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Anchorage Alaska USA 1953 stock footage and images

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Men drive in railroad ties at Anchorage, Alaska.

Men work on railroad tracks at Anchorage, Alaska. Two men take turns driving a railroad tie into the ground, swinging pick hammers. A building in the background.

Date: 1953, August 20
Duration: 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034993
Army man and his wife remove vegetables from a garden in Anchorage, Alaska.

Army man and his wife remove vegetables from a garden in Anchorage, Alaska. He turns and hands vegetables to his friends. A man with his friends comes out of the house. He shows the garden to his friends.

Date: 1953, August 22
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034997
Civic or military baseball game underway in Anchorage, Alaska.

Amateur baseball game underway in Anchorage, Alaska. Crowd seated on the stands. A plane passes over head. Cars parked outside the ground.

Date: 1953, August
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035036
Jubilation Day as Alaska hails Statehood

Alaska hails approval of its Statehood. Alaska wins approval to become the nation's 49th State. Cars seen on the street in Anchorage. A sign reads 'Anchorage-All-America city'. Newspaper headlines read 'We're in'. Children sit with a banner reading '49th State'. A huge star placed on the U.S. flag by a woman who is helped by a fireman. Young women in a convertible celebrate as they pass by Stolt Electric at 1000 East Forth Avenue as wells as Hub Clothing in Anchorage. A man with a stuffed moose with a sign on it that reads, 'Hey Texas, now I'm the biggest bull.' Crowd gathers to watch a bonfire built by Boy Scouts. Sign reads, 'State of Alaska'

Date: 1958, July 7
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040888
News stories of 1958 including polar cruise of USS Nautilus and statehood of Alaska

Aerial view of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571), world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine, underway on the surface and then submerging. View of helmsman below in the Nautilus. Aerial view of frozen arctic ocean with deep crevasses, as narrator mentions the Nautilus traveling submerged, beneath the North Pole on August 3, 1958. The boat's Captain, Commander William R. Anderson, is seen in uniform. More views of the Nautilus moving on the surface, including one with crew members standing on deck. Next, a newspaper headline is shown, announcing Alaska's statehood. Small boy and girl sitting in the grass holding a flag displaying map of Alaska and reading: "Alaska 49th State." Automobile traffic driving into Anchorage, Alaska. Banner stretched across the road reads: "Anchorage. All-America City." Pedestrians jam the sidewalks as the city celebrates its new statehood. A float displaying a huge moose has sign on its side reading: "49th. Hey Texas. Now I'm the biggest Bull..." Young Alaskans ride in a convertible automobile. A huge 48-star American flag covers the front of a building. It has a large extra star appended to it. Closeup of the flag.

Date: 1958
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047397
People walk at Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska.

Exterior view of passenger terminal building at Anchorage International Airport. People exit the terminal and walk on tarmac, presumably toward a waiting aircraft.

Date: 1954, June 16
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034971