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1937 Ohio Valley flood scenes, with major loss of property and life in the United States.

Damage caused by 1937 flood in the Ohio Valley area of the United States. A heavy loss of property due to a flood. Supplies being unloaded from trucks for the people. People being rescued from the areas affected by flood. Men aboard boats moving through buildings on the edge of the Ohio River that are submerged in water. Men moving a wooden casket. Destroyed houses and buildings in the areas. Flooded streets. A weather vane blowing briskly in wind. Narrator details how the weather bureau forecasts the weather and offers the information to help prevent losses from such disasters. Automatic typing machine records weather instrument readings. View of newspapers being printed at a printing press. A radio tower. People gather near injured flood victims. People lined up on the street to get supplies. Scenes of floodwaters below Memphis where flooding was effectively contained. Water rushing under the then new Bonnet Carre spillway of Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. Man opens a book published in Lisbon in 1605, now in the Library of Congress, written by Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega, reporting on the exploration team of De Soto on leaf 300 of the book. De Soto's group, in 1543, reported on the flood they saw below current day Memphis, extending over 20 leagues of land, covering the tops of trees, but not overrunning the homes of the Native Americans who build shelter atop high poles. A view of submerged homes in the 1937 flood are shown as the narrator laments that more modern people did worse than the Native American Indians.

Location: Ohio River Valley United States USA
Date: 1937, January
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062901
Harry Matthews defeats Baby Dutch Culbertson in a boxing bout in Portland, Oregon.

An electronic scoreboard is used for the first time during a boxing match in Portland, Oregon. A boxing bout between Harry Matthews and Baby Dutch Culbertson. Spectators in the stands to watch the match. A referee and both the boxers in the ring. During the bout the referee and the judges dial their decisions on separate control buttons. An electronic scoreboard keeps fans informed of bout progress, round by round. At the end of the first round the scoreboard shows that both the players are even. Matthews wins in the end. An electronic scoreboard is used for the first time during a boxing match in Portland, Oregon. A boxing bout between Harry Matthews and Baby Dutch Culbertson. Spectators in the stands to watch the match. A referee and both the boxers in the ring. During the bout the referee and the judges dial their decisions on separate control buttons. An electronic scoreboard keeps fans informed of bout progress, round by round. At the end of the first round the scoreboard shows that both the players are even. Matthews wins in the end.

Location: Portland Oregon USA
Date: 1951, July 23
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050616
President Eisenhower delivers a speech during his election campaign in Portland, Oregon.

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Portland, Oregon during an election campaign. Civilians seated in chairs in an auditorium during a public meeting. A woman holds a sign 'Oregon likes Ike'. People clap as President Eisenhower delivers a speech. Cameramen record the event.

Location: Portland Oregon USA
Date: 1956
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050727
State College Students set up 72ft high bonfire in Corvallis Oregon.

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.

Location: Corvallis Oregon USA
Date: 1934, November
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028715
RFK visits the Oregon Institute of Technology to give a speech.

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.

Location: Oregon United States USA
Date: 1968, April 18
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675078681
Eighty foot Research vessel, Acona, operated by the Oregon State University, engaged in oceanographic research

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)

Location: Newport Oregon United States USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031516
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