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Alaska The New Frontier ★🥅 Educational Films from the 1960's
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Alaska The New Frontier ★ 🥅 Educational Films from the 1960's "Alaska became the forty-ninth state in 1958; ninety-one years after Secretary of State William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of the territory from the Russians. In many ways it has changed radically since 1867, and since 1958; in others, it remains as it was centuries ago. To explore the many faces and facets of the largest and second newest state, KCTA-TV of St. Paul, Minnesota, sent a film crew to Alaska to prepare this series. They and their cameras traveled from modern Anchorage to Point Hope, one of the oldest Eskimo villages in the state; they visited abandoned gold mines, Army missile sites, the governor’s office, the new settlements of homesteaders, the factories and the farms that combine to make Alaska a state of excitement and vigorous activity. The result is a series that portrays the state with the immediacy that can be achieved only by a blending of fine visual material and informed commentary." 6 episodes filmed in 1960 by KCTA-TV of St Paul, Minnesota for Classroom Use ... I think. A 1960 series on Alaska ... 2 years after Alaska became the 49th State! In 1960 Alaska was still brand new and this is…
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KCTA
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American History, Alaskan History, Complete Series, Master Download Link, "Lost" Educational Video, High School Films, NET, Adult Learning, KCTA, Home Schooling, Telecourses, Old Educational Films from the 1960s, WNET
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