Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The filmmaker boards a Wien airlines flight and takes off from Weeks Field in Fairbanks, Alaska, during the 1940s. Aerial views include Fairbanks homes and streets with downtown in the distance, the Chena River, the Slaterville neighborhood, the Bentley Dairy, and Farmers Loop Road and farm fields in the distance (Color/Silent/16mm film).
This clip is from AAF-23399 of the Virginia Phyllis (Burkholder) Bennett Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The filmmaker boards a Wien airlines flight and takes off from Weeks Field in Fairbanks, Alaska, during the 1940s. Aerial views include Fairbanks homes and streets with downtown in the distance, the Chena River, the Slaterville neighborhood, the Bentley Dairy, and Farmers Loop Road and farm fields in the distance (Color/Silent/16mm film).
This clip is from AAF-23399 of the Virginia Phyllis (Burkholder) Bennett Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
