Scenes from 1934 film production about westward expansion of United States in last quarter of the 19th Century. Marias River flows through the mountains. Goats and bears in forest area. View of the Washington Monument. Engraved stone reads 'Farthest Point West on Captain Lewis trip up Marias River'. Car drives into portico of an old building in Washington. 'Children of a Common Mother' written on top of a monument. Engraved picture shows Lewis and Clark pointing towards land with boats next to them. View of the Columbia River flowing between mountains and a bridge. Aerial view of city of Portland. Steamer leaves harbor of Portland.
Aerial views from overflying aircraft, of Lighthouses and coast guard stations in the United States. Those seen are: Light Desert Rock lighthouse, followed by Lighthouses: Petit Manan, Nash Island, Avery Rock, Prospect Harbor, Egg Rock, Baker Island, Great Luck Island; Bass Harbor Head, Bear Island, Saddleback Ledge, Browns Head, Herons Neck, Isle of Shoals, Boone Island, Halfway Rock, Portland Breakwater, Pam Island Portland Head, Cape Elizabeth, and wood Island. The Coast Guard Stations seen are: Straitsmouth, Gloucester, Cranberry Island, Salem Air Station Isle of Shoals, Cape Elizabeth, and Biddeford Pool.
Students of Oregon State Agricultural College (later Oregon State University) pile up stacks of wood and debris scavenged from two 6-room houses to fuel a massive bonfire. Students climb up high on the pile of wood and pose for camera while they build the fire lay. Pile is set ablaze with a torch and is seen as the huge 72 foot bonfire burns. Different angles of bonfire shot at night.
Robert Kennedy visits the Oregon Institute of Technology at Klamath Falls, Oregon to give a speech. He is seen shaking hands while walking with student Thor Nielsen just behind him at his left shoulder. He is then seen at the podium speaking. View of reel to reel tape recorder and cassette recorder running. Outside, RFK smiles as he is about to meet Native American presenters.
Oregon State University (OSU) Department of Oceanography's 80-foot research vessel, R/V Acona, seen in waters off Newport, Oregon, United States. Using a boom on the foredeck, the crew lowers a container, takes a water sample and retrieves it. (Note: Reportedly, one of the two persons seen near the end of the footage may be Hugh Dobson, a technician from BC Canada, who worked for OSU Professor Kilho Park.) One of the two persons near the end of the footage looks like Hugh Dobson who was a technician from BC Canada who came to OSU to work for Professor Kilho Park (this insert provided by Iver Duedall, OSU graduate student 1963-66; spent time on Acona on cruises--most of the time I was seasick)
A football match held between the teams of Oregon and Washington in Seattle, Washington. A huge crowd seated in the spectator area. The crowd cheers. Match in progress. Players at line of scrimmage. Oregon wins over Washington by scoring seven against six scored by Washington.
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