Alaska Film Archives - UAF | Fairbanks Memorial Hospital ribbon-cutting ceremony, 1972 @alaskafilmarchives | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Fairbanks, Alaska, residents and dignitaries celebrate during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on March 20, 1972. The hospital is celebrating its 50th year in 2022. Fairbanks Memorial Hospital replaced the city's beloved St. Joseph's Hospital, which had been destroyed by the great Chena River flood of 1967. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new hospital included Dr. William Wood, Ron Nerland, Harry J. Porter and others. Alaska's Senator Ted Stevens appears prominently at the ceremony as well. A bagpipe band plays. Comments by Kathleen 'Mike' Dalton are featured (Color/Sound/16mm film).
This clip is from AAF-6117 from the KTVF-TV 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.
Fairbanks, Alaska, residents and dignitaries celebrate during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Fairbanks Memorial Hospital on March 20, 1972. The hospital is celebrating its 50th year in 2022. Fairbanks Memorial Hospital replaced the city's beloved St. Joseph's Hospital, which had been destroyed by the great Chena River flood of 1967. The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new hospital included Dr. William Wood, Ron Nerland, Harry J. Porter and others. Alaska's Senator Ted Stevens appears prominently at the ceremony as well. A bagpipe band plays. Comments by Kathleen 'Mike' Dalton are featured (Color/Sound/16mm film).
This clip is from AAF-6117 from the KTVF-TV 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.
