Chenega is Gone
About This Item
KPIX-TV documentary from c1964 about Chenega, a village on the island of Chenega in Prince William Sound, Alaska, which was destroyed by a tsunami caused by the Good Friday Earthquake on March 27th 1964. Features scenes of survivors describing what happened to them when the tsunami hit, of them returning to the site of the old village with Pete Ashen (Red Cross - Golden Gate Chapter, San Francisco) and Francis Stevens (Bureau of Indian Affairs) and views of where a new village was to be rebuilt at Tatitlek. This is a film by Ray Hubbard, R.E. Pusey, Jr. and Dick Williams.
- Type of material
- documentary film
- Duration
- 53:45
- 16mm b&w optical sound film
- Rights for this video belong to
- CBS5 KPIX-TV
- Date aired
- c1964
- Originally aired on
- KPIX-TV
- Identifier
- KPIX 146810
- Views
- 17297
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