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paul revere and the raiders Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 195 seconds Global video hits: 13984 this Related: portlandwas |
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One Run Elmer, Jim Thorpe Buster Keaton 1935 Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 202 seconds Global video hits: 19956 In a poll conducted in 1950 Jim Thorpe was named the greatest athlete of the first half of the Twentieth Century. He played baseball for the Portland Beavers in 1922. Video MaCk MCfarland www.portlandwas.com using film from The Nyback Collection www.dennisnybackfilm s.com Related: 1920s, america, baseball, buster, depression, indian, jim, keaton, native, oregon, portland, portlandwas, silent, thorpe |
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George Olsen and His Orchestra, 1931-1940 Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 253 seconds Global video hits: 7662 George Olsen was born in Portland, Oregon in 1893. George and His Music was the number one band in America in 1926. www.portlandwas.com Video MaCk MCfarland using film from The Nyback Collection www.dennisnybackfilm s.com Related: 1930s, bandleader, fun, george, jazz, lauderdale, martini, music, olsen, oregon, pink, pinkmartini, portland, portlandwas, tba, thomas |
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Japanese Relocation, 1942 Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 262 seconds Global video hits: 3761 Executive order 9066 in 1942 allowed the US Government to order all citizens and non citizens of Japanese descent to be removed from the west coast and interned in camps further inland for the duration of the war. www.portlandwas.com Video MaCk MCfarland using film from The Nyback Collection www.dennisnybackfilm s.com Related: american, barb, camp, center, eisenhower, expo, history, internment, japanese, oregon, pica, portland, portlandwas, wire, wwii |
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GI Journal Mel Blanc's Face! Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 270 seconds Global video hits: 2270 From a Army-Navy Screen Magazine. Mel Blanc with Kay Kyser, Lucille Ball. www.portlandwas.com Video MaCk MCfarland using film from The Nyback Collection www.dennisnybackfilm s.com Related: army, ball, blanc, bugs, bunny, cartoon, kay, kyser, lucille, mel, pica, portland, portlandwas, radio, seuss, snafu, tba, uso, wwii |
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The Screwdriver, 1941 Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 192 seconds Global video hits: 3591 Mel Blanc created the laugh of Woody Woodpecker in HS in Portland. He created the voice in 1941. This is the second WW cartoon. www.portlandwas.com Video MaCk MCfarland using film from The Nyback Collection www.dennisnybackfilm s.com Related: blanc, callahan, john, lantz, mel, police, portland, portlandwas, sadism, woodpecker, woody |
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The Music Racket, 1930 Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 179 seconds Global video hits: 3081 Miss Lee Morse was born in Portland, Oregon and became a singing star in the twenties. She also appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, in films and on the radio. She had a three octave range and yodeled. www.portlandwas.com Related: 1920s, blues, idaho, jazz, kooskia, lee, morse, oregon, portland, portlandwas, singer, torch, twenties, yodeling |
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This Is Portland, 1971 Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 289 seconds Global video hits: 1185 This Mobile Video is comprised of two films made by Tim Smith, This is Portland and Drugs: Killers or Dillers. The 1972 film This Is Portland shows many sites around the city. We selected the Rose Garden as our personal favorite in the film. The film was made by fifteen year old Tim Smith. www.portlandwas.com Related: falling, groening, lsd, matt, oregon, pica, portland, portlandwas, screem, smith, tba, tim |
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Wilkie & McNary Know Their Farming, 1940 Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 232 seconds Global video hits: 1138 Wendell Wilkie and Charles McNary ran against Franklin Roosevelt and Henry Wallace for president in 1940. They lost. The Republican Party made this film to show how important farming and farmers were to them. Video MaCk MCfarland www.portlandwas.com using film from The Nyback Collection www.dennisnybackfilm s.com Related: corn, cow, farm, gop, mcnary, oregon, politics, portland, portlandwas, republican, wendell, wilkie |
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It Can Be Done, 1937 Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 218 seconds Global video hits: 906 In 1937 Portland General Electric (PGE) in Portland Oregon produced It Can Be Done to promote electrification of farms. It used all local talent including PGE employees in front of and behind the camera. www.portlandwas.com Related: 1937, dodge, electricity, farm, farmer, ford, manure, oregon, out, pass, portland, portlandwas, rural |
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Blitz Me!, 1960's Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 252 seconds Global video hits: 1166 Portland, Oregon is beervana! Blitz-Weinhard Brewery ruled the city for a century and a half. Blitz was their most popular. Just say Blitz Me! www.dennisnybackfilm s.com www.portlandwas.com Related: beer, blitz, coors, heidelberg, nyback, oregon, pabst, portland, portlandwas, rainier |
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We Are the City, 1972 Posted by: portlandwas
Video duration: 193 seconds Global video hits: 726 We Are the City was made by Tom Chamberlin in Portland in 1972. It examines urban renewal and the right and responsibility of citizens, average and otherwise, to control the process. www.portlandwas.com Video MaCk MCfarland using film from The Nyback Collection www.dennisnybackfilm s.com Related: bicycle, built, chamberlin, cornet, for, goldschmidt, oregon, portland, portlandwas, renewal, schrunk, tom, two, urban |
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