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Members of the military and the United Service Organizations (USO) tour a gold dredge in operation near Ester, Alaska, during the 1940s. In the distance is Ester Camp, which housed workers employed by the Fairbanks Exploration Company (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 the United Service Organizations (USO) tour a gold dredge in operation near Ester, Alaska, during the 1940s. In the distance is Ester Camp, which housed workers employed by the Fairbanks Exploration Company (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.
