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KTVF-TV reporter Larry Holmstrom interviews people on the street in Fairbanks, Alaska, in early 1974 about changes in store for Alaska and Fairbanks due to upcoming construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline. According to an "Alaska Pipeline Chronology" compiled by PBS.org, the Department of the Interior granted a federal right-of-way permit on January 3, 1974, allowing Alyeska Pipeline Service Company to begin construction activities. On April 29, 1974, construction began on a haul road linking the Yukon River in Interior Alaska to Prudhoe Bay in the north. Truckers would use the road to transport goods to Alaska's North Slope as well as to camps along the way. On September 29, 1974, the haul road was completed and became the first American highway to cross the Arctic Circle. Construction of the pipeline itself began in 1975 (Color/Sound/16mm film).
This is a clip from AAF-6077 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.
KTVF-TV reporter Larry Holmstrom interviews people on the street in Fairbanks, Alaska, in early 1974 about changes in store for Alaska and Fairbanks due to upcoming construction of the trans-Alaska pipeline. According to an "Alaska Pipeline Chronology" compiled by PBS.org, the Department of the Interior granted a federal right-of-way permit on January 3, 1974, allowing Alyeska Pipeline Service Company to begin construction activities. On April 29, 1974, construction began on a haul road linking the Yukon River in Interior Alaska to Prudhoe Bay in the north. Truckers would use the road to transport goods to Alaska's North Slope as well as to camps along the way. On September 29, 1974, the haul road was completed and became the first American highway to cross the Arctic Circle. Construction of the pipeline itself began in 1975 (Color/Sound/16mm film).
This is a clip from AAF-6077 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.
