Films
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Title (click to view details) |
Description | Publication date | Online link |
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| Pro-Vietnam War Demonstration, Medford |
Distant view of small group of demonstrators in front of Medford federal building from Eighth and Holly / closer view / closeups of signs: "Peace with LBJ," "Bomb Hanoi," "Blast the Commies," "Kill the Vietcong," "Kill the Viet-Cong Slant-Eyes" (some signs signed "SCAR") / closeups of demonstrators / views from across Eighth Street |
4-27-1967 | |
| Processing Coconuts for Meat and Husks |
Man sawing coconuts in half with band saw / emptying coconut milk in drum / people gouging out coconut meat / yard full of coconut husks and people at work / brushing off husk, placing husk on plastic sheet spread out in sun to dry |
11-3-1966 | |
| Professional Engineers Meeting / Wigwam Burner Belches Smoke |
Meeting, VIPs at dais in front of banner: "Professional Engineers of Oregon" / audience, including Earl Miller / man at dais presented plastic hard hat, hands shaken, applause / / lumber mill log deck / pan across mill, probably in White City / wigwam burner closeup of smoke pouring from burner, pan to sky / extreme closeups of burner and smoke |
2-23-1967 | |
| Progress on New Hellgate Bridge |
Sign: "Hellgate Bridge" / pan down crane / long shot of cranes on and below bridge / pans across scene / toddler enjoying action |
9-26-1966 | |
| Progress Report--Medford Post Office-Federal Building |
Construction shots: men at work on uncompleted second floor, pan across building, Vawter House visible at left / Tru-Mix cement truck / crane lifts buckets of concrete to upper floors / Cook's porta-potty visible on upper floor / "Todd Building Co., Roseburg, Ore." painted on door of crane / pans across construction site, homes, Buonocore House, Presbyterian Church visible / |
3-9-1965 | |
| Project Concern Solicitation |
Dr. Jim Turpin, founder of Project Concern (medical NGO) doing surgery / passing out medicine to Southeast Asians / checking blood pressure, eyes / waiting patients / voiceover asks donations |
10-4-1966 | |
| Project Prometheus Begins at SOC/SOSC/SOU |
Exterior: pan across Churchill Hall, SOC/SOSC/SOU / interior: pan across audience / dignitaries on stage, man introduces speaker / he speaks, audience applauds / |
7-11-1966 | |
| Propane Semi Turnover at Seven Oaks |
Central Point Rural Fire Department trucks hose down overturned truck on Highway 99 in snow; foggy day |
12-31-1964 | |
| Property Tax Limitation Debate |
Men speak at lectern, Medford High School auditorium / pan across audience / same speakers / audience from back of room |
9-8-1966 | |
| Prospective Firemen Test; Burned Fluhrer Building Lot |
Exterior: men milling about by fire engine / men climbing extended ladder on ladder truck / men climb over 6-foot wall / interior: men taking written test / foot racing down North Front Street / / empty lot, demolished burned Fluhrer Building, small wooden house, somehow related to the United Good Neighbor Fund, on grounds / Craterian Theater in background / |
9-29-1969 | |
| Protest Against Norma's Departure; Panelists in TV Studio |
Children with signs: "Norma Loves Children," "Norma Please Don't Abandon Us," "Children Like Norma"; two children on horses, one on tricycle / / closeup of telephone / man types / woman answers phone at typewriter / pan across name signs on dais: Wayne Waykefield, A. L. Nash, Dr. Blackstone, Frank Bash / TV studio: four men at dais / announcer on stool reads papers / pan across men at dais |
6-1-1967 | |
| Providence Hospital News Conference |
Sign: Sacred Heart Hospital / pan across newly completed Providence Hospital / interior: men and nun holding banner: Providence Hospital, Medford / man speaks / interior shots, plumber at work / stack of beds |
12-15-1965 | |
| Providence Hospital Nurses; Downtown Medford Traffic, Shoppers, Employees B Roll |
Luncheon scene: nuns speak / nurse at table / nurse speaks / Certificate of Award to Ethel Johnson for nurse refresher course / nurses receive certificates from nun / nurses applaud / nurse receives package / / downtown Medford traffic, pedestrians: Main at Bartlett / interior: secretary / bank tellers, secretaries, executive / Main and Bartlett again / man on bicycle / shoppers on sidewalk |
7-9-1968 | |
| Pruning and Spraying Pear Orchard |
Exterior: closeup of orchard heater, pan across orchard / more pans across orchard / orchard sprayer in operation in distance / telephoto shots of sprayer / men on ladders and on foot pruning trees / woman on hydraulic lift pruning / man on lift pruning / |
3-15-1965 | |
| Quarterhorse Show, Grants Pass |
Interior, arena: Girl riding horse around barrels / exterior: English equitation near Richfield station |
3-18-1966 | |
| Quarterhorse Show, Grants Pass Fairgrounds |
Men, women on horses / pan across crowd in indoor arena / men and women put horses through paces in arena / more crowd, more paces |
9-13-1965 | |
| Radar Speed Enforcement; Red Cross Blood Drive |
Shot through windshield of car driving on snowy road, inclinometer on dash / driver, pan to dash of car / key in ignition, driver's feet, CB radio / man in plainclothes on side of road operating radar / overexposed snow shot / driver behind wheel studying papers, pan to instruments on dash / sign, no snow: "City Limits Speed 35," pan to rural road / sign: "Speed Checked by Radar" / shots of empty rural road / / Red Cross blood drive: women waiting in chairs, served snacks by volunteer / woman waits with child on lap / woman waits at table / women in chairs eating snacks / women and nurses snack |
5-12-1969 | |
| Railroad Boxcar Shortage; Bear Creek in Color |
Black and white, split screen: Southern Pacific railroad boxcars passing camera, VIPs in front of log deck / shots of individual cars: Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific, ACY / SP engine #3897 passes by Good color: VIPs including Lyn Newbry walk in weeds to Bear Creek near current Rogue Valley Mall site / trash floating in creek, pan along creek / VIPs schmooze For black-and-white footage of same event, see SOHS Film 1006 6-23-1967 Bear Creek Discussion; Scuba at Jackson Pool.mpg |
7-18-1967 | |
| Railroad Cars, Medford |
Zoom out on railroad tracks, boxcars near Eleventh Street, Medford / zoom in at sawmill, sawdust loading into car / pan across stacked lumber, flatcars |
9-3-1965 | |
| Railroad Crossing Repair; Motorcycle B Roll |
"Men Working" sign, pan up to men spreading asphalt on potholes at railroad crossing, Eighth Street, Medford, looking east / dump truck door with "Rogue River Paving" logo, pan to men at work on Eighth, looking west, Enco station and Smith Lumber Co. visible / men spreading asphalt, pan down tracks / / long view through windshield of car following motorcycle on Central / motorcycle turns from Main on to Central, going south, camera follows / man driving Vespa scooter arrives at KMED parking lot, rides past / shots of driver, scooter / motorcycle waiting at light on Hwy. 62 overpass |
6-20-1968 | |
| Railroad Derailment at Roseburg, Interstate 5 |
Aerial views of derailment next to Interstate 5 |
9-16-1965 | |
| REA Directors Meet in Grants Pass |
Interior: pan across people at banquet, men at dais / speakers at microphone / pan across attentive crowd / more of the same (REA=Rural Electrification Administration?) |
7-9-1965 | |
| Red Cross Blood Center & Donors |
Exterior of Red Cross center on Hawthorne Street, Medford / interiors of nurses, donors and volunteers at work |
8-16-66 | |
| Red Cross Blood Donor Honored; White City Shooting Range Competition |
Closeup of handful of commemorative mail / / man in suit chats at Red Cross offices / nurse takes his blood / he drinks water / he holds tubing and waits in line / on gurney with blood pressure cuff / exterior with nine gallon jugs on table representing amount of blood he's donated / / long shot of shooting range, Agate Lake area, as men target practice with pistols / closeup of targets mounted on shed as holes are being tallied |
10-10-1967 | |
| Red Cross Blood Drive in Medford |
Exterior: nurse walks to building / sign: "Blood Center" / interiors: pan across reception area, blood donors on cots, nurse poking vein, volunteers typing up paperwork |
10-12-1965 | |
| Red Cross Blood Drive, Medford |
Women at typewriters / donors waiting on folding chairs / nurses taking information / nurses drawing blood / |
12-14-1965 | |
| Red Cross Meeting; Girl Scouts Leaders Meeting |
Luncheon scene: women speaking at dais, Red Cross building / pan across scene / more of same / / women sign in, Girl Scouts headquarters, Medford / pan across meeting / song leader leads them in song / sign: "A Girl Scout Leader Tries" / women pin fleurs de lis to blouses / closeups of Girl Scout Leader magazine, handbooks, 1968 calendar |
10-17-1967 | |
| Red Cross Vietnam Book Drive |
Pans across women with boxes of books / men load boxes onto truck as woman in uniform keeps count |
9-27-1965 | |
| Red Nichols Plays "Three Blind Mice" |
Snader Telescriptions musical number: "Three Blind Mice" by Red Nichols and his 5 Pennies Jazzy instrumental, understated Art Deco set.
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1950 | |
| Reedsport Flood Control Work; John Dellenback Speaks |
Pan across bridge across river / sign: "Flood Protection Improvements Under Construction by Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Portland District, Contractor S. D. Spencer & Son, Sponsor City of Reedsport" / highway sign: "Umpqua River, Oregon US101," pan to levee / concrete wall around oil tanks, Standard Oil Company of California / pan down concrete gate in levee / pan along men at work installing forms for curb work along highway / / dark banquet scene / closeup of congressman John Dellenback speaking / / meeting |
9-12-1969 | |
| Registering Students at Hedrick Junior High School |
"E. H. Hedrick Junior High School" on building / women and children walking toward school / women and children filling out registration forms at desks |
9-2-1968 | |
| Relief Map of Southern Oregon |
Man indicates line on relief map of Southern Oregon with pencil from Klamath Lake north to Douglas County to Lakeview and back to Klamath Falls |
11-15-1967 | |
| Remodel of California-Pacific Gas Co. Building, Medford |
Men breaking concrete around window (as seen from outside and inside building) / exterior: "California-Pacific Utilities Co." neon sign on building--gas company building, Main and Holly, Medford / architect's rendering of remodeled building |
10-13-1965 | |
| Removing Acme Cleaners Sign, Medford |
Crane lifting Acme Cleaners sign from building on Riverside, Medford, pan up Riverside / lowers it to ground / men put it on back of truck |
2-21-1966 | |
| Removing Ashland Parking Meters |
Man in hard hat beats parking meter with hammer, removes head / pan across pickup bed full of parking meters / removing another meter, East Main Street near Plaza, Ashland, Bob's Lunch, 58 E. Main, visible in background / vacant meter pole |
10-31-1968 | View Now |
| Removing Jetliner Engine; Harvesting Grain |
closeup of engine being removed from tail of AirWest jetliner with crane at Medford Airport / long shot / / combine at work in field, various angles / combine approaches cameraman / teenage boy driving combine with bandana over face For more of same combine see SOHS Film No. 1588 For footage of replacing jet engine, see SOHS Film No. 1626 |
7-30-1969 | |
| Removing Lithia Springs Hotel Sign; Interview; Meeting |
Lithia Springs Hotel building, Ashland / lowering portions of "Hotel" sign from roof to ground / telephoto shots of men dismantling sign, raising section of "Hotel" sign from roof / section is slowly lowered / / young man being interviewed (no sound) / / closeup of inscrutable spinning device / / man speaking at lectern, Jackson County Courthouse auditorium / slow pan across spectators / |
6-26-1969 | |
| Removing Oak Trees, Medford Airport |
Road grader and tractor push knocked-down oak trees into burn pile, airport buildings in background / woman in dress and heels examines tree / part of tree falls over / woman back at it |
6-21-1966 | |
| Rep. Bob Duncan Visits Campaign Headquarters |
View from outside of people milling about in storefront / Congressman Bob Duncan on phone / Bob, still on phone / pan across people milling about, drinking coffee, smoking, framed photo of Duncan on wall along with Avis Rent-a-Car "We Try Harder" sign / woman hands out political signs / Duncan shakes hands with people, signs autograph / on sidewalk: Duncan schmoozes, passes out buttons or something / Dunca talks with man holding Duncan campaign sign |
5-29-1968 | |
| Rep. Charles O. Porter Interview on Latin America |
CBS interview, Washington, D.C.--Jerry Dunphy interviews Rep. Charles O. Porter (in office 1957-1961). On same reel as circa 1958 SOHS Film 0911. Discussion is about setting up a department of missile research, Latin American affairs, arms race and disarmament--with B roll reaction shots
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circa 1958 | |
| Rep. Duncan Campaigns at Lumber Mill; West Coast Airliners Painted |
Bob Duncan walks to building at lumber mill / shakes hands with millwright / hands brochure to driver of loader / hands brochures and shakes hands with other workers / / good color, silent: man spray paints small aircraft / stewardess poses with airplane / larger West Coast jet airliner taxiing / stew waves at airplane / executives pose with plane in new livery / tug tows plane on tarmac B&W footage is badly developed. |
5-7-1968 | |
| Rep. John Dellenback Speaks; Concrete Work on Medford City Hall |
Representative John Dellenback speaks at lectern, Lincoln Day Dinner, Rogue Valley Country Club (see Medford Mail Tribune stories, February 2 and 14, 1967, page 1) / / pan across concrete truck pouring concrete into pump, up to top floor of Medford City Hall / view from top floor, concrete being pumped onto snowy roof / concrete pours into hopper / man chips at ice with hammer |
2-14-1967 | |
| Rep. Robert Duncan Speaks; Bob Haworth Honored in Medford |
Meeting in crowded room, "Rep Bennett" name plate visible / / Rep. Robert Duncan speaks at lectern, Kiwanis banquet, Rogue Valley Country Club (see Medford Mail Tribune story, February 14, 1967, page B7) / / bored adults in classroom, man lectures at blackboard, "Southern Oregon Plywood," "Ray Frost" and "Rough & Ready" written on blackboard with prices / / closeups of cakes with baseball, basketball and swimming decorations; swimming cake says "Best Wishes Bob Haworth" / VIPs schmooze, admire, cut cakes |
2-15-1967 | |
| Repair of Railroad Crossing; Jackson School Crossing Guards; Tree Planting at Medford Shopping Center |
Truck in ditch by Table Rock Road near railroad / RR crossing sign, pan down to broken-off signal / locomotive passes / RR equipment, men at work on crossing, traffic passing, Upper Table Rock in background / / child crossing guards in matching raincoats leave entrance of Jackson School in rain / guards at their posts / closeup of very serious crossing guard / children crossing / / fountain, Medford Center shopping center / closeup of excavation, pan to grown tree on back of flatbed truck / crane picks up tree, lowers it into hole / VIPs shake hands with tree in background, pan up tree |
5-9-1967 | |
| Rerailing Derailed Boxcars |
Crane lifting derailed railroad boxcar, Ashland area? / men examining under car, moving wooden beam to put under it / placing wood under car / boxcar in air moving slowly / derailed boxcar / boxcar with one end elevated |
9-26-1968 | |
| Retail Clerks Union Meeting; Grants Pass Bell Ringers; Central Point, Eagle Point, Ashland Fourth of July Parades |
People mill about in alley / sign: "Retail Clerks Union Local 265 AFL-CIO" / man greets attendees as they enter / pan across audience / / small children ring bells on outdoor stage, Riverside Park, Grants Pass / closeups of audience: man in U.S. Navy captain's hat, man in Grants Pass Jaycees t-shirt / Fourth of July parades: Central Point: fire engine / VIPs on back of convertible / children on decorated bikes / Cub Scouts / Eagle Point: children's color guard / Grand Marshals Bill Jess and Bud Jess in convertible / Desert Pump Co. in background / queens and court in convertible / former queens in convertible / thermometer at 85 degrees / Ashland: vaquero on horseback rides in front of Palace Cafe, Klothes Kloset / marching band, Elks Building in background / unicyclist / teens in miniature Model T Ford / Shakespeare Festival greens dancers / Elizabethan musical group / expectant spectators |
7-4-1967 | |
| Retarded Child Seminar |
Speakers at dais, "Retarded Children" poster in background / speaker draws bell curve on blackboard / pan across audience / back to speakers at blackboard / more audience |
9-17-1965 | |
| Return of Prisoner, Grants Pass Airport |
Night, Grants Pass arport: men debark small airplane, get in car |
8-10-66 | |
| Review of 1966 Local News Clips |
Very brief clips recognizable from previous 1966 film: Men move office furniture from truck on sidewalk / "Federal Building" over door, new Medford post office / / Mayor Dunlevy, many dignitaries break ground, North Medford High School / / meeting, Jackson County Courthouse auditorium / map: "Proposed Boundary," probably Rogue Basin flood control / / logger poses with cut end of Mammoth Sugar Pine along Highway 62 / / Elizabethan dancers, Shakespeare Festival / / pan across Medford U.S. Bank building in dark / inaugural meeting in bank offices / / officers at shootout scene, South Gateway area, Medford / / night: string orchestra on Britt Festival stage / / oldtimers at Medford Airport offices / closeup of letter from Medford's first airmail flight, signed Roland E. Beach / / jet airplane taxis up to camera / / prisoner delivered to Jackson County jail, rear of courthouse / / construction work on North Medford High School / / young women in residential living room / / pan across Ashland trailer park to derailed train |
1-2-1967 | |
| Righting Derailed Train in Ashland |
Crane prepares to lift tilted Shell tank cars / pans across scene / dog at trailer house twenty feet from cars / pans from east side / family at trailer / spectators watch crane at work / gandy dancers move rail / crane |
11-14-66 |
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