The first commercial program to be broadcast in Seattle was on Thanksgiving Day 1948 on station KING-TV, which was the only television station in Seattle until 1952. Programs were produced locally during the early years of television (nationwide programming did not reach the West Coast until 1951), and were often produced by the sponsors. Such is the case with
The collection is composed primarily of an early television series,
No numbering system was inherited with the collection. Oregon Historical Society Research Library staff sequentially numbered the films in the collection upon acquisition. Each single reel of film was copied onto a single preview tape. The collection is arranged in the following series and subseries.
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To cite the entire collection: Seattle Public Library Moving Image Collection, Oregon Historical Society Research Library. To cite individual titles: [Archive number], [Title], Seattle Public Library Moving Image Collection, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.
The Oregon Historical Society acquired the collection by donation from the Seattle Public Library. Custodial information prior to the Seattle Public Library is unknown at this time.
The Seattle Public Library donated the collection to the Oregon Historical Society on March 3, 1986 (Accession no. 17606). One film,
Each single reel of film was copied onto a single preview tape. Minor repairs were made to some of the original 16mm films as they were transferred to videotape. Some of the total 156 reels are duplicates and are not included in the reel counts for each series and subseries.
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Programs about Washington, Alaska, the Far East, and Europe. They ran under several alternative titles:
This series of programs is in two parts; each part is comprised of visits to several European countries, in particular where there were U.S. Air Force Military Air Transport bases. The segments were filmed in November 1951. It appears that these segments were originally broadcast individually Nov. 27, 1951, through Feb. 19, 1952, and then may have been repackaged into these two longer programs for later broadcast.
Reporter Charles Herring and Cameraman Wally Hamilton spent 39 days in Europe visiting Military Air Transport Service bases, talking with people stationed there from Washington state and with local people living there about world issues, particularly communism and the possibility of a third world war. Part 1 visits the Azores Islands, Tripoli, Athens, Turkey, and Rome. Part 2 visits Frankfurt, Berlin, Paris, London, and Scotland. Appearing: Wayne Bacon, Sgt. Clyde Neer, Cpl. Gerald Ennis, 1st Lt. Donald Stay, Robert J. Corkery of the U.S. Displaced Persons Commission, Brig. Gen. Robert C. Oliver.
This series of programs covers people and industries in Washington state. It was broadcast from approximately February 1952 through 1956.
Covers the economic growth of Quincy, Washington (Grant County), following the opening of the west canal of the Grand Coulee Dam, bringing irrigation to the arid farmland. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Ray Young, farmer; Randall Marney, manager of National Bank of Commerce Quincy branch; Jack Weber, president of Quincy Irrigation District.
Covers the Third Annual Washington State International Fair in Seattle, where merchants representing 22 countries from the Pacific Rim and South Asia brought their products for sale in the American market. The program features dolls and figurines from Japan. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Clarence L. Helford, National Bank of Commerce, and representatives from Guam, Mexico, South Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
Discusses the importance of Seattle as a seaport in the shipping industry. Also covers the growth of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Reporter: Richard Ross. Appearing: Captain Sowata, pilot.
Focuses on lesser-known aspects of the aviation industry, including profiles of a woman aviator, Jenny S. Richardson, in Yakima and the Lamson Aircraft Company, which provides engineering support to companies that use aviation in their business (such as aerial farming). Reporter: Richard Ross. Appearing: Jenny S. Richardson, aviator; Robert Lamson, Lamson Aircraft; Al Baxter, inventor of flying crop duster; Doug [Rude], production manager; and Bob Ward, mechanic.
Covers the features and facilities of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, including statistics on passengers, employees, and airlines. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Bret Patterson; Earl S. Bigler, airport manager; and Capt. R. H. Sterens, pilot.
Focuses on Forks, Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula, and the effects of a September 1951 forest fire on the town and its residents. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Fred Marquist, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson, Mrs. Charles Moore, George Beck.
Shows the Yakima Valley and its diverse industries, including cattle and sheep ranching, agriculture, orchards, grain production, hop growing, dams on the Columbia River, and irrigation systems. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer/editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Services.
Profiles the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco. Shows how checks and bonds are processed and how money is sorted, refreshed, and destroyed. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Royal E. Everson, assistant manager for Federal Reserve Bank.
Covers the day that the National Bank of Commerce moved from the 1925 Medical/Dental building into its new building on the Tremble block of downtown Seattle. Includes a brief history of the Seattle business district beginning from the 1920s to 1956. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and director: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Services. Appearing: Dudley Carter, axe sculptor.
Discusses an oil refinery dispute in Grays Harbor County near Ocean City centering on the land rights of the oil company and the original homesteading family of Samson Johns. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Laura Cloud family and Flora Straum family.
Focuses on Longview and its wood products industries and lumber mill operations, including the Long Bell Lumber Co. and Weyerhaeuser Co. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: F. M. Morris and J.M. White, Long Bell Lumber Co., and Everett H. Bartow, Weyerhaeuser Co.
Profiles the Clearbrook Riding Academy in Seattle, a horse named Good Friday, and a traveling blacksmith. Reporter: Richard Ross. Appearing: Jim McCleave, horse owner; James R. Scott, blacksmith; and Bobby Peterson.
Covers Lynden, its Dutch settlers, agriculture, bulb growing, and interviews Saul Lewis, the editor of the Lynden Tribune. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Lyman Judson, Paul Green, Saul Lewis and his sons, William Lewis and Julian Lewis.
Discusses the growth of Richland, a U.S. government city built to serve Hanford Atomic Works in 1943 and a recent $180 million expansion program. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Burt Sellen, manager of National Bank of Commerce, Richland branch; George R. Prout, vice president, General Electric; David F. Shaw, manager, Hanford Operations, Atomic Energy Commission; and Francis J. McHale, chief security officer.
Covers Richland, Washington, hometown of the Atomic Energy Commission and the 600-square-mile Hanford nuclear plant. Discusses security, employee housing, and process of changing uranium into plutonium. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and director: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Services. Appearing: Francis McHale, chief security officer, and David F. Shaw, manager, Hanford Operations, Atomic Energy Commission.
Visits the wheat farm of Carl Jenson in Waterville, Washington, with an emphasis on the machinery needed for modern wheat farming. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Carl Jenson, Melvin Jenson, Roy Wise, Hans Poulson, and Donald Jenson.
Documents the Columbia Basin Project, the construction of a complete farm near Moses Lake, Wash., in 24 hours. Shows how the agriculture industry for the region has been improved by bringing irrigation water from the Grand Coulee Dam to convert desert to farmland. Reporter: Murray Morgan. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Producer: Dave Crockett. Appearing: Donald D. Dunn, farmer (and family); W. C. Bell, president, Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association; Paul Kirk, architect; and Michael Strauss, Bureau of Reclamation.
Covers the Kerr & Gifford Co. grain exporters, the Centennial Flour Mill in Granger, Washington, and a feed lot in the Yakima Valley. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Carl Walker, Kerr & Gifford Co.; Don Jenny and Ollie Dodd, Centennial Flour Mill; Bill Fleming, rancher.
Visits the Liberty Orchards Company in Cashmere, Washington, and shows the cooking and processing of Aplets fruit candy. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: “Miss NB of C;” Joseph Raskie; Mark Balaban, owner of Liberty Orchards; Cashmere Apple Blossom Court: Carolyn Ellis, queen, and Joanne Heffner and Hazel Coppers, princesses.
Gives an overview of the apple industry in the Wenatchee Valley of Chelan County, from planting to harvesting to packing and shipping. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and director: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Services.
Discusses the importance of dairy farming and 4-H clubs in Washington. Shows the processes and equipment of a modern dairy farm in Snohomish County. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Arthur M. Temples, dairy farmer, with children, Jim and Geraldine; and J. Floyd Saxman, dairy farmer.
Shows the wheat industry in Douglas County, Washington, from planting and harvesting to marketing and distribution. Describes differences between old and new growing methods and equipment. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and director: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Services.
Covers the International Trade Fair in Seattle, where representatives from Pacific Rim countries come to sell their products and participate in cultural interchange. Gives an overview of the previous three trade fairs held in 1951, 1952, and 1954. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and director: Al Amundsen.
Profiles the Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corporation, a scrap metal yard and steel processing plant in Seattle. Shows the processing and melting down of scrap into finished steel. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: C. H. Beatty, general superintendent; L. G. Knight, employee; and Vernon Crosson, Industrial Relations, all of Bethlehem Pacific Coast Steel Corp.
Covers the medical and dental schools in the University of Washington Health Science Building. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Dr. Hugh Jones, Dr. Mario Starlasey, Dr. Stanley Bennett, Dr. Conrad Fong, Dr. Nils Erickson, and Dr. Edward Turner, dean of the Medical School.
Covers skiing and boating recreational attractions in the Seattle and Puget Sound areas. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and director: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Services.
Shows the Elliott Sail Race in Seattle and discusses other types of boats and boat races. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Bob Watts, Bill Black, Walt Widel, Denney Watts, and Bob Hubner.
Highlights the Snoqualmie Summit Ski Area, where, each weekend, high school students take part in classes and races at a ski school. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Hal Killman, administrative director, and Lee Baron, ski instructor.
Details the work done by the State Patrol at Snoqualmie Pass. Discusses accidents, road conditions, and maintenance crews and their equipment. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Sgt. J. E. Baker, patrolman, and James A. Pride, chief of State Patrol.
Discusses the Displaced Persons Program, which brought people from Eastern Europe to the United States in the years after World War II. Includes interviews with some of the 2,000 displaced persons brought from East Poland, Latvia, and Germany. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Kaz Malinowski, Janus Amptmanus, Joseph Sanick, Morris Gordon, and Fred Patterson, National Bank of Commerce.
Covers the “Light a Bumper” campaign in Washington. Shows people adding reflective strips to their car and bicycle bumpers, as well as to clothing, road stripes, and traffic signs. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: “Miss NB of C;” Mike Myland and Wendell Lacroix, Sharpell High School students; Sergeant J. E. Baker, State Highway Patrol; Bill Sheffield, Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co.; Paul Lemke, Traffic Control Signs Co.; George Roost, National Advertising Co.; and Fred Patterson, National Bank of Commerce.
Profiles the clay industry in Washington. Shows a clay mine along the Green River and visits the Gladden McBean & Company clay plant in Renton. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Mary Helen Herring, and J. G. Anderson and E. H. Whitney, Gladden McBean & Company.
Reports on the work of the Fisheries Research Institute of the University of Washington and its study of the salmon life cycle in Alaska and Pacific Northwest waters for the purpose of determining the number and size of salmon for the fishing industry. Shows use of fish traps, attaching tags, and measuring fish. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Dr. William Thompson.
Same as 06576 SEPL. Covers the Third Annual Washington State International Fair in Seattle, where merchants representing 22 countries from the Pacific Rim and South Asia brought their products for sale in the American market. The program features dolls and figurines from Japan. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Clarence L. Helford, National Bank of Commerce, and representatives from Guam, Mexico, South Korea, Pakistan, Vietnam, and Indonesia.
Part 1 covers the opening of the 33rd session of the Washington State legislature, including the inauguration of Governor Arthur B. Langlie. Part 2 covers the end of the session, with interviews of senators and representatives about business accomplished and not accomplished during the session.Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Governor Arthur B. Langlie, Rep. Julia Butler Hanson, Supt. of Public Instruction Pearl Wanamaker, Sen. Matt Washington, Sen. Mike Gallagher, Sen. Robert R. Greive, Sen. David Cowen, and Sen. Barney Dahl.
Profiles on the work done by tugboats in Puget Sound, focusing on the tugboat
First segment is an interview of “Pappy” Camp, master craftsman in gold leafing. Second segment follows a boat ride by way of Neah Bay to Tatoosh Island, shows passengers being unloaded to island by hoist, and visits the Cape Flattery Lighthouse and families of the lighthouse keepers. Reporter: Richard Ross. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Nesky “Pappy” Camp, gold leaf artist (and wife), and Warren Burtoh, lighthouse keeper.
Examines the duties carried out by the customs and immigration officers in Canada and the United States, including the Blaine, Wash., border crossing. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Thomas E. Murphy, deputy collector of customs, and John P. Boyd, district director, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Highlights commercial and non-commercial clam digging on Copalis Beach in Grays Harbor County and tours the Pioneer Cannery. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: “Miss NB of C” and Gill Bodey.
Highlights commercial and non-commercial clam digging on Copalis Beach in Grays Harbor County and tours the Pioneer Cannery. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: “Miss NB of C”, Gill Bodey.
Follows a crew of bomber pilots at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Wash., as they prepare for a simulated mission with a B-36 bomber. Reporter: Charles Herring. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Charles A. Bondley, Jr., Commanding General of the 57th Division; Captain Jewels Bomberg, pilot; Jordan Erickson; Nate Grimmer; and James Sureman.
Covers the raising of minks and the processing of mink pelts at Harmond Fur Farm, then visits the Seattle Fur Exchange auction and shows what buyers look for in fox, muskrat, beaver, and mink pelts. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Mr. and Mrs. Bob Harmond, Harmond Fur Farm.
Shows a day’s work for the firemen in the Seattle Fire Department, including a call to an apartment fire, fire prevention, and training the public in fire safety. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Robert “Bob” Rogers, Assistant Fire Chief, and Mr. Fitzgerald, Fire Chief.
Gives an overview of the operations of the transit system in Seattle, including maintenance of busses and trolleys, the dispatcher’s office, training of bus drivers, lost and found, and fare increases. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Lloyd Graber, general manager of Seattle Transportation System, and Ben Chenilt, bus driver.
Visits Bo Bo, the gorilla, in the home of the Loman family (who raised him from infancy) in Anacortes, Washington, and then shows him in his new home at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. Second segment covers the operation of the University Bridge in Seattle and interviews the bridge tender about drawbridge controls and mechanisms. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Director: Dave Titus. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Mrs. Roy Loman (and children Bill, Claudia, and Susan); Ed Johnson, director of Woodland Park Zoo; and Merle Gregory, bridge tender.
Focuses on electrical devices that are changing the way the world works, with interviews of students and professors at the University of Washington School of Electrical Engineering. Shows launching of rocket, electronics in medicine, playing tic-tac-toe with computer, and use of IBM machines in business. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: “Miss NB of C”; Roy Lesuik, assistant professor of mathematics; Wesley Olsen, assistant supervisor, and Austin Dustmond, executive officer, School of Electrical Engineering.
Visits the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle and shows various zoo animals, including the elephant named Wide Awake. Discusses new exhibits and future plans for the zoo. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Chet Herring, son of Charles Herring, and Edward Johnson, zoo director.
Details the activities of the Port of Seattle and discusses its importance as the gateway to Alaska and the Orient and in establishing trade with Japan to keep them from trading with Communist countries. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Frank Elliot, manager of Seattle Foreign Trade Zone No. 5; F. Fitzgerald, superintendent of Fisherman’s Terminal; and Warren Lambert, managing director of the Port of Seattle.
Shows the Seattle Curling Club playing at Civic Ice Arena. Demonstrates and explains the Scottish game that became popular in Seattle and Tacoma. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Des Marbold, president, and George Cookston, former president, Seattle Curling Club.
Shows the logging operations at the Weyerhaeuser St. Helens Tree Farm, including selecting the trees, felling, bucking, loading log trucks and trains, and cutting and rigging a spar tree. Interviews with loggers preparing for work and being fed in the cookhouse. Reporter: Richard Ross. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Joe Bowers, camp foreman, and Morris Frye, Pete Danshaw, and Paul Preston, loggers.
Focuses on tree farming in Washington State, showing selective and clear cut harvesting practices, seeding, planting, and thinning methods. Discusses climate, timber growth, and multiple use forest management. Visits the Nisqually Tree Nursery and Voights Creek Tree Farm in Thurston County. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: John Bushart and Norman G. Jacobson.
Covers aspects of the wood products industry such as lumber and sawmills, pulp and paper, mass production of furniture, use of waste wood, steam production, and research in Longview and Cowlitz County, Wash., featuring Weyerhaeuser Company. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service.
Details Christmas tree farming in western Washington and visits the Douglas Fir Christmas Tree Company in Shelton. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Jerry Peabody, tree seller.
Tours the Soundview Division of the Scott Paper Company in Everett, Washington. Shows the pulp-making process, quality control tests, the construction of Scott’s new $17 million paper mill, and dedication ceremony. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: “Miss NB of C”; Paul Baldwin, Scott’s West Coast administrative officer; Howard Wright, contractor; David Watley, project engineer; William Coster, mill superintenden; Bill Sherwood, laboratory tester; Robert Theme, Scott’s West Coast technical director; Arthur Armstrong, personnel manager; Leo Burden and John Carlson, production; Henry Dennis; Andrew Price, NB of C chairman of the board; G. Willing Pepper, Scott vice-president; Raymond C. Matier, Scott executive vice-president; U. N. Dickey, Scott executive; and Rev. Gordon W. Lind.
Covers the history of navigation on the Columbia River, commercial traffic, the building of canals around Celilo Falls, operation of ferries at Wenatchee and Richland, and the construction and operation of McNary Dam. Reporter: Richard Ross. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Director: Dave Titus. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service Appearing: Colonel F. S. Tandy, Corps of Engineers.
Focuses on the dams on the Columbia River, including Grand Coulee, Chief Joseph, Rock Island, McNary, and The Dalles. Discusses the generation of power and how the building of dams enabled the building of aluminum plants in Washington, such as the Alcoa Aluminum plant in Wenatchee. Shows President Eisenhower dedicating McNary Dam. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: William Farron, director of installation for General Electric; President Dwight D. Eisenhower; and Richard Earnhardt, project engineer, Army Corps of Engineers.
Details how the McNary Navigation Lock and Dam has changed the landscape and commerce of southeast Washington and the navigation of the Columbia and Snake Rivers. Shows Lake Wallula covering what was the town of Wallula, relocated to higher ground in 1953. Reporter: Richard Ross. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Colonel F. S. Tandy, Corps of Engineers.
A compilation of stories from the Columbia Basin. The Grand Coulee Dam segment discusses power generation, plant security, and irrigation. The Quincy, Washington, segment discusses the effect of irrigation on farming. The last segment, on Richland, discusses the growth of the city as a result of the Hanford Atomic Works and a recent $180 million expansion program. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Art Newberry, supervising engineer of Grand Coulee Dam; A. F. Darland, supervising engineer of Grand Coulee Dam; Major A. E. Hutton, security officer at Grand Coulee Dam; Ray Young, farmer in Quincy; Jake Weber, president of Quincy Irrigation District; George R. Prout, vice president of General Electric; David F. Shaw, manager of Hanford operations office of Atomic Energy Commission; and Francis J. McHale, chief of Atomic Energy Commission security division.
Focuses on the Children’s Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle and its move from a cottage on Queen Ann Hill to its present location on East 45th. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: “Miss NB of C”; Dr. Vernon Spickard, chief of staff; Lillian Thomson, hospital superintendent; Mrs. J. Irving Callwell, daughter of hospital founder, Anna Clise; and Mrs. Reginal H. Parsons, charter board member.
Details the construction of Shell Oil’s oil refinery at March Point in Anacortes, Washington. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and director: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: O. Herring, Shell Oil public relations.
Covers the history of river transportation and commerce along the Columbia River, including an interview with a Native American about the coming of the white man and shots of Celilo Falls, The Dalles Dam, and McNary Locks. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer: Al Amundsen. Appearing: Colonel F. S. Tandy, Corps of Engineers.
Details the annexation of Darrington to Seattle, the second largest annexation in Seattle’s history, and includes interviews of residents. Reporter: Charles Herring. Appearing: Carl Olson, publisher of
Profiles the Northwestern Glass Company in Seattle, which pioneered the electric melting of glass. Also has a brief interview of Andre J., a French national in NB of C’s foreign department, speaking about exporting apples. Reporter: Charles Herring. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Andre J., NB of C’s foreign department; DeLaurie Carl Smith, Northwestern Glass Company; and Edward S. Campbell, president of Northwestern Glass Company.
Shows Ediz Hook Pilot Station at Port Angeles. Discusses the route of the Japanese vessel,
This television series, which covered people and industries in Alaska, was referred to as either “The Alaska Story” or “Alaskan Reporter.” Charles Herring and cameraman Joe Raskie spent six weeks in Alaska filming the series, which was broadcast from approximately Oct. 12, 1953, through Jan. 11, 1954. It is not known whether this collection is complete for the Alaska series.
Visits the Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson Army Base in Alaska and discusses the military importance of the bases in defending the U.S. against enemy attack. Major General Joseph H. Atkinson speaks about the location of Alaska in relation to Russia’s air bases. Shows F-94 all-weather jet interceptors and interviews Major Robert Bell about jet plane operation. Shows alert drills and field demonstrations by the 65th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, the A Battery of the 96th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, and the K Company of the 196th Infantry Regiment. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Major General Joseph H. Atkinson and Major Robert Bell.
Shows salmon fishing in Alaska aboard the scow
Shows the town of Kotzebue, Alaska, the farthest northern point visited by the NB of C crew. Shows drying of seal meat and cooking of Beluga whale meat. Discusses the medical and educational services and interviews orthopedic surgeon Dr. Phillip Moore at Mount Edgecumbe Medical Center. Also interviews native resident Chester Civic about life in Kotzebue. Reporter: Charles Herring. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Dr. Phillip Moore, Chester Civic, and Alex Marx.
Visits Juneau, the capital of Alaska. Discusses its limited access by air and sea, its street system, weather, and the impact of the closure of the Alaska-Juneau Mine. Includes shots of Mendenhall Glacier. Interviews territorial governor B. Frank Heintzleman about economic issues, including timber, oil, water power, transportation, communication, and defense industries. This was the concluding episode of
Details the red salmon fishing industry and canneries on Bristol Bay, Alaska. Shows gillnetting for salmon, interviews fishermen, and tours the Red Salmon Canning Co. Reporter: Charles Herring. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Tony Doomab, A. R. Carlson, and Lawrence Larson, fishermen.
Focuses on the boomtown atmosphere of Fairbanks, Alaska, and interviews the owner of the Pioneer Saloon in Livengood. Shows gold mining using the placer method, panning, and dredging, with interviews of gold miners. This was the first episode in the Alaska series. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Voice-over narrator: Richard Ross. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Phillip Penwick; Charlie Erickson, owner of Pioneer Saloon; Tom Carr, gold miner; and Andy Nyland, gold panner.
Covers frontier farming in the Matanuska Valley, north of Anchorage, Alaska. Interviews two farm families, one operating a dairy farm and one a truck farm. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Voice-over narrator: Richard Ross. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Max and Dorothy Sherrod, farmers, and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Creamer, dairy farmers.
Describes the forms of transportation used in 1950s Alaska, including the railroad system and tunnels, bridges and tracks between Fairbanks and Seward, major road systems (the Richardson, Glen, and Alaska Highways), and sea and air transportation. Includes interviews with a ship captain and bush pilot Noel Wien (broadcast Dec. 7, 1953). Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Voice-over narrator: Richard Ross. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Jimmie Leeds, Arlene Sherman (Leeds’s wife), Merrill D. Stewart, and Noel Wien, bush pilot.
Describes the growth of Anchorage in the 1950s following the growth of military facilities at Elmendorf Air Force Base and Fort Richardson. Interviews civic leaders, businessmen, labor leaders, and townspeople about the future of Anchorage. Shows footage of construction projects, and old and new buildings (broadcast Oct. 12, 1953). Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Arnold Link, Angie Hebert, Bradford Phillips, Bob Baker, Jack Anderson, Bob Wood, and Alfred Orr.
Focuses on the boomtown atmosphere of Fairbanks, Alaska, and interviews the owner of the Pioneer Saloon in Livengood. Shows gold mining using the placer method, panning, and dredging, with interviews of gold miners. This was the first episode in the Alaska series. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Voice-over narrator: Richard Ross. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Phillip Penwick; Charlie Erickson, owner of Pioneer Saloon; Tom Carr, gold miner; and Andy Nyland, gold panner.
Visits three salmon canneries: KD Fish Company in Petersburg, Juneau Cold Storage, and Nakat Packing Corp. in Waterfall. Shows the canning process and discusses how machines have increased production (broadcast Nov. 16, 1953). Reporter: Charles Herring. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Chris Dahl, owner of KD Fish Co.
Shows tourist attractions in Alaska, including Nome, a riverboat on the Chena River in the Fairbanks area, Mount McKinley National Park and the hotel and lodge there, wild game including ptarmigan, Dall sheep, silver fox, and grizzly bears, hunting and fishing, New Year Lake, Wilson Lake, and Sitka and its churches. Features cameraman Joe Raskie’s wife and son and Charles Herring’s wife. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Jim Binkley, skipper of the
A compilation of stories from Alaska, including construction of the Eklutna Dam, tourist activities, wildlife, Lake George Glacier, Eskimo life, lodge at Mt. McKinley National Park, interviews with a totem pole carver, a tour guide, and the head of Alaska’s Greek Orthodox Church. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Casper Mather, totem pole carver; Pete Simple, tour guide; and John Sloban, head bishop of Alaska’s Greek Orthodox Church.
A compilation of stories from Alaska, including construction of the Eklutna Dam, tourist activities, wildlife, Lake George Glacier, Eskimo life, lodge at Mt. McKinley National Park, interviews with a totem pole carver, a tour guide, and the head of Alaska’s Greek Orthodox Church. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Charlie Erickson, owner of Pioneer Store; Tom Carr and John Jurick, gold mining partners; Andy Nyland, gold panner; Mack and Dorothy Sherrod; H. D. Cavin, manager of Ketchikan Pulp Mill; and B. Frank Heintzleman, territorial governor of Alaska.
A compilation of stories about the Alaska fishing industry, including gillnetting on Bristol Bay, purse seining, Naknek River salmon canneries, shrimping in Petersburg, and an interview with a shrimp boat skipper. Reporter: Charles Herring. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Appearing: Lawrence Larson; George Thomas; Earl Bennett; Earl Homer; Mrs. Jerry Frink, shrimp boat skipper; and Marion Frink.
This television series covered cities and countries of the Pacific Rim and was referred to at the time as either the “Orient” or “Far East” series. The series was broadcast Oct. 10, 1954, through December 1955 (possibly into 1956), and included visits to Hawaii, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Japan. There were at least 12 chapters in the series, of which only eight are included in this collection. Television listings in the
Visits Honolulu, Hawaii, the mid-ocean stopover point for commerce and goods flowing to and from the Orient. Features the pineapple industry, including planting, harvesting, and canning (shows the Dole Cannery). Also covers the flower industries of lei making and orchid growing (broadcast Oct. 10, 1954). Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: Bill Malayhee.
The second part of the visit to Japan focuses on “expanding personal and economical relations with Japan.” Covers Japan’s history of isolation and its feudal system, and how it has been influenced by Western and Chinese cultures. Shows the Buddhist and Shinto shrines of Kyoto, the Festival of Kapa in Tokyo, and mandarin orange groves on the Izu Peninsula. Shows the art of steel inlaid with gold and silver, lacquer creations, wood block printing, and ceremonial story telling by geishas in a tea house. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service.
Details the major industries of post-World War II Hong Kong, including money changing and financial institutions, textile manufacturing, and the fishing industry. Also discusses refugees from mainland China and the resulting poverty, housing shortages, and water supply problems. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service. Appearing: H. Owen Hughes, Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce.
The first part of a visit to Japan discusses the country’s position as a maritime nation, the Westernization of the country, and the modern transportation system of Tokyo. Also covers the industries of textiles, iron and steel, and Canon Camera. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service.
Focuses on the reconstruction of the war-ravaged cities of the Philippine Islands. Features the people and industries of the cities of Manila and Baguio and shows street scenes, people making silver jewelry, a school, weaving, hand-carved items, and banking institutions (broadcast Oct. 31, 1954). Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service.
Addresses the post-war revival of Singapore and Southeast Asia. Discusses the Hindu, Buddhist and Moslem religious influences on Singapore and shows several temples. Discusses the modern influence of Christianity and visits the Singapore Boys Town, established in 1948 by the Brothers of San Gabriel. Profiles Singapore’s tin and rubber industries (broadcast Nov. 21, 1954). Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service.
This is the final chapter of this series, and is a compilation of highlights from the cities and countries visited in the Orient/Far East Series, including the Philippines, Singapore, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Wake Island, and Hawaii. Discusses the things the Pacific Rim cities have in common, such as volcanoes, monsoons, rice, coconuts, tropical forests, sugar cane, pineapples, and ancient crafts such as wood carving, weaving, wood block printing, silk spinning, and embroidery. Reporter: Richard Ross. Director: Dave Titus. Photographer: Joseph Raskie. Writer and editor: Al Amundsen. Producer: Cinema Service.
The second part of the visit to Hawaii focuses on Pearl Harbor, the sugarcane industry (with extensive shots of it being processed at the Ava Plantation), and economic growth due to sugar, pineapples, and tourism (broadcast Oct. 17, 1954). Reporter: Richard Ross. Appearing: Herbert M. Taylor, vice president, Bishop National Bank.
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This series includes both professional and amateur films, almost all of which were produced in Washington state. In addition to a documentary on Vietnamese immigrants in Pullman, Wash., and several on Seattle topics, the professional films include a sea life documentary for children. All except two were produced in Seattle. The collection includes four home movies dating from 1931 to 1963, primarily on family trips and community events in Washington state, but one features dances of the Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia.
Focuses on the lives of the Dang family, who were among the 130,000 Vietnamese who fled to the U.S. shortly before the fall of Saigon. Interviews with the family, tutors, and a resettlement worker illustrate the family’s new life in Pullman, Washington. The Dang family’s struggles with language, menial jobs, and financial worries typify the Vietnamese immigrant’s experience. Producer, editor, and still photographer: Rocky L. Pearson. Sound editor and graphics: Mark K. Tang. Translator and historian: Nhiem thi Dang. Technical advisors: Robert A. Curry and Donald E. Zimmerman. Guitarist: George C. Mattson, Jr. Graphics: Johnny E. Pearson. Appearing: The Dang Family, Nhiem thi Dang, Cuong thé Dang, Nancy L. Kassel, Nguyen Mung, and Arthur E. McCartan.
Discusses Seattle’s suburban sprawl and the deterioration of downtown and the older neighborhoods. Interviews focus on shopping downtown and at Pike Place Market; traffic problems on Highway 99 and Highway 10; neighborhood improvement; the historic Hotel Kalmar; the airport and Boeing Airplane Co.; freeway development; downtown transportation problems and future plans; the need to refurbish Pioneer Square historic area; green spaces and landscaping; the future of Pike Place Market; and a new site for a civic center. Writer and narrator: Bob Schulman. Narrator: Bill Corcoran. Research assistant: Elise Kelleher. Executive producer: Lee Schulman. Producer: Kit Spier. Photographer: Al Stenson. Additional film: Tom Welty. Director: Jack Fearey. Appearing: Reverend Rudolph Debbeck (and family); Talbot Wagg, Seattle urban renewal program; Victor Steinbrook, University of Washington College of Architecture; Ralph Potts, Seattle historian; Wheeler Gray, chairman of Seattle Area Industrial Council; John Spade, Seattle City Planning Commission; Norton Clapp, president of Weyerhaeuser Company; David Young, Metropolitan Savings and Loan; George Pappas, owner of The Busy Bee; Frank Mastodi, cobbler; Bob DeMartini, retail division manager of Standard Oil Company; Mark Tobey, artist/painter; Robert Durham, architect for Century 21; and Ed Monroe, King County commissioner.
An animated history of Seattle, covering its growth and progress in the context of American history and developments in industry. Writer, narrator, producer, and director: Philip M. Evans. Art: Bob Cram. Photography: Richard Larson. Sound: Lew Lathrop. Technical production and animation: Commercial Productions.
A children’s program that examines sea animals that live in tide pools, such as starry flounder, skate, dogfish shark, perch, shrimp, shore crabs, worms, clams, and screw snails. Includes footage both in the studio and outside in the mudflats. Two commercial spots: one features the son of a National Bank of Commerce employee swimming, with voice-over narration about NB of C services; the other is for Darigold milk and features a clown with an Italian accent. Producer: Al Bright, (a KVOS-TV department of public affairs production). Appearing: Dr. Charles Flora, Western Washington College; “Beachcomber George;” and Jerry van Camp, son of NB of C employee.
Covers the Ellensburg Rodeo, which takes place every Labor Day weekend. Shows rodeo events such as bronc riding, trick and fancy riding and rope spinning, calf roping, steer wrestling, bareback riding, rodeo clowns, rodeo queen and her court, and Yakima, Wenatchee and Nez Perce Indian tribes. Also shows parade on Main Street featuring floats, Indian dancers, and mounted posses. Writer and narrator: George Prescott. Photographer: Fred Milkie. Director: Noel Johnson. Producer: Don McQuade.
Members of the Folk Dance Federation of California perform folk dances of Russia, Czechoslovakia, Palestine, Scandinavia, Italy, United States, Latin America, and Mexico. Filmed outdoors with dancers in folk costumes. Producer: Folk Dance Federation of California.
Covers the Ellensburg Rodeo, which takes place every Labor Day weekend. Shows rodeo events such as bronc riding, trick and fancy riding and rope spinning, calf roping, steer wrestling, bareback riding, rodeo clowns, rodeo queen and her court, and Yakima, Wenatchee and Nez Perce tribes. Also shows parade on Main Street featuring floats, Indian dancers, mounted posses. Writer and narrator: George Prescott. Photographer: Fred Milkie. Director: Noel Johnson. Producer: Don McQuade.
Discusses the state of the Port of Seattle and the reasons for its decrease in business, including inadequate pier facilities, labor costs, the port’s bad personality, railroad rates, lack of leadership, citizen apathy, and conflicts of interest. Covers the history of the Port, shows the current decay of the waterfront, and compares the Port to the more prosperous and improved ports of Longview, Portland, and San Francisco. Discusses a waterfront improvement plan, to be completed in 1960. Narrators: Charles Herring and Carroll Ellerbe. Writer: Bob Schulman. Director: Kit Spier. Camerman: Tom Welty. Additional film: Ted Simpson and Al Stenson. Script assistant: Elise Kelleher. Producer: Lee Schulman. Appearing: Maurice J. “Bud” Webber, Clarence Carlander, and Captain Tom McManus, Port commissioners; Jim Gibbs, editor of
Explains and demonstrates how to use many types and variations of measuring tools in a machine shop. The most commonly used are the steel rule and micrometer calipers for measuring dimensions such as length, width, diameter, depth of slots and holes, and the pitch of a screw. Director and visual aids: F. E. Brooker. Technical consultant: J. W. Barrett. Producers: The Federal Security Agency, U.S. Office of Education, and U.S. Educational Committee (C. F. Klinefelter, chairman; W. M. Arnolt, J. R. Coxen, R. W. Hambrook, L. S. Hawkins, Allen W. Horton, E. L. Kirchner, W. P. Loomis, C. E. Rakestraw, S. M. Ransopher, and Tom Watson.
Covers the growth of the tourism industry in Washington State following the 1962 Seattle Worlds Fair. Tourism is Washington’s fourth largest industry. Includes shots of such attractions as Rocky Reach Dam, Leavenworth, Wenatchee Apple Blossom Festival, Spokane Lilac Blossom Festival, Ellensburg Rodeo, Sequim Irrigation Festival, Hanford Atomic Energy plant in Richmond, Port Townsend, Greater Seattle Summertime Sea Fair, Seattle Center and the Space Needle, Mt. Baker ski area, Yakima motels, Snoqualmie Pass Lodge, Alderbrook Inn, Ocean Shores, Anacortes, Grand Coulee area, and the Columbia River. Interview with H. DeWayne Kraeger, former head of Washington State Department of Commerce and Economic Development, focuses on the competitive economic split between eastern and western Washington. Interview with Peter Sellyers of the Society of Travel Writers addresses need for more modern accommodations. Writer and narrator: Bob Schulman. Photographer: Ralph Umbarger. Sound engineer: Stan Carlson. Additional film: Bob Horn. Script assistant: Margaret Gregory. Producer: Kit Spier. Director: Chuck Snyder. Executive producer: Lee Schulman. Managing director: Sam Sharkey. A Crown Stations Production. Sponsors: Timber Division, Crown Zellerbach Corp.; Chevrolet Division, General Motors; Automobile Club of Washington; Associated Grocers; and Pacific Northwest Bell. Appearing: H. DeWayne Kraeger, consultant and economist; Peter Sellyers, travel development consultant; and Max Benjamin, artist (and family).
Shows ceremonial dances of the Kwakiutl Indians of British Columbia, in masks and costumes.
Unidentified home movie, possibly by an employee of KVOS-TV. The first segment is footage of the San Juan Islands (signs identify Lopez Island, Shaw Island, and Orcas Island), and shows a woman sketching and painting, a mountain in the distance, a sign for KVOS-TV, local paintings displayed outdoors, and people walking along the water front. The second segment shows the construction of a strip mall, with shots of signs for Sherwin Optical Co., Burien Loan Co., Colonial Dress Shop, Blessing-Miller Jewelers, and Foster’s Funusual. The third segment shows a rodeo with cowgirls, Indians, a parade, riding a horse around a track, wagons, roller skating, gymnastics, performing dogs, and bucking broncos.
Home movie of Mount Rainier National Park. Shows bus ride from Seattle to Rainier National Park and scenes of Paradise Inn, Mt. Rainier, Tatoosh Range, ice caves under Paradise Glacier, Skyline Trail, Edith Glacier, train to Big 4 Mountain, Stillaguamish Gorge, Big 4 Inn, Big 4 Glacier, and Canyon Creek Lodge. Photographer: Dr. E. W. B. Merrith [?]. Appearing: Dr. Carrie Benefiel, Dr. Roberta Wimer-Fox, Dr. H. F. Morse, and Dr. and Mrs. Kint and son Dick.
Shows preparation of roses for displaying in flower show, judging of roses, and winners. Also shows people with roses in their rose gardens.