Golden Samovar Service aboard Alaska Airlines jet

Scenes of lighted sign for Alaska Airlines Golden Nugget Jets, followed by “Golden Samovar Service“ aboard a Boeing 727 Golden Nugget Jet. Passengers are served an extravagant meal that includes hors d’oeurves, wines, caviar, soup and a main course. Alaska Airlines introduced “Golden Nugget Service” in the early 1960s, as a tribute to the 1890s gold rush era. Passenger planes were decorated in red and gold wallpaper and plush red seats. In the early 1970s, Alaska Airlines added the extravagant samovar service to highlight the fact that it had recently begun offering charters to the Soviet Union. (Color/Silent/16mm film). This sequence contains excerpts from AAF-20844 from the Bovee Historical Film collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks. For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives. The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in a