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The July 4, 1941, parade in Anchorage, Alaska, featured floats by the Emard Cannery, the Rotary Club of Anchorage, and the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, as well as a flyover by military aircraft.
These scenes were filmed by Archie M. Truesdell, who was a professor of mathematics and civil engineering at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines—now the University of Alaska Fairbanks—when it first opened its doors in 1922. He later became a building and bridge engineer for the Alaska Railroad in the 1930s (Color/Silent/16mm film).
From AAF-23925 of the Archie M. Truesdell Collection, donated by the Colette Family and 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.
The July 4, 1941, parade in Anchorage, Alaska, featured floats by the Emard Cannery, the Rotary Club of Anchorage, and the Anchorage Chamber of Commerce, as well as a flyover by military aircraft.
These scenes were filmed by Archie M. Truesdell, who was a professor of mathematics and civil engineering at the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines—now the University of Alaska Fairbanks—when it first opened its doors in 1922. He later became a building and bridge engineer for the Alaska Railroad in the 1930s (Color/Silent/16mm film).
From AAF-23925 of the Archie M. Truesdell Collection, donated by the Colette Family and 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.
