Skip to:ContentBottom
Cover image for Alaska: Our Last Frontier   [videorecording].
Alaska: Our Last Frontier [videorecording].
Title:
Alaska: Our Last Frontier [videorecording].
JLCTITLE245:
[videorecording].
Publication Information:
[between 1945 and 1955]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 34 min.) : si., col., b&w. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Copied from 16mm film; may contain scratches and/or exposure and focus problems.
Abstract:
Summary: This silent film with titles was made by S.E. Duncklee contains images of Barrow, Circle City, Fort Yukon, Aklavik (Canada), and Fairbanks. Images include map of Alaska showing flight routes, aerial view of Fairbanks and takeoff from Weeks Field Fairbanks, the Yukon River, the Brooks Range, filmmaker and airplane, Barrow during bad weather, Arctic Slope tundra, aerial views of Barrow and Point Barrow, filmmaker walking on ice near shore, groups of unidentified adults and children at Barrow, Joe Sikvayugak and family, Barrow, Mr. Levite and sister, umiaks, two Eskimo girls, filmmaker speaking with people, parkas, Eskimo girls with Kate Smith on the right, Presbyterian missionaries Reverend Lee and family, filmmaker with Dorothy Sikvayugak and her mother, scenes after Sunday evening services, Reverend Lee with deacons, flowers at Barrow, unidentified people, Eskimo home, ice on the Arctic Ocean, weather bureau homes, Barrow sunset, boat ride to Will Rogers monument, Barrow viewed from boat, an L.T.C. pulling away from Navy base, tracked vehicles at the Navy camp during unloading operations, interior of Joe Sikvayugak's home, Paul Patkotak on the right, Mrs. Sikvayugak cutting bread with ulu, Dr. Henkelmann and Edith Teagosek (his interpreter), looking over records of dental survey of Barrow, two Eskimo women, woman and baby, Rhoda Teagosek and her mother and Dr. Henkelman, tracked vehicle on beach, Chief Tilletson at Will Rogers monument, ice on Arctic Ocean after storm, people putting up ice for water, old home made of whale bone and sod, small fish and crabs from Arctic Ocean, Eskimo dances, Navy camp, building where filmmaker held services, tundra aerial views, dog team, and Eskimo graves. Note that spellings of names have not been verified.
Ownership:
From the Duncklee collection.
Location of Originals:
From the Alaska Film Archives, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Go to:Top of Page