Films
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Mansion Opened to Public; Jackson County Fair Scenes; Trailer Wreck on I-5 |
Crowd on porch of large old unidentified historic house, street number 707 / speakers / people entering house / / exteriors: people buying food, Jackson County Fairgrounds / winners pose with prizes: saddle, plaques, ribbons / interiors: showing pigs in livestock barn / / demolished trailer on median of Interstate 5, Blackwell Hill between Central Point and Gold Hill / wrecker righting same with winch |
8-14-1967 | |
Talent I-5 Enco Station Sign; Jacksonville Historic District Unveiling; Britt Festivals |
Car parks on side of Interstate 5 / six VIPs including Medford Mayor Jimmy Dunlevy emerge and regard something in distance / same car and VIPs now parked in gas station parking lot, Talent area, pan slowly up to Enco sign at great height above them / / succession of speakers, including Robbie Collins, on sidewalk by Beekman Bank, Jacksonville / plaque is unveiled: "Jacksonville Historic District" / closeup of plaque / / dusk: crowd sitting on blankets on grass / night: Britt stage from a distance / closer shots of orchestra performing on stage |
8-14-1967 | |
Truck Farm; Timber Sale; Medford Meeting |
Man checks onions in field (Seven Oaks Farm?) / closeup of onions, pan down rows / checking tomatoes, pan down irrigation pipe / checking squash plants / man examines 10-foot-tall cornstalks / pounding stakes into field / closeup of farmer / / meeting scene, Jackson County Courthouse auditorium / closeup of secretaries doing paperwork / timber sale tote board / buyers in audience / closeup of bid board / / meeting, Medford city council chambers / closeups of participants |
8-13-1969 | |
Ashland JCPenneys Petition, Elks Building Fire Damage |
Woman signing petition at table in front of boarded-up Elks Building, huge banner above it: "Help Keep Penney's in Ashland" / crowd grows around table / man in apron signs / closeups of people signing / "J. C. Penney Co." on building / smoke and fire damage on facade of building / |
8-13-1968 | |
Medford Hawthorne Pool B Roll; Shakespeare Actors on Sidewalk |
Boys loitering outside building / children wait to get into Hawthorne Pool building / young man does somersault dive into pool in slow motion / swimming class sprawled on concrete / backwards somersault dive in slow motion / / sign: "Shakespeare Theatre" / actors in costume walk under sign / actors in Restoration costume walk down East Main Street, Ashland, past Oregon Hotel, Heirloom Antiques toward Varsity Theater The actors are apparently walking to a production of "Lock Up Your Daughters," Bernard Miles' adaptation of the Henry Fielding play "Rape Upon Rape." See Medford Mail Tribune, August 13, 1968, page 1. According to a photo caption on page 9 of that issue, actors in that production included Scott Wagoner, Amanda McBroom, Danny Davis and Karen Sue Boettcher. See SOHS Film No. 1603 for simliar Shakespeare Festival event in 1969 |
8-13-1968 | View Now |
Medford Planning Commission Meeting |
Pan across audience / Medford city council at desks in chambers / man brings plans forward, speaks to council / people speak from audience |
8-13-1965 | |
Downtown Jacksonville, Britt Festivals |
Pan along Califoirnia Street / pan across cross street, booths in preparation, stagecoach approaches and passes camera / more downtown pans / closeup of sheet music, violinists, orchestra, conductor, cellists / outdoor Britt Festivals stage |
8-13-1965 | |
Congressman Robert B. Duncan Arrives, Medford Airport |
Twin-engine propeller-driven United Airlines plane taxis toward camera / Congressman Robert B. Duncan walks down stairs |
8-13-1965 | |
Police Surplus Auction |
Exterior: Group of men waiting outside building / pans across interior, auction crowd / auctioneer on platform selling office chair |
8-12-66 | |
Forest Fire |
Shot of smoking hills from distance / family in smoking field / remains of burning house, car / pans across smoking hillside / remains of burned house, cars / slow pan across burned hillside / |
8-12-66 | |
Forest Fire Clip with Flames |
Smoking hillside from distance / flames rising above trees / burning trees / burning brush / burning house or barn, cars, closeup of same / closeup of burning child's wagon |
8-12-66 | |
Clown Prince of Baseball; Medford Street Accident |
Closeups of Max Patkin, "clown prince of baseball," in baseball uniform, clowning during night game, Miles Field / / Ford pickup on its side, West Main Street at Ivy, Medford / tow truck tows away station wagon / truck pulls pickup upright with cable / firemen wash away gasoline / policeman directing traffic |
8-12-1969 | |
Actors on Street; Mill Creek Falls; Ashland Water System; Britt Festivals |
Varsity sign, Varsity Theater, Ashland, pan down to theater patrons on street / Shakespeare banner on light standard / actors in Restoration costume walk down sidewalk to theater, down alley to back door of theater / / tourists in woods / sign: "Mill Creek Falls Viewpoint," pan to Boise Cascade logo on sign / Mill Creek Falls / water dashing on boulders, pan up falls / / man in woods, pan to cinderblock building (Ashland water system?) / man and boy enter building / men discuss recording gauge in building as boy stares at camera, pan down to valves / man and boy on street / / woman plays clarinet, Britt stage, pan across spectators / closeups of children on grass / man on stage assembles, discusses parts of oboe See SOHS Film No. 1382 for simliar Shakespeare Festival event in 1968 per Emily Mostue: 00:37--actress is Emily Carpenter Mostue. Also appears in a frame or two at 1:00. per Ashland Daily Tidings, August 13, 1969, pages 1 and 8: The play is "Virtue in Danger," John VanBrugh 1691, described as "a slapstick comedy with an 'X' rating." Actors mentioned, and presumably visible in the clip, are Robert Ground, Amanda McBroom, Mark Blankfield, Rosa Morin, Jo Bailey Guthrie |
8-12-1969 | |
Jet Travel B Roll |
Air West jetliner taxis up to gate, Medford Airport / passengers disembark far from gate / new passengers trek to jetliner / jetliner takes off / Bonanza Funjet jetliner lands, taxis toward gate / passengers disembark, walk toward gate / new passengers hike to airplane, board |
8-12-1968 | |
Robert Carr Mix, Police Chase-Suicide |
Men, police with shotguns, pickup in weedy field / bullet holes in pickup windshield / police confer / pans across scene |
8-11-66 | |
Two-Car Accident; Ashland Groundbreaking |
Police and bystanders at two-car accident on road in the woods / upended badly mangled VW beetle / / groundbreaking scene at real estate office on East Main Street south of Pioneer Street, Ashland / |
8-11-1969 | |
Medford Hotel Meeting |
VIPs drink coffee, stand around and schmooze in coffee shop, Jimmy Dunlevy present / attendees crowded into restaurant booths / standing crowd in hotel lobby (Hotel Medford?) applaud--barbers in tunics present, barber pole in background |
8-11-1967 | |
Preview of Police Auction |
Pans across cars parked in weeds at Medford Airport / bikes, tires, wheels, guns, lawn mowers stored in building |
8-11-1966 | |
4-H, FFA Fair, Jackson County Fairgrounds |
Interior of barn, young boys and girls with steers / closeups of steers / boy sleeping with steer / rabbits in cages / tractors displayed outside / sign: "Home Ecnomics" / pans across displays of baked goods, sewing projects |
8-11-1965 | |
Return of Prisoner, Grants Pass Airport |
Night, Grants Pass arport: men debark small airplane, get in car |
8-10-66 | |
Ashland City Planner; Claire Hanley Arboretum Dedication |
VIP at desk / closeup of map he's examining: "City of Ashland" "Plans for Improvement of Siskiyou Boulevard" / closeups of VIP at work / / Martha and Mary Hanley and others standing aimlessly in front of experiment station building / signs: "Southern Oregon Experiment Station, Hanley Research Center, Oregon State University, Jackson County" "Century Farm" / Hanley sisters, Porter Lombard, others at experiment station holding papers and clipboards / pan across plantings, Claire Hanley Aboretum sign |
8-10-1967 | |
Jackson County Fair Swine Winners; Blue Seal Industrial Service, Ashland |
Teenagers holding ribbons and herding pigs to pose for camera / scrum of teens and recalcitrant pigs / / staff pose in front of building: "Blue Seal Industrial Service--Uniform Rental--Towels--Dust Control" / interior: pan across laundry operation, equipment, employees / |
8-10-1967 | |
Jacksonville Historic House Tour |
Exteriors of historic houses, three women enter, then interior of house / Nunan House |
8-10-1966 | |
4-H FFA Queen Pageant |
Closeups of candidates on stage / emcee at microphone / emcee with reigning queen / candidates in swimsuits, evening gowns / |
8-10-1966 | |
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 | |
Foothills Road Brush Fire |
Smoky brush fire on hillside from distance / view from moving car past hillside / truck brings bulldozer on lowboy / "State of Oregon Forestry" on truck door / men with shovels walking toward fire / men working on hot spots / pans of smoky hillside / |
8-10-1965 | |
Christian Athletes Conference, Southern Oregon College |
Exterior, Carpenter Hall, Southern Oregon University / pan across athletes on bleachers in gym / man speaks at microphone / closeup of speaker wearing "Fellowship Chrsitians Athletes" shirt / another pan of audience |
8-10-1965 | |
Site Clearing, Medford Shopping Center |
Sign: "30-Acre Shopping Center Motel Site, Hight Real Estate" / pan across empty site, bulldozers lined up / "Anderson Dump Trucking, Road Building"painted on door / bulldozer ppushes over tree, barn in background / bulldozer pushes garage off foundation, crushes it / |
8-10-1965 | |
State Forestry Office Building |
Sign: "S.W. Oregon Forest Protective District Headquarters, Forestry Department, State of Oregon" / pan across front of building / pan of interior room: ranger, Southwest Oregon map / closeup of plaque thanking construction sponsors / man walks to desk, sits down / same man walks down corridor / sign: "Farm Forestry" / Doyle Stockton at desk / sign: "Building Permits" / Wayne Peterson at desk, speaks into microphone / Carl Bennett at desk / closeup of two-way radio / pan across front of building |
8-1-66 | |
Truck-Car-Trailer Accident, Grants Pass |
Exterior, night: pan across police, semi trailers, damaged 1955 Chevrolet and trailer / woman and small child / pan across damage |
8-1-66 | |
OSU Research Vessel Yaquina |
Fair color, silent: helicopter shot of white-painted ship at sea / painted on side: "Oregon State University" / from shore: ship enters ocean from river breakwater / For more footage of Yaquina see SOHS Film No. 1593 |
8-1-1969 | |
Duff Water Treatment Plant |
Shots, pans of new Duff Water Treatment Plant building--empty parking lot / closed gate across access road, TouVelle Bridge in distance / bulldozer crawling along Table Rock Road near bridge / "No Trespassing" sign, pan to fisherman at river's edge / water intake in river, fishermen at river / fence and "No Trespassing" sign, pan to fishermen and bicycles at river's edge / |
8-1-1968 | |
KBES-TV Opening, KTVM 5 Birthday; Businesses at Medford Airport |
Microwave dishes on top of building, pan down to men shaking hands in fromt of KTVM 5 News station wagon / long closeups of newspaper clippings: "TV Construction Slated To Get Underway Monday," "TV Network Programs Begin August 1; Test Patterns Slated," "Set July 1 to Start TV in Rogue Valley" / photograph of crane installing TV transmnitter tower / map of KTVM Channel 5 offices / map of Highway 62-Interstate 5 interchange / "Happy Birthday KTVM 5M Medford, Oregon" slide / / "Medford Chapter Oregon Pilots Association" on hangar building / "Western Air Industries Helicopter Operations" on side of pickup / men pose in front of "Logan & Reavis" sign / people pose in front of "Max-Sig Communication" van and building / men examine radial-engine biplane / private aircraft, borate bomber at Medford Airport / Mercy Flights hangar, airplanes / pan across Medford Airport terminal up to tower / passngers waiting at gate / interior: passengers at United Air Lines terminal desk / cars parked in front of air terminal, an across parking lot, radar dome in background / private plane parked in front of Max-Sig building Per Carol Harbison-Samuelson, 4/28/2018: Young man in plaid shirt in front of biplane is Bill Warren |
8-1-1967 | |
Log Trucks Head-On Accident |
Closeup of front of damaged truck on side of logging road / view of side of cab: "D. Schelenbaum" on side of truck / "Wheeler's Wrecker Service" trucks pull up, "Big Dippy" on front of truck / log truck backs into logs on trailer, pushing them off |
8-1-1966 | |
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 | |
Dress-Up Day--Wilson School, Medford |
Children pose in costume on lawn outside school / they pass before teachers-judges with clipboards |
8-1-1966 | |
Oyster Queen Crowned; Girl Scout Leaves for Switzerland |
Good color, silent: meeting in board room / speaker / group touring marine laboratory / man pulls string of scallop shells, with oyster spat attached, out of tank / man removes young oysters from tank / interviews beauty pageant contestant on stage / shots of spectators / Coos County contestant / / black and white: young women milling about at Medford Airport / holding banner: "Au Revoir, Martha, Off to Switzerland" / pan across Girl Scouts holding signs: "Bye Martha," "Good Luck in Switzerland," "Bon Voyage" / Martha, in Girl Scout uniform, chats with well-wishers / jetliner taxiing on runway / pan across well-wishers with signs / closeups of same / Martha is Martha Lamb one of 16 Girl Scouts in U.S. invited to attend the 1969 Golden Jubilee Camp of Girl Scouts in Switzerland. Woman on right at 1:04 talking to Martha is her mother, "Mrs. Douglas Lamb." Photos in Medford Mail Tribune, July 13, 1969, page C1. |
7-9-1969 | |
Grocery Shopping at Bazar |
Interiors, Bazar Shopping Center, Medford: women push shopping carts down grocery store aisle, examine, buy meat, toss it into cart / worker restocks meat / more of same / woman selects sack of potatoes, puts it in cart / women shop in produce aisle / couple with loaded cart in line at checkstand / young man cashier checks groceries |
7-9-1969 | View Now |
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 | |
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 | |
Grass Fire on Barneburg Hill, Medford |
Looking north on Interstate 5, pan east to grass fire / pan across bare hill and oak trees / closer view of fire, Roxy Ann in background / young man and woman fighting fire with feet and shovel / closeup of grass on fire / shot of Rogue Valley Manor, pan to smoldering hill See photo, Medford Mail Tribune, July 10, 1965, page 1. |
7-9-1965 | |
Winter Dome Booth, Medford Shopping Center |
Exteriors: Crowded Medford Shopping Center scene / pan along long line of people waiting at Winter Dome booth / closeups of servers in action making hot dogs, drinks / people eating / pan along line / closeup of server speaking |
7-8-66 | |
Medford Airport B Roll |
Jetliner lands at Medford Airport, taxis to gate / sign: No Bicycles Allowed / baggage cart drives to liner / another plane lands / telephoto shot of windows of control tower / Mercy Flights plane taxis to runway as passengers deplane from first liner |
7-8-1969 | |
Central Point Recall Election; Installation of Judge Loren L. Sawyer |
Building with "Vote Here" signs / closeup of official ballot, City of Central Point Special Recall Election to recall Recorder F. W. Mason / interior of fire station fire with fire engines and poll watchers / closeup of ballot to recall Mayor Dale Bartley / poll watchers again / closeup of ballot to recall Councilman Ben Mushaney / poll watchers / closeup of ballot to recall Councilman Chester Ayers / / judges in robes chatting / VIP speaks / judge is sworn in / audience stands up to leave, pan across same, Otto Frohnmayer present / judge displays certificate, hands are shaken |
7-8-1968 | |
Little Butte Mountain Men, Antique Firearms |
Table covered with antique guns / man points out and describes guns / closeup of man cleaning Navy revolver / demonstrates pistol / man holding flintlock / loading muzzleloader / man wearing Little Butte Mountain Men shirt / pan across flintlock / signing along barrel toward target / pan across flintlock / man at table demonstrates early rifle |
7-8-1968 | View Now |
Medford Airport Scenes |
Shot of airport terminal from moving car / interior: United Air Lines counter / placard: "United Air Lines regrets the inconvenience to its passengers caused by a temporary suspension of service due to a work stoppage" / West Coast Airlines counter / agent on telephone / twin turboprop West Coast airplane approaches camera / door opens, passengers debark, pan up to logo on tail / airplane leaves, taxis, takes off / |
7-8-1966 | |
Medford City Council Meeting |
Typical Medford City Council footage--Jimmy Dunlevy presides |
7-8-1966 | |
Strike Affects Temporary Classroom Construction, Medford School District |
Pan across temporary classrooms at Jackson (?) Elementary School / sign: "The Components on this Job Were Mfd. Behind a 'Union' Picket Line" / pans across uncompleted temporary classroom building, footings / same sign |
7-8-1965 | |
Scene of Meyers Drowning |
Pans across parked trailers and cars, concrete bridge at Gold Hill, river / boy dives from bridge into river See Medford Mail Tribune, July 9, 1965, page B10. Search was for body of Kenneth Lewis Myers of Medford. Medford Mail Tribune, July 10, 1965, page 1: Body still not found. |
7-8-1965 | |
Pinto Colvig Speaks and Performs Maxwell Sound Effect |
Clip from "Command Performance" radio show featuring Greer Garson, Nelson Eddy and Pinto Colvig, who beginning at 04:45 speaks briefly about his trombone, then uses it to perform the Maxwell automobile sound effect used on the Jack Benny radio show. |
7-8-1943 |