# Alaska The New Frontier ★🥅 Educational Films from the 1960's

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 a wide eyed look at our shiny new state and all of its pieces. This is a Treasure!!! It shows Life Frozen back in 1960 and is a visual Time Capsule of places and people and vehicles long gone. Native American "Eskimo" sacred tribal dances never filmed before. An interview with an ancient Prospector…

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 1960
- By: KCTA
- Genres: Education, History
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/alaska-the-new-frontier)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/alaska-the-new-frontier?play=1)