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Alaska's Senator Mike Gravel is interviewed by a reporter on August 10, 1975. He discusses Alaska's future in light of dramatic changes being brought about by the oil and gas industry and construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline. The news report includes brief scenes of pipeline construction and welding. Gravel also mentions the Devil's Canyon Dam or Susitna Hydroelectric Project, a proposed hydroelectric power project along the Susitna River in southern Alaska (Color/Sound/16mm film).
This clip is from AAF-6059 of the KTVF Television Film 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.
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.
Alaska's Senator Mike Gravel is interviewed by a reporter on August 10, 1975. He discusses Alaska's future in light of dramatic changes being brought about by the oil and gas industry and construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline. The news report includes brief scenes of pipeline construction and welding. Gravel also mentions the Devil's Canyon Dam or Susitna Hydroelectric Project, a proposed hydroelectric power project along the Susitna River in southern Alaska (Color/Sound/16mm film).
This clip is from AAF-6059 of the KTVF Television Film 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.
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.
