1964 Earthquake at Valdez

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1964 Earthquake at Valdez

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This 1964 earthquake footage from Valdez, Alaska, shows Valdez Harbor emptying of water and the tsunami rushing back in. The narration describes the event and how the film was created. The footage was a part of the movie "Though the Earth be Moved," presented by the Department of Defense Office of Civil Defense. Portions of this particular clip were shot by "Chena" crew members Fred Newmayer and Ernest Nelson (B&W/Sound/16mm film).
This sequence is an excerpt from AAF-1438 from the Bartlett Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska & Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
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@nancyboddy7357 6 жыл бұрын

My dad, Dan Boddy, was also on the dock in Valdez at the time of the earthquake, having driven down from Fairbanks that day to get a load of cargo from the Chena for Lyndon Transport. In the original film taken by these two photographers, there was a sweep across the dock, showing the people on the dock. I have tried over the years to get that footage, but it has been cut out and even the U of A in Fairbanks doesn't have it. I had seen it on Seattle's PBS station years ago, and my mom had wanted to see it. I always felt that my dad was one of those standing in the front of everyone else, and my mom wanted to stop the film and look more closely. She passed away five years ago this month, at the age of 95, and I assume now she knows everything she wondered about that day in Valdez! Of all the people lost on the Valdez dock, my dad's was the only body found.

@madrecka 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your lost of your dad during this Quake and the resent passing of your mother. Rest in Paradise.

@alimohammond6323 5 жыл бұрын

Nancy Boddy supposedly another big earthquake coming between Dec. 21 and 25, in Alaska, another big one!

@Sunset553 5 жыл бұрын

I’m so sorry for all the grief you and your mother experienced, and also for the traumatic passing of your father.

@RichardJRobinsonII 5 жыл бұрын

Nancy, there's a Facebook page survivors of the quake have been posting their memoirs on. It was started by my little brother. We too lost our father on that dock that day. I think the film you're looking for is call "Though the Earth Be Moved". I have a VHS copy, but no player anymore. Need to get it converted. I believe I've seen it on KZfaq. Sorry for your loss.

@thudwhack 11 жыл бұрын

My mom's first husband was a longshoreman on the docks at Valdez. They never found his body. RIP, Richard Robinson.

@HaroldBatt 12 жыл бұрын

i was there in valdez .shook 4 4&half minutes, i'll never forget the 64 quake

@hebneh 10 жыл бұрын

If that original 8mm film footage that was shot aboard the ship happens to still exist today, it would be amazing to see after a high-quality video transfer and the use of video stabilizing software - the improved clarity would be astonishing.

@MsLilyhorse 10 жыл бұрын

It would. But still, this footage is chilling. I can't imagine what the crew was going through watching the destruction.

@patronsaintofpoison 10 жыл бұрын

MsLilyhorse I cannot fathom seeing such a thing

@nancyboddy7357 6 жыл бұрын

It's unfortunate that the original footage has been cut up and some of it appears to be permanently gone. When I last spoke with people at the U of A in Fairbanks, and they sent me all the video they had, speculation was that perhaps someone considered it too disturbing to show the people on the dock just before they were killed. Still, it should have been kept intact so that people like my mom, who thought she saw my dad in the front on the dock, could have looked at it.

@arcticdj 10 жыл бұрын

My dad lost his life on this dock, he was driving a forklift at the time.

@harshtomer7343 8 жыл бұрын

so sad RIP

@marybears5533 6 жыл бұрын

Leland Carriker so sorry for your loss even all these years later...I lived in Kenai for 20+ years and had one shaker that was 7.3 but it didn’t last long I don’t know how a person could have taken one for as long as the ‘64 was. Again my sympathy...

@Franaflyby 5 жыл бұрын

I didn't want to press the like button. So Im sorry for your loss. That was so many years ago but I'm sure you still grieve for your papa.

@furios2595 5 жыл бұрын

Leland Carriker I’m sorry

@armnbepry 5 жыл бұрын

Rip

@ericatorrez9055 11 жыл бұрын

My grandfather was chief mate on the Chena, you see him Neil L. Larsen chief mate at 35 seconds, into video walk from right hand side, black hat and glasses. He saved the crew by going out to sea, and saved a sailor pulled back on deck right before a tidal wave hit. He said everyone who came out to watch was killed....on shore anyways.

@iwillknifeya 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing footage but so sad :( Thank you for the great post!

@toddd.9433 10 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry for your losses.. I was born on this day.. In south Chicago Illinois. Blessings.. Todd A.

@Bigtjr-mj8op 10 жыл бұрын

i live in new valdez i love going to visit old valdez althougt there is nothing there but it is only a mile away

@daz20003 13 жыл бұрын

Great video, my mother was living in Anchorage on this day. Grandfather has old video of downtown Anchorage.

@inhibited44 6 жыл бұрын

Usually the animals can hear or feel the vibrations, but the dogs at 1:00 obviously aren't alerted yet.

@davidmadigan6484 7 жыл бұрын

It's bizarre to watch this. I have camped at the RV Park on the far side of the marina. If there was a similar quake, I bet that RV park would just disappear.

@sparkystours 6 жыл бұрын

Fred lived nextstore to me in Seattle I was 14 yrs old

@361643 10 жыл бұрын

That looked like Japan's mega quake & Tsunami..

@DoyenTheOfficial 11 жыл бұрын

dazz20003,why don't you upload the old video the Anchorage downtown?It would be great!!!

@mrobinwood 11 жыл бұрын

It would be great if it was captioned...

@gawthrop 5 жыл бұрын

According to the www.valdezmuseum.org website as of 29 December 2018, the video depicted here is copyrighted by Century Film Productions Actual Alaska Earthquake Movies P.O. Box 8027 Northgate Station Seattle, Washington 98125 Photo Catalog number 2000.018.0001

@mikebecket7458 5 жыл бұрын

Been there done it and yes was in Anchorage And was in the quake ahh ths fun we had not

@Xunkun 8 жыл бұрын

Holy fucking shit

@likestallwomen 11 жыл бұрын

Was he the guy on 4TH Ave. who I for one can't believe hung in there when the quake happened and when it began you could see the left side sinking with a cop trying to get to safety?