Anchorage parade, circa 1940s @alaskafilmarchives
Anchorage parade, circa 1940s  @alaskafilmarchives
Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Scenes of a 1940s parade along 4th Avenue in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, feature military troops, a helicopter flying overhead, the Fourth Avenue Theatre alongside the parade route, members of the Shriners organization, people on horseback, women riding in a convertible car, and a float for the local Parent Teacher Association (PTA) (Color/Silent/16mm film).

Excerpt from AAF-598 of the Ward 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.

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Anchorage parade, circa 1940s

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