Parachuting into Creamers Dairy, 1940s @alaskafilmarchives
Parachuting into Creamers Dairy, 1940s  @alaskafilmarchives
Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
During the WWII era, military personnel at Fairbanks, Alaska, parachute into pastures at Creamer's Dairy along College Road as part of training exercises. This film was shot by Virginia Phyllis Burkholder when she served with the United Service Organizations (USO) in Fairbanks (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.

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Parachuting into Creamer's Dairy, 1940s

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