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AMIPA is a 501(c)3 non profit, with a mission to collect, preserve, catalog and provide public access to Alaska's sound recording and moving image heritage.
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The 25 films selected this year for the National Film Registry by @librarycongress date back to the silent film through 2014, all chosen for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage. See the full list here: https://loom.ly/El3-q8U
January 29, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Last known survivor of 1925 Serum Run epidemic dies at 101
Jirdes Winther Baxter, the last living survivor of the infamous 1925 Nome diphtheria epidemic, died this month at the age of 101.
www.alaskasnewssource.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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archive.org Internet Archive @archive.org · 18d
🎉 Join us January 21 for a virtual #PublicDomainDay celebration! We’re throwing an online party to mark the latest wave of creativity entering the #publicdomain .

Works from 1930 & sound recordings from 1925 are now free, and we’re celebrating together.

🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/the-case-o...
A noir-style illustrated poster titled “The Case of the Disappearing Copyright.” The Lockette—a cartoon character whose body is an open yellow padlock—cautiously steps out of an open vault marked with a copyright symbol. A strong beam of light shines from outside the frame, casting a large copyright symbol onto the floor. Floating eyes and a magnifying glass with a question mark evoke a detective mystery. Red footprints lead toward the open vault door. Text reads: “Public Domain Day 2026” and “Jan 21st @10am PT: Virtual.” Illustrated by Freya Morgan.
January 13, 2026 at 12:52 AM
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Don't miss this annual highlight in the @anchoragesymphony.bsky.social schedule--coming up this Sat, 1/10. Silent movies were never actually "silent," of course--there was always music. Cinema with live music is a real treat--and in this case, provided by the Anchorage Symphony Orchestra!
anchoragesymphony.bsky.social Anchorage Symphony Orchestra @anchoragesymphony.bsky.social · Dec 18
Silent Film Night is almost here. Are you ready?
Experience Charlie Chaplin’s "The Kid" as it was meant to be seen—on the big screen with your Anchorage Symphony performing the score LIVE.

https://www.anchoragesymphony.org/concerts-events/silent-film-night-1
January 6, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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Gifted link.
 John Mullin @johnmullin74.bsky.social · Nov 19
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I admit I have been fooled by fake documentaries on YouTube. Once by an AI generated Papal speech, once by fake Rachel Maddow, and by a fake Warren Buffett. This is going to get worse. I get scammed. What to do?

Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
Can You Believe the Documentary You’re Watching?
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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There are a few more tickets available for Sunday's screening of "Spirit of the Wind," in #Anchorage, #AK.

"SPIRIT OF THE WIND is a film whose emotions are as great as the incredible land where it takes place." - @lemonde.fr
akmovingimage.bsky.social AMIPA @akmovingimage.bsky.social · Oct 8
"Spirit of the Wind" (1979).
Directed by Ralph Liddle.
A screening and fundraiser for AMIPA and the Doyon Foundation, at #Anchorage, #AK's Bear Tooth TheaterPub on Sunday November 16, at 4pm.
The award-winning story of George Attla, famed Alaska Native dog musher. Shot on location in Fairbanks, the film follows Attla from his life as a young trapper, to a TB diagnosis that meant years in distant sanitoriums. Returning home, he faces the challenges of a fused knee and cross cultural conflict, but goes on to become a champion sprint dog musher – the “Huslia Hustler” of Alaska legend. Bear Tooth TheatrePub Sunday, November 16 4:00 pm $15 Scan code to see a trailer, and purchase tickets. Presented by the Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA) and Doyon Foundation, in recognition of Alaska Native / American Indian Heritage Month. Part of the proceeds will benefit AMIPA and Doyon Foundation, 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
November 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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Old movies, movie theaters, and local lore. Free too. Join me this Friday at the Anchorage Museum.
November 4, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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On November 7, I'm giving another free talk, the history of Anchorage movie theaters, part of the First Friday festivities at the Anchorage Museum. 7:15 pm. And I'll explain this image, from the first movie played at the first real theater in Anchorage! (anchoragemuseum.org/...).
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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uncommonephemera.org Uncommon Ephemera @uncommonephemera.org · Oct 27
LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Commercials? Weird stuff? Home movies? Endangered or #lostmedia we could save at @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? airs live on Twitch tonight at 7pm EDT.

twitch.tv/uncommonephe...
October 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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mtsw.bsky.social mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · Oct 23
This is really cool: a guy found one of the original Cinemascope anamorphic adapters used to shoot 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954), and that had been sitting in storage for 70 years, for sale on eBay bought it and shot some beautiful new footage with it www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg0f...
What Happened to Walt Disney’s Weird Cinema Lens?
YouTube video by Mathieu Stern
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October 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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"Spirit of the Wind" (1979).
Directed by Ralph Liddle.
A screening and fundraiser for AMIPA and the Doyon Foundation, at #Anchorage, #AK's Bear Tooth TheaterPub on Sunday November 16, at 4pm.
The award-winning story of George Attla, famed Alaska Native dog musher. Shot on location in Fairbanks, the film follows Attla from his life as a young trapper, to a TB diagnosis that meant years in distant sanitoriums. Returning home, he faces the challenges of a fused knee and cross cultural conflict, but goes on to become a champion sprint dog musher – the “Huslia Hustler” of Alaska legend. Bear Tooth TheatrePub Sunday, November 16 4:00 pm $15 Scan code to see a trailer, and purchase tickets. Presented by the Alaska Moving Image Preservation Association (AMIPA) and Doyon Foundation, in recognition of Alaska Native / American Indian Heritage Month. Part of the proceeds will benefit AMIPA and Doyon Foundation, 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations.
October 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Some of the details about Neighborhood Flix Fest in #Anchorage, #AK the Thursday, September 25. More details at akflixfest.com
Screenshot of information about Neighborhood Flix Fest in Anchorage, AK on September 25 at 6:30. All details at akflixfest.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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1999 Capital Records of Juneau commercial. Via the Taku for Two channel on YouTube. #alaskahistory #alaska #juneau
September 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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The Archive’s Artist-in-Residence Program will host an emerging artist for two weeks during the late spring of 2026 to activate the Archive’s collection in their artistic practice, focusing on the Hearst Metrotone News, In the Life LGBTQ+ series and/or KTLA News collections.

cinema.ucla.edu/air2026
Image of a film vault with text that reads: "UCLA Film & Television Archive Artist-In-Residence Program, application deadline November 14, 2025, cinema.ucla.edu/air2026
September 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Muldoon's Totem theater closed its doors Thursday, after 49 years. #Anchorage #AK
Open & Shut: Anchorage gets an oyster and Champagne bar, a burger joint and an overland truck rental outfit, and Regal Totem theater closes
Also new: a bike cargo gear showroom, a nail salon, a brewpub, a cat cafe in Wasilla, and a “cafe within a cafe.” A trampoline park in the Northway Mall is closing, as well.
www.adn.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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anchistorian.bsky.social David Reamer @anchistorian.bsky.social · Aug 12
Still from 1960 Soviet propaganda film "In the Year 2017," named for the centenary of the October Revolution. Film suggested a future where Alaska has been "liberated" from capitalism and connected to Siberia by a combination dam/railroad & nuclear-powered trains. #alaskahistory
August 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Hmmm.
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · Aug 12
Kodak, which made film photography accessible to the masses for more than a century, warns investors it might have to cease operations.

Read more: cnn.it/4lvW6vz
August 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Who knew?
End of an era: AOL to discontinue its dial-up internet service after 30 years
The hisses, pings and screeches that introduced millions of Americans to the online world will be retired in September
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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verastarbard.bsky.social Vera Starbard @verastarbard.bsky.social · Jul 25
An adapted story of Fog Woman appears in one of the episodes of #mollyofdenali out this week, and boooyyyyy was I nervous about how it would look when all finished. But it turned out beautiful!
July 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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alaska.bsky.social James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · Jul 23
Today in Juneau is the start of a totem pole restoration project intended to preserve and extend the life of the 1967 pole, “Harnessing of the Atom,” by Amos Wallace. To start, it needs to be laid down. #akleg #Alaska
The Juneau- Douglas city Museum, Director, gestures at the totem pole named harnessing the atom An employee of Alaska electric light and power attaches a lifting harness to a totem pole An employee of Alaska, electric light and power helps gently lower a totem pole to the ground while behind him, a spectator takes a picture of the scene Museum conservators kneel next to a totem pole laying on the ground as they take initial Stock of the pole’s condition before beginning a restoration project
July 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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markspringer.bsky.social ᒪᑰᓯ Mark Springer @markspringer.bsky.social · Jul 19
#FriendsOfPublicRadio
Alaska has a network of locslly-owned and operated Public Radio Stations, several with programming in the region's Indigenous languages, and all are anchor institutions in our communities.
If you want a taste of life in Bethel, Alaska, check out www.kyuk.org
KYUK - Homepage
Public radio for the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
www.kyuk.org
July 19, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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Beautiful, vintage tape housing found while inventorying a deposit, this week.
The cover of a 600 ft reel of Sunset 1/4" magnetic recording tape, featuring a B&W image of a sun setting over open sea, and listing the specifications of the product. The back cover of a 600 ft reel of Sunset 1/4" magnetic recording tape, featuring a blank form where the user could record technical details of their project, and a list of their subjects. There's also a grid for estimating tape usage at different recording speeds, with varying numbers of tracks.
July 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee signed the Freedom to Read Act into law Wednesday.
rhodeislandcurrent.com/briefs/gov-m...
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Gov. McKee signs Freedom to Read Act into law • Rhode Island Current
Rhode Island joined at least eight other blue states that have taken steps against school library censorship after Gov. Dan McKee signed the Freedom to Read Act into law Wednesday.
rhodeislandcurrent.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
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