The Portland That Was
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The Making Of The Portland That Was
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Dennis Nyback, Mack McFarland and Damon Eckhoff take questions from filmmaker Rose Bond about the making of The Portland That Was, a 2006 TBA Festival project which used si...
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paul revere and the raiders
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One Run Elmer, Jim Thorpe Buster Keaton 1935
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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...
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Wilkie & McNary Know Their Farming, 1940
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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 import...
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It Can Be Done, 1937
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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 ...
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Rebuilding of Shangri-La Motel, 1956
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Some of the films and sites have more tangible relations than others. The strongest relation between film and site is The Rebuilding of the Shangri-La Motel. It is a home m...
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Blitz Me!, 1960's
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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.dennisnybackfilms.com w...
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The Music Racket, 1930
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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 ...
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George Olsen and His Orchestra, 1931-1940
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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 fr...
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Japanese Relocation, 1942
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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 fu...
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