Films
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Description | Publication date | Online link |
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Construction of Medford Post Office and Federal Building |
Sign: "United States Post Office and Federal Building Being Constructed by General Services Administration" / pan across front of building / pan across side of building / closeup of construction worker on scaffolding, pan down to ground / pickup, "Todd Construction Co." painted on door / crane lowers wheelbarrow into basement / pan across back of building |
6-1-1965 | |
Construction of Providence Hospital |
Sign: "Sacred Heart Hospital Under Construction," pan across building / closeup pans up and down side of building / workers on third floor / interior: poring over plans, pan across uncompleted interior of building See Medford Mail Tribune, May 12, 1965, page 1. |
3-9-1965 | |
Construction of Shady Cove Bridge |
Pan across uncompleted Shady Cove bridge, Rogue River / telephoto closeups / crane positions beam on bridge / shots from surface of bridge, workmen positioning beam |
6-14-1965 | |
Construction on Crater Lake Highway, Medford |
Shot through windshield of Crater Lake Highway, traveling north, Hilton Road area / sign: "Road Work," Bergman's Shop in background / men painting median, orchard in background, cars whizzing by just feet away / "Red Whitt Trucking" truck spraying water on road, Coker Butte area / shots of traffic on highway / surveyors on roadside / sign: "Watch Flagman," "Be Prepared to Stop" / man with "Slow" sign, A&W and Crater Lake Shopping Center, White City in background / roller, paving machine at rest |
10-6-1966 | |
Construction on North Medford High School |
Shots of men working on North Medford High School cornice / men working on ground level |
10-26-1966 | |
Construction Starts at Fort Vannoy Job Corps Training Center |
Exterior: pans across construction site, road grader / closeup of bulldozer tracks / pickup approaches / men walk toward, then pas camera / bulldozers at work / more pans across site / well drilling rig at work |
5-27-1965 | |
Corndog Fundraiser, Medford Shopping Center |
Exterior, Medford Shopping center: banner: "Winter Dome Benifit [sic] Jet Pups 10 cents, Ice Cream Soda 10 cents" / teens operating corndog stand set up on folding tables in courtyard / young customer sees camera, is startled
Raising money for year-round dome at Hawthorne Pool |
8-25-1966 | |
Costa Rican Girl in Central Point |
Woman, girl and man pick flowers / they pose for camera /girl plays ping pong with other children / they pet dog |
9-3-1965 | |
Cottage Grove Officials, Medford City Hall Excavation |
Banquet scene, men in suits listening attentively, maps of Medford in background / men examine Medford Center Plan / officials visit construction site of Medford City Hall, basement excavation in progress / pans across construction site |
2-25-1966 | |
County Commissioner Earl Miller |
Commissioner Earl Miller at desk |
3-11-1966 | |
County Commissioners Meeting; Elmo Stevenson Memorial; Log Trucks on Evans Creek Road |
Audience sitting and finding seats in small room / Jackson County Commissioners at dais: Henry Padgham, Earl Miller, Rodney Keating, secretary / out-of-focus closeups of men in audience, pan across audience / written on blackboard: "Elmo Stevenson 1946-1969" / small audience in college gymnasium, hold on wife / choir sings / / log truck approaches on rural highway / view through windshield, driving down wooded highway / sign: Menthorn Road and East Evans Creek Road / pan from Menthorn Road sign to log truck driving by on Evans Creek Road |
5-7-1969 | |
County Fair; Downtown Central Point; Land Conservation |
Man speaks about county fair safety inspection / silent: ferris wheel, people / man speaks about fair attendance, third year of "open fair" / / cars lined up at drag race track / stock cars drag race / more of same, different angles / / silent: Pine Street, Central Point, various shots / new city hall building / / sound: Ann Curry interviews man about LCDC, preservation of agricultural lands Date from KTVL inventory, M1B Box 3 |
8-8/9-1980 | |
County Officers Take Oath; Chamber of Commerce Scenes; Removing Christmas Decorations |
Dignitaries including Earl Miller pass out sheets of paper to each other, sign, take oath, shake hands / / secretary at desk / tourism brochures on wall, pan to woman displaying map / woman collates mimeographed sheets / / men with bucket truck full of municipal Christmas decorations, they drive off with man in bucket |
1-3-1967 | |
County Parks Commission Meeting |
Man speaks at desk / pan across committee at tables / shots of committee members |
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Courtesy Cab Operations, Medford; Removing Medford Christmas Street Decorations |
Taxicab dispatcher on telephone / cabbie holds door for fare / cabbies chat, smoke in office / man enters Courtesy Cab on Fifth Street, Medford, Grand Hotel and old Medford City Hall in background / cab makes U-turn on Fifth / cabbie enters cab, Elks Lodge in background / cab driver holds door for fare / / passersby on sidewalk, pan up to ladder truck and men removing Christmas decorations, Barlett and East Main, Medford / |
1-3-1968 | |
Courthouse Meeting |
Men at staff table during hearing or meeting, Jackson County Courthouse auditorium / men explain map on wall / County Commissioner Earl Miller speaks / |
5-13-1969 | |
Courthouse Meeting |
Man speaking while sitting at table, Jackson County Courthouse auditorium / dais / closeups of men at dais / audience / standing speaker, pan to dais / audience shots and pans / |
5-28-1969 | |
Courthouse Meeting, Hilton Road Junkyard; Making Christmas Wreaths |
Man in audience, Jackson County Courthouse auditorium / pan across men at dais / speakers in audience / closeup of map, Hilton Road and Crater Lake Highway / man standing on approach to Hilton Road overpass, pan to junked cars in muddy field, Interstate 5, Witham's signs in background / more of same / “Medford-Crater Lake” Interstate sign, pan to junked cars from across freeway / / women assemble Christmas wreaths / man cutting greenery / women make ribbon bows / assembling wreaths
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12-12-1968 | |
Courthouse Meeting; Gold Ray Dam Flood Damage |
Audience in Jackson County courthouse auditorium / officials at dais / speaker indicating highway map on wall / audience / men at map / speaker in audience / / pan down Medford Airport control tower to U.S. Weather Bureau door / man on telephone, taking notes / water pouring over Gold Ray Dam, pan to fish ladder / pan along river to dam / calm lake portion of river, pan across dam to water below / Gold Ray Dam powerhouse, pan to dam / destroyed concrete, splintered timbers, bent steel beam |
1-3-1969 | |
Courtroom B Roll |
Closeup of gavel on judge's bench / closeups of court reporter's hands and steno machine / tape scrolling from machine / more of same / hand picks up gavel, strikes block |
6-12-1968 | |
Courtroom Ceremony |
Woman speaking before meeting / closeup of same / other speaker / audience / closeups of judges / court recorder's hands / framed photo on wall / audience shots / judges on bench / speaker / man pins corsage on woman speaker / woman sitting with family / different woman with corsage |
10-7-1968 | |
Cow Creek I-5 Rest Area; Measles Vaccinations; Homebuilt Airplane |
Sign: "Oregon Welcomes You--Cow Creek Rest Area" / pans across rest area / car in camera drives past creepy man in overcoat standing by freeway / exit sign: "Barton Road" / small foreign pickup drives on dirt road / dog / pan and dog walk into logged-off area / more of man and dog in woods / same man with Hereford cow / two men wandering in field / / doctor gives small girl inoculation / closeup of small boy being inoculated / doctor talks with mother, children / closeup of medication box: "Measles Vaccine" / crying small girl getting vaccinated / / young man in homebuilt airplane / Experimental Aircraft Association sticker / airplane takes off / young men milling around unidentified rural airport, maybe northern California / airplanes take off / airplanes aloft over airport |
3-7-1967 | |
Cows Shipped by Rail from Medford |
Unloading cattle from railcars into steel holding pen / men on horses herd cows, Medford houses in background / cows run up ramp into railcar / man in suit sprays cattle |
12-17-1965 | |
Cracked Safes in Grants Pass |
Exterior: man displays broken safe door / interior: another man shows different broken safe / closeup of broken tumbler |
10-24-1966 | |
Crane at Mann's, North Central, Medford |
Crane swings boom on North Central--apparently had installed Mann's sign |
7-28-1966 | |
Crate Rite Container Company, Grants Pass |
Circa 1964 Ford Mustang painted "KMED" parked in driveway / sign: "Crate Rite Incorporated Packaging for Industry" / pan across wooden fence around property / sign: "DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE WORK BEING PERFORMED BY THIS COMPANY FOR THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT VISITORS ARE REQUIRED TO OBTAIN PROPER CLEARANCE AT OUR OFFICE BEFORE ENTERING ANY PORTION OF THIS FACILITY" / interior: man displaying fiberglass cloth / man trims fiberglass box / man displays boxes, attache case inserts / sound: Hank Henry interviews Crate Rite manager about their recent move to Oregon |
Circa 1964 | |
Crater High School Assembly |
Man speaking at dais / large audience of aduilts and students in high school gym applauds / pans across speaker and audience / closeup of plaque: "Edward J. Zander, Good and Faithful Service for the Past Ten Years, presented by Mayor and Council, City of Central Point" |
2-29-1968 | |
Crater Lake Highway Accident; Medford Red Lion Confab |
Wrecked car at intersection of Vilas Road and Crater Lake Highway, tow truck driver in white cap and pants and bow tie attaching to it / state policeman watches / Highway 62 sign pointing to Medford one way, Eagle Point and Crater Lake the other / / interior, looks like Medford Red Lion: VIPs including Mayor Dunlevy walk past camera / men discuss at overhead projector / man buttonholes another in hallway |
11-30-1967 | |
Crater Lake Highway Collision / VIP Arrives at Medford Airport |
Wrecked cars from head-on collision, spectators, "Wall Ford Tractor & Implements" building (3005 Crater Lake Highway, Medford) in background / police attend injured person on pavement / they lift stretcher, carry to ambulance / policeman removes small child from back seat / police examine wrecked car, Signal gas station in background / another man lifted on stretcher / tow truck maneuvers (people involved were Melvin, Doris, Mary, Tanya, Troy, Cleland and Cleland Jr. Carson and Oliver Crorey and Preston Kelly--see Medford Mail Tribune, February 28, 1967, page 15) / / airliner taxis to gate, Medford Airport / VIP (Mr. Semler, according to tape on side of reel) and boy, both wearing suits, disembark from West Coast airliner, greet family / man talks at length, sitting in airport coffee shop (silent) / poses with family |
2-27-1967 | |
Crater National Bank Opening, Medford |
Sign: "Crater National Bank," bathmat building, Medford / people milling about on sidewalk / dignitaries holding ribbon made of dollar bills / Forest Ranger in uniform speaks, cuts ribbon / people wearing name tags entering bank / people milling about in bank / |
4-15-1966 | |
Creek Water Temperature; Medford Airport Road Work |
Meeting / / young boy takes temperature of rushing creek (Bear Creek?) / scenic shot of creek / closeup of thermometer / boy wades to camera / takes tempertaure with thermometer tied to stick, then on string / / Medford Airport, radar dome in distance / control tower in distance / signs: "Speed Zone Ahead, Speed 45 Miles" / "Do Not Enter," pan to control tower / more of same / airport access roads |
7-25-1969 | |
Crop Dusting Pears in Bloom |
Pan across pear tree, orchard in bloom / more orchard pans / shots of crop duster at work / pan across orchard / more crop duster |
3-29-1965 | |
Crowds See Titan II and Navy Electra, Medford Airport |
Line of people enter side of missile to enter museum / shot of missile museum from control tower / Electra flies by, lands / woman poses with pilot / pans across line of people waiting / interior exhibits: flight suit, missile models, film of Titan II leaving launch pad "Spectators will see the Air Force missile story told in slides and films while standing inside an actual ICBM." "A display case of large scale models shows the growth of missiles from Thor to Titan IIIC. A three-dimensional diorama shows the underground complex of a Titan ICBM site." All Project Gemini flights were made with the Titan II. (Ashland Tidings, December 2, 1965, page 10) The airplane on display is the Navy version of the Lockheed Electra L-188 airliner, the P-3 Orion anti-submarine and surveillance craft. The boom on the tail was used for magnetic detection of submarines. See Medford Mail Tribune December 1, 1965, page 3; December 17, page 1; December 19, page 11. |
12-20-1965 | View Now |
Crowley Fatal Car Accident on Interstate 5 |
Crowd around wrecked Cadillac in field by I-5 / pan across scene, knocked-down trees / rubberneckers examine wreck / closeups of car / closeup of "Oregon State Police" on car door |
7-12-1966 | |
Cub Scouts Deliver Toys to Firemen |
Cub scouts in uniform unload toys from pickups onto downtown fire station lot |
12-13-1965 | View Now |
Dachshund Puppy; United Airliner at Medford Airport |
Man in suit plays with dachshund puppy on floor--at length / / four-propeller United airliner taxis to gate, Medford Airport / reader board: "Flight 807 Nonstop to San Francisco" / passengers disembark / view of cabin with stewardesses / pilots and stews in cockpit / stewardesses at head of stairs, pan to pilots on tarmac / liner taxis away |
3-1-1968 | |
Dam Dedication; Packwood Sign Error; Vietnam Soldiers Charity |
Concrete structure under construction / pans across crowd at construction site in hills (Lost Creek Dam?) / pan across seated high school orchestra / VIPs at dais prepare / VIP speaks at lectern / pan across dais / / woman displays "Bob Packwood for U.S. Senator" poster, pointing at handwritten "for" / Packwood sign on roof of car without "for"; woman writes it in / / children with tables heaped with drawstring hygiene bags, probably for GIs in Vietnam / pan across children |
10-14-1968 | |
Damaged Fire Engine; Service Station Fire Damage |
Man working at desk / answers phone / shakes hands with other VIPs / / man poses with dented fire engine, points out damage / closeup pans of damage / / service station building / inerior of service bay / fire damage / damaged ceiling, debris on floor / |
1-23-1967 | |
Dawkins and Reid Speak on Oak Knoll Golf Course |
Man speaks in front of plan of golf course / pans across golf course site / view of site from moving car / different man speaks on golf course site / pan across pond Men in clip are presumably partners Bill Dawkins and Jack Reid, presenting their $2 million plans to expand golf course to 18 holes, construct a new clubhouse (built around one end of the lake) and 100-unit motel with convention center. The city council agreed to a land trade to make it possible, as well as furnishing $16,000 worth of materials and labor for the road and extension of sewer and water lines. The city will own the land of the golf course and eventually the public buildings. (Ashland Tidings, October 18, 1965, page 1; October 20, 1965, page 1) See Medford Mail Tribune, October 20, 1965, page 1. |
10-20-1965 | |
Daylight Saving Time Reminder Film |
Nationally produced (Westclox?) Daylight Saving Time reminder film--nighttime, Times Square, New York City: Illuminated crawl around building: "2 a.m. Move Clocks Ahead One Hour" / 10:16 p.m.: Westclox Sign with giant Big Ben clock / closeups of other signs with clocks / men climb scaffolding behind Westclox Big Ben at 2:00 a.m. / closeup of man adjusting mechanism / view from street of clock hands moving ahead one hour / still night: two men arrive at clock shop, exasperatedly begin setting hundreds of clocks (and hourglass--get it?) ahead |
Circa 1965 | |
DC-9 Air Liner Arrives at Medford Airport; Galice Bridge Construction; Lighting Installed Central Point I-5 Exit |
Jet liner lands at Medford Airport / taxis up to gate / closeup of model of DC-9 liner in terminal / passengers board / / Galice Bridge construction; men on top of concrete pylon / men lowered in bucket by crane / pan up pylon / dynamite blast destroys pylon / / I-5 exit sign: "Central Point" / workers install lighting standards / man paints standard / pan down freeway showing light standards |
2-10-1967 | |
December 26-30, 1975 News Clips |
Clip 1 Keene Drive, Medford: Shots of children riding bicycles on street / toddler on plastic tricycle / football flying through air / child catches it on street / girls playing jumprope in street / more bicycles on street / bicycles and roller skaters on sidewalk / skateboarders / dog chases girls on bike Clip 2: sof: Interview with official (Pron?) about Oregon's employment ranking, business climate, job creation Clip 3: Sign: "Public Museum" / front of Jacksonville Museum / man signs guest register, shakes hands / Christmas exhibit Clip 4: Closeup of state seal coin / closeup of Bicentennial scene / sof: interview with woman about Butte Falls Museum, Medford's Bicentennial plans Clip 5: Klamath Indians talk to officials in building lobby, Chiloquin Clip 6: sof: Interview with official (Johnson?) about Siskiyou General Hospital Clip 7: sof: Interview with Medford post office official about rate increases (to 13 cents) and Christmas rush Clip 8: sof: Interview with woman (Eads?) about Medford's convention, business, shopping and vacation advantages Clip 9: sof: Interview with man (Debonney?) about Jackson County's progress on Fourteen Goals and possible request for extension Clip 10: sof, color: Men examine model of "Oregon's Bicentennial Express, sponsored by United States National Bank of Oregon" / interview with state official about traveling exhibit / closeups of artifacts
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12-26-75 | |
Dedication of Agate Lake |
Pan across hundreds of parked cars / pans across crowd at lakeside / shots several sailboats on lake / speakers at lectern / Mark Hatfield speaks / Congressman Duncan speaks (closeup) / more shots of sailboats |
5-6-1966 | |
Dedication of Ashland Post Office |
People, Boy Scouts and high school band in folding chairs, Ashland Post Office parking lot / busy interior of post office / Congressman Duncan grins at camera / long shots of post office / man at lectern speaks / audience applauds / more speakers, including Duncan / closeups of band |
5-6-1966 | |
Dedication of Fort Vannoy Job Corps Center, Grants Pass |
Pan across crowd on bleachers, exterior / sign: U.S. Department of the Interior sign: Job Corps / speaker at dais / Cavemen / more speakers, pans across crowd "Harry A. Anderson, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Public Land Management, will be one of the featured speakers at the Fort Vannoy Job Corps Conservation Center dedication at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 23. . . . Sam Yette of the Office of Economic Opportunity will represent its director, Sargent Shriver. Other guests will include congressional, state, county and city officials." Medford Mail Tribune, October 17, 1965, page 6. See also Medford Mail Tribune, October 24, 1965, page 1.
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10-25-1965 | |
Dedication of McKee Bridge |
Shots of bridge / sign: McKee Bridge, children waving / speakers at bridge including Earl Miller / audience / pans across bridge and creek Other projected speakers are Rodney Keating, Donald E. Lacy, Donald E. Faber, Imogene McCoy, Verne O'Brien, Wesley Hartman and Daniel Kadin. See Medford Mail Tribune, September 28, 1965, page 1; October 13, 1965, page D3; October 18, 1965, page 1; May 28, 1965, page 22. |
10-18-1965 | |
Dedication of Medford Post Office and Federal Building |
Men shaking hands at airport--Mayor Dunlevy, Congressman Duncan, more / large crowd sitting in room / man speaks at lectern / Duncan speaks / man hands flag to color guard / photograph of man (dedicatee?) on easel |
3-14-1966 | |
Dedication of Parco d'Alba, Medford |
Pan across Boy Scouts to Legionnaires, Earl Miller on platform, Parco d'Alba (Veterans Park), Medford / speakers / pan across audience / Scouts unveil granite marker |
8-15-1966 | |
Dedication of Salvation Army Citadel |
Pans across exterior of citadel / people (including Mayor Dunlevy) leave building / they mill about for camera, walk back into building |
11-8-1965 | |
Dedication of Seth Bullis Reservoir |
Brass plaque: "Seth Bullis Reservoir" / pan across concrete reservoir to small building and small crowd / Mayor Dunlevy, dignitaries speak on dais / woman (Mrs. Bullis?) breaks champagne bottle against cinderblock building / she is given another bottle of champagne / pan across crowd including Peggyann Hutchinson |
6-30-1966 |