Films
Film clips may be viewed in the SOHS Library (no fee). Please contact SOHS Library to purchase a copy for personal use or review ($20 per clip).
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Description | Publication date | Online link |
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BLM Office: Job Corps Demonstration |
BLM sign / cars in parking lot, foggy day downtown (Medford? Grants Pass?) / signs on cars: "Why" / interior, more people with signs "Why" and "Why Hubbard Lane?" / shot of petitions |
2-4-1965 | |
Bloodmobile in Medford |
Woman standing by bloodmobile / women at typewriters interviewing donors / donors waiting / nurse swabs arm of reclining donor / shots of donation room (Red Cross center on Hawthorne Street?), nurses, donors on cots |
4-11-1966 | |
Blossom Hill Medford Road Work |
Exterior: Medford street / bulldozer at work / dumping dirt into dump truck / closeup of Public Works insignia on door of truck / closeup of dumping dirt / street grader at work / |
3-16-1965 | |
BMI Components Co. Strike by AFL-CIO |
Man with picket sign walking in front of BMI Sign; pan to another man with picket sign: ONC Truck passes by / Man holding sign " Local 2715 AFL-CIO on strike for wagesw - hours and working conditions" / pan of outside of buildings and covered storage areas with wood products / cut to man in office talking to unseen person; pan to interior lumber storage; manufacturiing wood products; men wrapping large cubes /pan outside of lumber storage; components / Truck with BMI Components Company on door with trailer load of shingles.
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5-21-1965 | |
Board of Higher Education Building Committee at SOC |
Pan across men and women sitting at tables in classroom / man discusses graph / man points at large Campus Development Plan map / discussion ensues |
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Board of Higher Education Meeting at SOC |
Pan across building at SOC / sign: "Commons" / interior: pan across audience / dignitaries at dais / more of the same |
7-25-1966 | |
Boatnik Footage |
Bright color (a little dark), many scenes: Boatnik or speedboat races, rural Rogue River, Josephine County / sign: "Grants Pass Active Club" / finish line of Boatnik races as viewed from Riverside Park, Grants Pass / drivers get out of boats, smoke, talk / winner awarded trophy, poses, pan across Boatnik Queen court / rural river: fishing boat motors up river, speedboats, fishing boats pass / more Caveman Bridge-Riverside Park race scenes / pan across spectators on river bank / / official observers on river bank with radio |
1960s | View Now |
Boatnik Race, Grants Pass |
Long pan across spectators lounging on riverbank, Grants Pass park / man pulls cord on starting cannon, drivers run toward boats, take off upriver / boats return past camera / pans across spectators |
5-30-1966 | |
Bob Duncan Opens Democratic Headquarters / Gun Show, Medford Armory |
Neon sign in window of cinderblock building on South Central, Medford: "Democratic Headquarters" / crowd waiting in front of "Duncan for Senate Headquarters" banner / pan south to Mobil service station on 11th & Central, bagpiper in costume walking up sidewalk, followed by Congressman Bob Duncan / Duncan cuts ribbon / people schmooze inside headquarters building / gun show, Medford Armory: people examine tables laden with rifles, pistols, war souvenirs (helmets, bayonets, captured Japanese flag) |
8-1-1966 | |
Bobby Kennedy at Medford Airport |
Four-propeller United airliner taxis to gate, Medford Airport / big crowd waiting at gate / passengers disembarking / Robert Kennedy disembarking, diving into crowd / Kennedy mobbed under wing of airplane / Kennedy addressing crowd at microphone / pan across crowd, Medford terminal See SOHS Films Nos. 1315 and 1324 for footage of RFK in Medford in May 1968 See SOHS Film No. 1329 for footage of RFK memorial service Per Erich Reeder, November 5, 2019: 0:06 Man in white trench coat is Thomas J. Reeder, RFK's Jackson County campaign manager 0:10 Woman in sunglasses is Joan Redden, wife of Judge James Redden, then Minority Leader in the Oregon House 1:26 James Redden is the leftmost of the two balding men in dark-rimmed glasses Per Tam Moore, November 5, 2019: He recalls shooting this footage. Due to the crowd, John Darling stood by with a bicycle to deliver the film to KOBI studios, then where the Rogue Valley Mall is today. |
4-17-1968 | View Now |
Bobby Kennedy Speaks at Medford City Hall |
View of Bobby Kennedy from behind as he speaks, crowd and Greyhound Bus in background / closeup of Kennedy speaking, pan across crowd / tight closeup on his face / from behind again / from in front, Medford City Hall in background / closeup of dog / Kennedy again, Hank Henry visible on right of screen See SOHS Film No. 1324 for more footage of RFK visit to Medford See SOHS Film No. 1329 for footage of RFK memorial service See Medford Mail Tribune, May 26, 1968, pages 1, 4 and C3; May 27, page 1 |
5-27-1968 | |
Bobby Kennedy Visit to Medford; Ashland Plaza Remodel Plans |
Robert Kennedy riding in open car, Medford (two scratches in film) / car stops / long shot of RFK plowing through crowd / overexposed closeups of Kennedy speaking in front of Medford City Hall / shots of Kennedy from behind, crowd / / pan across map of Ashland Plaza, Guanajato Way / artist's conception drawing of modernized creek side of Plaza buildings / tight closeups of drawing See SOHS Film No. 1315 for more footage of RFK visit to Medford See SOHS Film No. 1329 for footage of RFK memorial service |
6-5-1968 | |
Boeing 247-D Airplane at Medford Airport |
Pans across twin-engine propeller plane on tarmac at Medford Airport / inside cockpit / pilot at controls / outside: engines fire, propellers turn, airplane taxis, takes off, fades into distance |
2-28-1966 | |
Boeing 737 at Medford Airport; Courthouse Picketer |
Airliner landing at night / United liner taxiing up to gate / people silhouetted in cabin door / spotlight turned on airliner / telephoto pan across liner / long static shot of liner / closeup of "Boeing 737" on liner / / old man picketing in front of Jackson County Courhouse with homemade sign: "Jackson County Assessor, Judge, Commission Unfair to Taxpayers/Today's Benedict Arnolds? Conspiring? Uncaring Unfeeling Unjust Unequal UnAmerican?"--closeups and long shots |
11-1-1968 | |
Boeing 737 Promotional Film; Planting Tree |
Sound, color, completely faded to red: United Airlines Boeing 737 lands / cockpit / captain deploys self-contained stairs / engines / passengers debark / old Boeing 247 prop liner taxis / 737 takes off / stewardesses at work in cabin / 737 in flight / / B&W, silent: Men plant palm tree / tractor rakes dirt / pan across grounds / sprinklers irrigating dirt / workers admire work Beginning of voiceover is faint B&W footage very badly developed |
5-7-1968 | |
Bombing Vietnam |
Color faded to red and yellow, sound: Vietnam: view of jungle from moving airplane / loading bomb painted with obscenities on Sikorsky Sky Crane helicopter / bomb dropped on jungle, loudly explodes / bomb dropped out back of cargo plane / explodes in jungle / views of craters |
4-8-1969 | |
Booking Prisoner, Medford Police Station |
Interior, Medford police station: men sign paper |
10-18-1966 | |
Borate Bomber Demonstration, Medford Airport |
Closeups of engines starting on borate bomber / pan across tarmac, Medford Airport / discussion under wing of bomber / people climb ladder into cockpit / engines start / private plane taxis away, flies past camera / bomber takes off, dumps load near camera / |
8-8-1969 | |
Borate Bomber, Forest Fire B Roll |
Four-engine borate bomber idling at Medford Airport / closeup of bomber / bomber fleet / bomber taxis / color film: firefighters fighting forest fire, throwing dirt on flames / burning forest / smoke cloud in distance / smoking field / black and white: bomber taxiing / refueling / B-17 taxiing / bomber taxis up to camera / bomber in flight from airport / bombers taxiing to runway / bomber taking off |
7-10-1968 | |
Bowden Military Funeral |
Military funeral, cemetery on Arnold Lane |
3-21-1966 | |
Bowl Down Cancer Event |
Women with banner: Bowl Down Cancer / pan along banner to American Cancer Society logo / closeup: filling out entry form / bowlers / pan along alleys / bowling shots / painted above alleys: Home of the Southern Oregon Handicap |
1-25-1966 | |
Boy Scouts at Medford Bus Station |
Greyhound bus station, Fifth and Bartlett, Medford: teenage boys, some in Scout uniform, carry suitcases, duffels, drum from van into station |
10-21-1966 | |
Bozo's Circus |
Bozo's Circus, starring Pinto Colvig as Bozo. Closeups of Pinto, long-shot circus acts performed by stand-ins. With Syd Saylor, Art La Rue, Mark Anthony Written by Lorraine Williams Produced and Directed by Elmo Wiliams Downloaded from YouTube |
1951 | |
Break-In, George Davis House; Flammable Dolls; Woman Takes Air Force Oath; Cave Junction Road Construction |
Policemen talk in front of house / cop opens broken door of house / shows broken door of motor home / disheveled interior of motor home / policeman points out blood stains on clothing and bed / pan across messy interior of house / mailbox: "Geo. K. Davis, Rt. 1, Box 633" / long shot of house / / closeup of dolls / fire marshal at desk cuts doll's hair / Medford Fire Chief Gordon Barker sets doll on fire in basement--impressive blaze / at desk, man lights sample of doll's hair on fire, shows construction of doll (see Medford Mail Tribune story, January 1, 1967, page 1) / / woman raises hand, takes oath / shots of man delivering oath, witness / they shake hands, he gives her his card / sign: "Help America, Help Yourself; Join the Exciting U.S. Air Force" / / policeman interviews man by side of road, pan to construction site / shot down street, Cave Junction, Bob's Drive-In and Dairy Queen visible / men discuss culvert construction / shot of torn up street, bulldozer moving dirt, "Oregon Caves Information Center" in background / |
12-30-1966 | |
Bride Arrives by Moving Van |
Exterior, Medford First Presbyterian Church / North American Van Lines truck pulls up / bride and bridesmaids exit from side of van / man gets in cab of truck, drives away / |
7-11-1966 | View Now |
British Rock Group The Liverpool 5 Autographs Records |
Teenagers--mostly girls--in line outside store in Medford Shopping center / rock group behind counter / teens wait in line inside / sign: "In Person at the Melody House The Liverpool Five! Autographing Their New Hit" / musicians sign records / more pans across teens in line See articles and ad, Medford Mail Tribune, April 7, 1965, page 7; April 8, page 6. |
4-8-1965 | View Now |
Britt Antique Sale |
Exterior: large wooden building, "Antique Show/Sale" banner / women buy tickets at entrance / interior shots of women examining antiques / booth of Lowe's Antiques, Jacksonville / women sitting in tea room |
5-18-1966 | |
Britt Festival Buffet and Rehearsals |
Sign: "Welcome to Jacksonville, the Site of Peter Britt Music & Arts Festival Held Annual in August" / people on Britt hillside / buffet on Britt stage / pan across scene / orchestra playing on stage, closeup and distant / closeups of conductor, musicians / pan across orchestra / sign again |
8-10-1966 | |
Britt Festivals Orchestra Performance |
Night performance: orchestra on stage / conductor come onstage, bows, orchestra play / orchestra from distance, framed by pine needles / closeup of conductor |
8-15-66 | |
Britt Festivals Orchestra Performance |
Shots of evening orchestra performance--long shots, closeups, pans |
8-15-1966 | |
Britt Festivals Performance; Grants Pass Bike Safety Inspection; Riverside Park Picnic |
Night: orchestra performance on Britt stage as viewed from audience / / pan across children with bikes / man leaning against police car / men examine bikes, affix reflective stickers / man wearing Redwood Lions Club, Grants Pass jacket affixing stickers / children cook hot dogs over open fire, man at Coca-Cola cooler / / women and girls lined up on temporary stage in park by river / children compete in sack race / greasing pig / scrum of children, presumably around pig. John Trudeau conducting :23 |
8-28-1967 | |
Britt Festivals Performance; VIP Visits McCarthy Election Headquarters |
Closeups of young boys / pans across group in shade, Britt Festival grounds / pan across musicians on stage / musicians speak: bassoonist, flautist / young spectators raise hands, applaud / / VIP speaks / pan across listeners, McCarthy bumper stickers on wall in background / VIP drones on / people listening earnestly, "See Sen. McCarthy on Face the Nation" written on blackboard |
8-23-1968 | |
Britt Festivals Promo; Vandalized Street Tree; Salem Hospital Remote Heart Monitors |
Women chat near piano / closeup of sheet music / photos of musicians, conductors women again / / man wrestles and manhandles broken sidewalk tree / / good color, but silent: Salem Memorial Hospital / nurse at desk / closeup of remote heart monitor / nurse with patient / nurse at desk telephones / residence / doctor at home answers phone, presses button, heart rhythm strip emerges from machine / he phones nurse / desk nurse takes down orders |
10-27-1967 | |
Brother of Vietnam Casualties Receives Draft Notice |
Raging river, pan up to house on other side of river near bridge / closeups of photos of Marines John and James Rowden killed in Vietnam, photo of brother Douglas Rowden / closeup of pensive Douglas at table holding paper / closeup of draft notice he's holding / he plays with dogs / house again, pan down to river |
2-21-1968 | |
Brush Fire |
Pans across Forest Service fire trucks parked on roadside / men spraying bushes |
9-30-1966 | |
Brush Fire on South Stage Road |
Shot of smoke in air, pan down to fire in distance / "State of Oregon Forestry" painted on truck door / closeup of burning stump, pan up to smoke cloud / pan across unburned hillside, up to smoke / sprinkler wetting down house roof / shot of house, then quick pan to fire / shots of houses with smoke in background |
6-28-1965 | |
Building Eagle Point Irrigation Ditch |
Men working on concrete forms for ditch / pan across site, men spraying gunite on forms / men peel off forms / pan along completed ditch |
7-26-1966 | |
Building Fire; Josephine County Meeting |
Sign on building: "Office Hours," pan to smoking ruins of same building in woods, high cliffs in background / closeups of smoking, burning ruins / people sift through ashes / pans across ruins / / VIPs in small office hold discussion, "Donald G. McGregor, County Commissioner" on desk nameplate / exterior: VIPs talk, hands are shaken |
8-24-1967 | |
Bulldozer Changes Course of Bear Creek |
Bulldozer in field / pan from officials to Bear Creek, Central Point area / cameraman points with finger from creek to old course / bulldozer pushes dirt into stream / bulldozer pushes dirt out of stream |
10-14-1966 | |
Burglarized Safe Examined / Elks Donate Televisions |
Policeman examines checks next to damaged floor safe / he fills out paperwork / closeup of safe and contents / banner: "B.P.O.E. 1168 September 15, 1909 Medford Oregon" / interior: Elks shake hands, pose with two television sets |
11-25-1966 | |
Burglary at Central Point Market; Work on Railroad Crossing, Phoenix-Talent; Grants Pass Fender-Bender |
Signs: Mobil Gas, J&J Market, Beall Lane / exterior of store / man points to side of store / man points to broken window / closeup of same / / earth mover by Talent or Phoenix lumber mill / mover on raliroad tracks / men spreading gravel on tracks at railroad crossing / / wrecked cars on side of highway, Grants Pass / Oregon State Police car, pan to wrecks |
6-28-1967 | |
Burglary at Naumes Equipment Co. |
Deputies examine evidence / tools and parts strewn across boxes / vending machine broken on floor / hole in cinderblock wall / papers strewn on floor, acetylene tanks in parts department / deputy on phone / police take fingerprints with tape, examine evidence / |
10-26-1966 | |
Burglary Damage; Electric Substation Construction |
Man examines door jamb, bent corrugated iron / closeups, pans of same / / Earl Miller, other dignitaries at construction site in hills, pan to linemen working on electric substation / dignitaries symbolically hold cable / pan across site, men at work |
12-28-1967 | |
Burglary Investigation; Luncheon Meeting |
Men in office discuss break-in with Medford policeman / desk drawer jimmied open / broken door / broken piggy bank / / luncheon meeting: speaker at lectern on dais / pans across audience, dais / speakers |
7-14-1969 | |
Burned Car on I-5 |
Clearing items out of half-burned Chevrolet, near Phoenix on I-5 / smoking car / |
7-26-1966 | |
Burned Trailer House; Elementary School Science Fair |
Pans across ruins of burned trailer home / interior shots / more of same / / science fair in elementary school library, pan across exhibits and children / closeups of children with exhibits / more of same |
3-2-1967 | |
Burning House; Biddle Road, Medford, Outskirts Streets |
Smoking wreckage of house in hills / closeups, pans across same / / men examine papers on trunk of car on roadside of Hwy. 62, Medford, Disco gas station in background / ditto on side of Biddle Road, Linger Longer trailer park in background / men ride standing in back of pickup / shots from bed of moving pickup of Medford streets in outskirts (Table Rock Road?) |
2-2-1967 | |
Businesswomen Make Snowballs; Witham's Strike Response; Man Carried in Snow to Ambulance |
Women outside building in snow, snow falling heavily / they make snowballs, abortive snowman / throw snowballs at cameraman (See Medford Mail Tribune story of February 14, 1967, page 1; Medford received 2.4 inches of snow) / / strike poster: "Witham's Employees Are Not Provided Benefits, Please Do Not Patronize" / another poster: "Witham's Employees Not on Strike," Wages & Benefits Equal or Exceed Those Minimums Set Forth by the Existing Culinary Agreement in This Area" / banner on Witham's Cafe building, same message as second sign / uniformed employees outside cafe / woman signing petition / employees discuss / pans across employees / / ambulance on dirt road / men walk up snowy road / man on stretcher attached to snowmobile, pulled down snowy road / loaded into ambulance |
2-13-1967 | |
Bybee Bridge Opens |
Jeep driving north toward bridge in snow / cars driving across bridge / Construction shots of bridge from below / man welding on bridge supports / pan across expansion joint in bridge "'Bybee Bridge could go down under its own weight. People must stay off. It is dangerous'" Jackson County Engineer Robert Carstensen issued this warning this morning. . . ." Medford Mail Tribune, December 25, 1964, page 1 Medford Mail Tribune, January 5, 1965, page 1: state crews worked day and night to get the bridge open--apparently early--in response to bridge outages after 1964 flood |
1-7-1965 | |
Bybee Bridge Repair |
Speed limit sign on Table Rock Road, Table Rocks in background / bridge supports, timber cribbing, men at work / Bybee Bridge from distance |
11-12-1965 |