Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Passengers board a Wien Alaska Airlines Fairchild 71 airplane on skis piloted by Herman Lerdahl at Weeks Field in Fairbanks, Alaska, circa 1940 (Color/Silent/8mm film).
This clip is from AAF-1867 of the James and George Lounsbury collection of Harry Leonard films 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. Leonard's film was preserved in 2019 through a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation and with substantial support from the Wien Endowment Fund.
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.
Passengers board a Wien Alaska Airlines Fairchild 71 airplane on skis piloted by Herman Lerdahl at Weeks Field in Fairbanks, Alaska, circa 1940 (Color/Silent/8mm film).
This clip is from AAF-1867 of the James and George Lounsbury collection of Harry Leonard films 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. Leonard's film was preserved in 2019 through a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation and with substantial support from the Wien Endowment Fund.
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.
