from the film "The Great...