Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Members of the military and United Service Organizations (USO) visit the Berry Post office and Moody Mercantile at Ester, Alaska, and then take a closer look at some of the mining equipment in the area including a dragline bucket, a Bucyrus Monighan walking dragline, dredge and tailings piles (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.
Members of the military and United Service Organizations (USO) visit the Berry Post office and Moody Mercantile at Ester, Alaska, and then take a closer look at some of the mining equipment in the area including a dragline bucket, a Bucyrus Monighan walking dragline, dredge and tailings piles (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.










