One Run Elmer, Jim Thorpe Buster Keaton 1935

  • Length: 3:22
  • Rating Average: 4.78 from 23 people
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  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: 1920s  america  baseball  Buster  depression  Indian  Jim  Keaton  native  Oregon  Portland  portlandwas  silent  Thorpe 

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.dennisnybackfilms.com

paul revere and the raiders

  • Length: 3:15
  • Rating Average: 4.82 from 11 people
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  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: portlandwas 

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George Olsen and His Orchestra, 1931-1940

  • Length: 4:13
  • Rating Average: 4.75 from 16 people
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  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: 1930's  bandleader  fun  George  jazz  Lauderdale  Martini  music  Olsen  Oregon  Pink  pinkmartini  Portland  portlandwas  TBA  Thomas 

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.dennisnybackfilms.com

Japanese Relocation, 1942

  • Length: 4:22
  • Rating Average: 4.75 from 8 people
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  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: American  barb  Camp  Center  Eisenhower  Expo  history  Internment  Japanese  Oregon  PICA  Portland  portlandwas  wire  WWII 

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...

GI Journal Mel Blanc's Face!

  • Length: 4:30
  • Rating Average: 4.70 from 10 people
  • View Count: 2145' favoriteCount='18
  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: army  Ball  Blanc  cartoon  Kay  Kyser  Lucille  Mel  PICA  Portland  portlandwas  radio  seuss  SNAFU  TBA  USO  WWII 

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.dennisnybackfilms.com

The Screwdriver, 1941

  • Length: 3:12
  • Rating Average: 4.80 from 5 people
  • View Count: 3187' favoriteCount='12
  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: blanc  callahan  john  lantz  mel  police  portland  portlandwas  sadism  woodpecker  woody 

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.dennisnybackfilms.com

The Music Racket, 1930

  • Length: 2:59
  • Rating Average: 4.63 from 8 people
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  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: 1920's  blues  idaho  jazz  Kooskia  Lee  Morse  oregon  portland  portlandwas  singer  torch  twenties  yodeling 

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

This Is Portland, 1971

  • Length: 4:49
  • Rating Average: 4.50 from 2 people
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  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: falling  Groening  LSD  Matt  Oregon  PICA  Portland  portlandwas  screem  Smith  TBA  Tim 

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....

Wilkie & McNary Know Their Farming, 1940

  • Length: 3:52
  • Rating Average: 4.60 from 5 people
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  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: corn  cow  farm  gop  mcnary  oregon  politics  portland  portlandwas  republican  wendell  wilkie 

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...

Blitz Me!, 1960's

  • Length: 4:12
  • Rating Average: 5.00 from 4 people
  • View Count: 1010' favoriteCount='6
  • Author: portlandwas

Tags: beer  blitz  coors  heidelberg  nyback  oregon  pabst  portland  portlandwas  rainier 

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 www.portlandwas.com

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