| Series
I. Webster Reports 1961-1966
Series II. Channel 12 Specials 1962-1967
Series I - Webster Reports, 1961-1966
Box 1
Title:
1/1 W-1 Webster Reports: The Operators
Date:
12/21/61
Length:
30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes.
Description:
Jack Webster discusses several confidence rackets affecting both
Washington and British Columbia, including such petty crime as
telephone scams, home repair scams, and predatory magazine
subscription schemes. He interviews three former criminal
participants: Ed Sokolosky about a chimney repair racket, “Cynthia
from Vancouver” about magazine subscription sales techniques, and
“Joy” about the living conditions of traveling magazine subscription
salesgirls. This reel also includes short commercial advertisements
for Purex Bathroom Tissues, CBS Reports, and Black Label Beer.
Notes:
none.
Title:
1/2 W-2 Webster Reports: Pension for a Hero
Date:
1/30/62
Length:
32 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes (except last 3 minutes)
Description:
Jack Webster tackles the issue of workman’s compensation in
British Columbia,
with references to the Compensation Act, and the Mine, Mill, and
Smelter’s Union of British Columbia. Three case histories of miners
who suffered labor-related injuries are presented. The first is that
of John Luka (Luca?), who has a broken back and paralyzed legs from an
employment-related rockslide. The second is that of John Anderburg,
who is suffering from silicosis and pleurisy resulting from the
inhalation of silica dust while on the job. His wife Irene is
interviewed about the difficulties of caring for him on his small
pension. The third is that of Henry Roueau who lost part of his
foot. Last three minutes of the reel consist of supplementary footage
of Irene Anderburg at home caring for her husband.
Notes:
none.
Box 2
Title:
2/1 W-3 Webster Reports: Century 21 (Seattle World's Fair),
Date:
2/8/62
Length:
11 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
spliced scraps of footage; fragmentary.
Duplicate:
DVD, VHS
Sound:
yes (except first 30 seconds)
Description:
Short interviews with director of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair Gayway
about prices and attractions, and Space Needle manager Hoge Sullivan
about the Space Needle construction schedule and Space Needle
statistics. There is also footage of construction crews at work high
atop the almost completed Space Needle.
Notes:
none.
Title:
2/2 W-4 Webster Reports: A Case of Terror
Date:
4/5/62
Length:
23 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
Footage is of mixed quality and is spliced from scraps; interviews are
fragmentary.
Duplicate:
DVD, VHS
Sound:
partial
Description:
Jack Webster reports on the Doukhobor group “The Sons of Freedom.”
The Sons of Freedom were the activist wing of the Doukhobors, a
religious Russian immigrant community in the Kootenays region of
British Columbia, and were accused of terrorism, vandalism, and other
crimes. The pacifist Doukhobors settled in
Canada in
the 19th century under a treaty which included provisions
protecting their pacifism (i.e., exemption from military service and
the draft), and their right to educate their children separately.
Reel includes portions of interviews with law enforcement and
government officials. Footage of a Doukhobor community, and police
roadblocks stopping and searching vehicles.
Notes:
For more Doukhobor footage, see W-5, W-15, and W-26.
Title:
2/3 W-5 Webster Reports: Maria, Fanny, and Podivinikoff (outtakes
from 'A Case of Terror')
Date:
4/5/62
Length:
13 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
scraps of footage; fragmentary, incomplete.
Duplicate:
DVD, VHS
Sound:
partial
Description:
Portions of interviews with three members of the Doukhobor community.
The Doukhobors were a group of religious Russian immigrants, and the
“Sons of Freedom” sect had been accused of terrorism at the time.
Topics include recent arrests of Doukhobor members, possibility of
emigration from Canada, freedom of education, culpability for
financial losses resulting from destructive protests, and the chosen
simplicity of the Doukhobor way of life. See W-4, W-15, and W-26.
Notes:
For more Doukhobor footage, see W-4, W-15, and W-26.
Box 3
Title:
3/1 W-6 Webster Reports: Yanks and Canadian Labor
Date:
4/26/62
Length:
28 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes (except first 30 seconds)
Description:
Jack Webster interviews three union officials during the 1962 Canadian
Labor Congress. The topic is the degree to which Canadian union
members are beholden to U.S. laws, policies, and direction in
international unions with U.S. headquarters (AFL CIO). While all
three guests defend Canadian union autonomy and minimize the extent of
U.S. dominance, Webster strongly asserts that other Canadian union
officials, who refused to appear on the show, make the opposite claim.
Notes:
none
Title:
3/2 W-7 Webster Reports: Jacks or Better
Date:
10/10/62
Length:
28 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
poor
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes (except bad patches)
Description:
An expose of crooked gambling practices and related crime involving
card games and dice. Guest for entire episode is Sidney Radner, an
expert on card cheating techniques, and author of several books on the
subject. Radner demonstrates, in detail, several common
sleight-of-hand methods employed by criminals and gamblers in playing,
shuffling, and dealing cards for poker and gin-rummy. He also
explains the use of marked cards and loaded dice.
Notes:
Original film features several short bad patches of 1-5 seconds, in
which the image, sound, or both are garbled. On the DVD the first 23
seconds are a bad patch. Film requires extensive splicing due
to numerous breaks.
Title:
3/3 W-9 Webster Reports: Where is David Loveday?
Date:
1/2/63
Length:
28 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
DVD, VHS
Sound:
yes
Description:
Webster explores the case of Vancouver, B.C. teenager David Loveday,
who ran away from home at the age of 13 and is still missing two and a
half years later. His mother and stepfather are interviewed at
length. Detective Smith of the Vancouver Police is also interviewed
about missing children and teenage runaways in Vancouver and British
Columbia.
Notes:
film begins after 30 seconds on DVD
Box 4
Title:
4/1 W-10 Webster Reports: The Eye of the Storm
Date:
4/24/63
Length:
26 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
DVD, VHS
Sound:
partial
Description:
Webster discusses the 1963 prisoner takeover of the British Columbia
Penitentiary, with an emphasis on his own involvement as a negotiator
and, at one point, a hostage. Webster offers an hour by hour account
of the prison riot, which began as a reaction to poor conditions.
Webster demonstrates how prisoners fashioned homemade weapons,
including makeshift knives and Molotov cocktails made from light bulbs
and gasoline. Film also includes excerpts of interviews with several
prison and law enforcement officials, aerial footage of the prison
during the uprising, footage of the destruction and carnage inside the
prison, and footage of Mounties, national guardsmen, squad cars, and
police surrounding the prison.
Notes:
none
Title:
4/2 W-11 Webster Reports: North Pacific Salmon Treaty
Date:
5/22/63
Length:
25 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Webster and several unidentified guests (possibly officials from the
International North Pacific Commission and the International Halibut
Commission) discuss the North Pacific Salmon Treaty, with an emphasis
on recent revisions, such as the halibut and herring exemption clauses
which will allow Japanese fisherman to harvest much closer to the
Canadian coast in international waters. Issues involved include
resource utilization, fish stock depletion, immature salmon catch,
offshore marine fisheries, pros and cons of the treaty and its
revisions, etc.
Notes:
film begins after 30 seconds on DVD
Box 5
Title:
5/1 W-13 Webster Reports: Profile of Billy James Hargis
Date:
8/23/63
Length:
28 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
DVD, VHS
Sound: yes (except for first
1:45 minutes and last 2
minutes)
Description:
Webster interviews self-described militant Christian Billy James
Hargis (later an ultra-conservative televangelist) during the
right-wing evangelical preacher’s speaking tour of Washington State.
Hargis and his organization, Christian Crusade, are devoted to
denouncing communism. The first five minutes are footage of Hargis
delivering his anti-communist sermon, during which he calls Khrushchev
a “demon-possessed man,” and labels communism as an “international
Satanic conspiracy.” Other subjects condemned by Hargis include
liberalism, socialism, academic freedom, Supreme Court Justice Hugo
Black, the American Black Moslem (Muslim) movement, Canadian trade
with China, and rapid racial integration. Webster also grills Hargis
about fundraising questions, racist remarks made by his supporters,
and his support for a new invasion of
Cuba
to oust Fidel Castro. Hargis supports a boycott on goods produced in
communist nations, such as Polish Hams. It is mentioned that the then
Washington State Democratic Party Chairman (name unclear) walked out
on Hargis’ sermon, calling it a “perversion of Christianity.”
Notes:
none
Title:
5/2 W-14 Webster Reports: The Case of the Bogus Barrister
(Raymond Burr).
Date:
10/17/63
Length:
27:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Television and film actor Raymond Burr, who was born in
New Westminster,
B.C., is interviewed for the entire episode. He is best known for his
portrayal of attorney Perry Mason in the long-running television
series during the 1950’s and 1960’s. At the time of this interview
the show had been on the air for seven years. Burr discusses
plotlines, other characters, actors, and actresses. He talks about
audience and fan pressure on the show to never allow Perry Mason to
lose a case. Other topics include his own production company, why
Hollywood
is preferable to Vancouver for filming purposes, and his vacations in
the Bahamas.
Notes:
none
Box 6
Title:
6/1 W-15 Webster Reports: Road to Nowhere (Doukhobor
story follow-up)
Date:
12/12/63
Length:
32 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
mixed good / poor; requires several splices
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
partial
Description:
Reel includes approximately ten minutes of interviews with Doukhobor
women and disgruntled neighbors of the Doukhobor community,
interspersed amongst twenty minutes of silent, fragmentary footage of
the Doukhobor squatter community and daily life. The squatter
community, located in a large gravel pit (town unknown), was a result
of so many Doukhobor men being sent to jail two years previously (see
W-4 and W-5). Reel illustrates squalid conditions of tent city,
Doukhobor children at play, and hand-made crafts such as ornate wooden
ladles.
Notes:
See also W-4, W-5, and W-26 for more Doukhobor footage.
Title:
6/2 W-16 Webster Reports: William Lyon and Peter Newman Talk
About McKenzie King and John Deifenbaker
Date:
1/2/64
Length:
22 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD*
Sound:
yes
Description:
Webster interviews two political historians who had just written
biographies about two former Canadian Prime Ministers. The first
author is Peter Newman, who discusses his book about John Diefenbaker
“The Renegade in Power: The Diefenbaker Years.” This is a highly
critical account of the 1957 – 1963 reign of the
progressive-conservative PM. The second is William Lyon, whose book
about Mackenzie King is entitled “Mackenzie King: The Lonely
Heights.” King served as PM three times between the 1920’s and 1948.
Amongst the subjects raised about King is his alleged belief in
communicating with the dead.
Notes:
*Skip the first 1:50 minutes on the DVD version
Box 7
Title:
7/1 W-20 Webster Reports: Berton Bares All
Date:
5/21/64
Length:
21 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Webster interviews noted Canadian journalist, author, and television
personality Pierre Berton. Discussion centers on his earlier career
in journalism, including his days at the Vancouver Sun. Berton
relates anecdotes, including how he and fellow journalists released a
greased pig at the press club annual ball at the Hotel Vancouver. At
the time of this interview, Berton had just published his tenth book;
“The Big Sell.”
Notes:
For more Pierre Berton footage see W-28.
Title:
7/2 W-21 Webster Reports: The Extraordinary Equation of George
Van Tassel
Date:
6/18/24
Length:
24 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Webster interviews California resident George Van Tassel, who claims
to have been visited by aliens on flying saucers that used
anti-gravity technology. During the interview Van Tassel discusses
the formula for time travel taught to him on a visit to a UFO, and its
relationship to the Earth’s magnetic field. In later years Van Tassel
would be known for the Integratron, a large dome-shaped rejuvenation
device he only partially completed in the
California desert prior to his death in 1978.
Notes:
See W-25 for a similar topic.
Box 8
Title:
8/1 W-25 Webster Reports: Wot! No Fingerprints
Date:
11/5/64
Length:
26 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Webster interviews Dr. Frank Stranges, about alleged visitor from the
planet Venus “Valiant Thor.” Stranges claims to have met the alien at
the Pentagon several years previously. He also claims that Thor and
77 other Venusians travel between the Earth and Venus on UFO’s (flying
saucers). Stranges cites his book, “Flying Saucerama.” Oddly enough,
Stranges is purportedly an Evangelical Pastor from California.
Notes:
See W-21 for a similar topic.
Title:
8/2 W-26 Webster Reports: Webster and the Cast of Characters
Date:
12/31/64
Length:
27 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
Selections are fragmentary: some scenes appear to be missing. DVD
blank for first 35 seconds.
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
New Year ’s Eve special offers memorable clips from throughout 1964,
including excerpts found on W-16, W-20, W-21, and W-25. Only two
excerpts are from episodes not otherwise represented in the
collection. The first is from an interview with the Doukhobor
spokeswoman “Big Fanny” (see W-4, W-5, and W-15) about conditions in
the gravel pit squatter community and Salvation Army vouchers. The
second is from an interview with a rehabilitated convict; a reformed
underworld heavy who has forsaken crime and become an award-winning
needlepoint artist.
Notes:
See W-16, W-20, W-21, and W-25
Box 9
Title:
9/1 W-28 Webster Reports: Uncomfortable Pew
Date:
3/4/65
Length:
26 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
This episode is divided into two equal parts, and features guests
discussing two unrelated topics. The first in Felix Green, who
discusses his book “The Curtain of Ignorance” and issues surrounding
Canadian relations with and perceptions of communist China. Topics
include Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong) and the potential threat posed to
the United States
and Canada by China. The second is noted journalist and author Pierre
Berton, who discusses his most recent and most controversial book “The
Comfortable Pew.” Although commissioned by the Anglican Church, the
book is a scathing critique of Christianity. Topics include religion,
anti-religion, atheism, agnosticism, morals, and the sexual
revolution. Berton puts Webster in the hot seat by skillfully
exposing his hypocrisies.
Notes:
For more Pierre Berton footage see W-20.
Title:
9/2 W-29 Webster Reports: Front Page Crisis: Vancouver Times
Date:
4/1/65
Length:
23 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes (except first 3:40 minutes)
Description:
Webster interviews Vancouver Times executives on site as to why the
startup newspaper was already suffering deep financial difficulties.
Most of the episode is devoted to an interview with Mr. Val Warren
(position unknown) about insolvency, advertising revenues,
stockholders, subscriptions, and competition with other dailies (Warren blames an entrenched monopoly). The first
3:40 minutes are taken
up by silent footage of the building, presses, and employees at work
(including typesetters, editors, secretaries, receptionists, etc).
The last four minutes are devoted to an interview with managing editor
Brett Delaney.
Notes:
none
Box 10
Title:
10/1 W-30 Webster Reports: Mohawk Princess
Date:
4/29/65
Length:
27 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Native American activist Kahn-Tineta Horn is the guest for the entire
episode. Model and spokeswoman for Indian rights, Horn is from the
Mohawk Wolf Clan of the
Kahnawake Territory in
Quebec, which is part of the 6 nation Iroquois Confederacy. Horn is
outspoken about treaties, education, reserves, protest strategies, and
related issues. Depicted as a revolutionary by Webster, Horn is one
of many activists who paved the way for Canadian legal recognition of
First Nations Peoples today.
Notes:
none
Title:
10/2 W-31 Webster Reports: A Man and His Crusade (Leighton Ford)
Date:
5/27/ 65
Length:
25 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Canadian born evangelist minister Leighton Ford is interviewed for the
entire episode. Ford, both a disciple and brother-in-law of Billy
Graham, is known today (2005) as president of the Leighton Ford
Ministries, and as honorary life chairman of the Lausanne Committee
for World Evangelization. Topics include religion, spirituality,
Christianity, capital punishment, executions, pacifism, socialism,
church and state, and the social responsibilities of the church.
Webster criticizes evangelical methods and practices.
Notes:
none
Box 11
Title:
11/1 W-32 Webster Reports: This Hour has 30 Minutes
(Laurier La Pierre)
Date:
6/24/65
Length:
29 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Laurier LaPierre is the guest, and French Canadian (Quebecois)
politics is the subject, for the entire episode. Topics include
language issues, French Canadian cultural and political
self-determination, patronage and corruption in Quebec government,
potential autonomy for Quebec, and Catholic Church domination of
education in the province. At the time of this broadcast, LaPierre
was a well-known Canadian author, historian, journalist, and
broadcaster; writer and host of the controversial CBC show This
Hour Has Seven Days, and other shows such as Inquiry and
Midnight.
He would later serve as a Liberal Party Senator in the Jean Chrétien
government, until mandatory retirement at the age of 75 in 2004.
Towards the end of his life, as an openly homosexual politician, he
also became an avid gay rights activist, and a founding member of the
EGALE lobby for gay and lesbian rights.
Notes:
none
Title:
11/2 W-33 Webster Reports: Rebel in Kilts (Farley
Mowat)
Date:
12/26/65
Length:
28 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Canadian author and self-described anarchist Farley Mowat is the guest
for the entire episode. Half of the show is devoted to discussing his
most recent book West Viking, and the medieval Scandinavian
settlements in
Greenland and
Newfoundland.
Mowat mentions such Viking explorers as Eric the Red and Leif Ericson.
Other subjects discussed include anarchy and anarchism, Eskimo rights,
aboriginal rights, freedom, and Mowat’s disgust with modern society.
Webster raises accusations of anti-Americanism and anti-Canadianism.
Amongst Mowat’s more famous works are Never Cry Wolf, A
Whale for the Killing, and
Sea of
Slaughter.
Notes:
none
Box 12
Title:
12/1 W-34 Webster Reports: Snob Mob
Date:
3/17/66
Length:
26 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
The brand-new Canadian national magazine believed to be called
Parallel (or something that sounds like Parallel) is
featured in this episode, which is divided between two interviews.
The first is with publisher Douglas Cohen, who defends the launching
of this new multi-topical publication aimed at “the intelligent elite”
(hence “snob mob”). Subjects for the magazine are to include art,
literature, politics, social issues, etc – tailored for the Canadian
reader. Despite a promising early circulation of 90,000, Cohen
explains why the magazine is expected to lose 25,000.00 in the first
year. The second interview is with Editor-in-chief Peter Deveraux,
who discusses the magazine and general political and social issues.
Notes:
none
Title:
12/2 W-35 Webster Reports: Name of Justice
Date:
5/1/66
Length:
26 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Isabel LeBourdais and her new book The Trial of Steven Truscott
is the subject of this episode. Fourteen year old Steven Truscott, in
1959, had been convicted of the rape and murder of his twelve year old
schoolmate Lynne Harper. But LeBourdais was convinced that the trial
had been a miscarriage of justice, and that Truscott, then the
youngest person ever on Canada’s death row, was innocent. She spent
four years researching and gathering evidence before releasing the
book. However, despite the compelling evidence in LeBourdais’ book,
Truscott never received a new trial. Although paroled in 1969,
Truscott still struggles to clear his name today (2005). An unnamed
individual replaces Jack Webster as interviewer on this episode.
Notes:
none
Series II - Channel 12 Specials, 1962-1967
Box 13
Title:
13/1 KVOS Special: If the Bomb Survives, Can We?
Date:
6/1/62
Length:
8:15 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
fair (scraps of footage; fragmentary). Image is improperly exposed.
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Footage of a small peace rally at WWC (Western Washington College of
Education; soon to become Western Washington State College, and
eventually Western Washington University). First
2:20 minutes are soundless footage of protesters, students,
counter-protesters, placards and signs. Slogans on signs include
“Bomb = Death, Peace = Life” and “Perpetual War: Man, It’s
Profitable!” From
2:20 to 5:10 English
Professor Arthur Hicks delivers an anti-war speech with numerous
references to Moscow and Washington D.C. (Cold War), after which
silent footage of a dozen or so protesters marching down route 99. In
the final minute Al Swift interviews three of the marchers. See S-8
for a different perspective on nuclear war. See also S-40 for more
protest footage.
Notes:
none
Title:
13/2 S-3 KVOS Special: The European Common Market and You
Date:
7/6/62
Length:
30:37 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
Good
Duplicate:
DVD Only
Sound:
yes
Description:
Several politicians from both Washington State and British Columbia
are interviewed. They discuss the impact the European Common Market
will have on Washington and British Columbia as well as its impact on
the United States and Canada as a whole.
Notes:
None
Title:
13/3 S-4 KVOS Special Girls, Glitter and Gracie (Soft Porn at
Seattle Worlds Fair).
Date:
8/10/62
Length:
24:45 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good*
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Chorus line and cabaret producer and promoter Gracie Hansen is
interviewed for twenty minutes. Her show “Gracie Hansen’s Paradise”
was a prime adult entertainment attraction at the 1962 Seattle World’s
Fair. She discusses her early career, the background of the show, the
showgirls and other performers, etc. Soundless footage prior to the
interview shows a sign reading “peep,” a large sign reading “Night in
Paradise” and footage of dancers donning costumes and applying
makeup. Soundless footage of a fashion show follows the interview,
with women modeling polka-dot dresses, swimwear, and lingerie.
Notes:
*Footage of the fashion show is improperly exposed
Box 14
Title:
14/1 S-7 KVOS Special: Operation Cooperation (Air Raid
Shelters).
Date:
10/3/62
Length:
22 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes (except first 2:30 minutes)
Description:
This episode is devoted to a ceremony held at the Peace Arch on
September 22, 1962, celebrating the civil defense cooperation
agreement recently signed between Washington State and British
Columbia. Specifically aimed at enhancing cross-border coordination
in the event of a nuclear attack, a key provision of the treaty calls
for a Vancouver evacuation route to run through Whatcom County: up H
Street in Blaine, and on to Sumas. Footage shows Canadian and
American politicians hammering nails to erect a dispersal route sign
at the border. Footage includes short speeches made by several
officials praising international cooperation, both the interior and
exterior of the Washington State Civil Defense Mobile Command Post
bus, Canadian and American troops marching back and forth under the
Peace Arch while a marching band plays, and food being prepared for
and eaten by the troops. Amongst several people interviewed are
British Columbia Provincial Secretary W.D. Bligh and Washington State
Lieutenant Governor John Sherbert.
Notes:
none
Title:
14/2 S-8 KVOS Special: Religion and Science in the Nuclear Age
Date:
10/17/62
Length:
26 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Episcopal priest and Nuclear Physicist Dr. William G. Pollard is
interviewed throughout this episode. Pollard, a former Manhattan
Project research scientist, discusses the potential conflict between
science and religion, and asserts that they complement rather than
contradict each other. Issues surrounding nuclear proliferation, the
atom bomb, the church stance on the nuclear arms race, disarmament,
arms control, and the effectiveness of fallout shelters predominate.
But Pollard also speculates philosophically about the nature of war
and warfare, dimensions of reality and existence, and relativity as
perceived by physical science and Christianity. See 13/1 and S-40 for
a different perspective on nuclear war.
Notes:
none
Box 15
Title:
15/1 S-10 KVOS Special: God, Allah, and Ju Ju
Date:
10/15/62
Length:
27:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Dr. James McAree, Associate Professor of History at Western Washington
State College, discusses religion in emerging Africa with Unitarian
Reverend Jack Mendelson, who has recently published the book “God,
Allah, and Ju Ju.” Christianity (especially Catholicism), Islam, and
indigenous religions (lumped as “Ju Ju”) are compared and contrasted,
with regard to their impact on African culture and consciousness.
Mendelson asserts that Christianity is a declining force in
Africa, while Islam is on the rise – partially due to more effective
missionary techniques. So-called “Ju Ju”, according to Mendelson, is
crucial to African identity.
Notes:
none
Title:
15/2 S-11 KVOS Special: The Race for Washington
(Senator Warren G. Magnuson and Richard Christiansen)
Date:
11/1/62
Length:
27:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good*
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Four politicians are interviewed prior to the 1962 senatorial and
congressional election: incumbent senator Warren G Magnuson (Democrat)
and his opponent Richard Christiansen (Republican) as well as
incumbent representative Alfred Westland (Republican) and his opponent
Milo E. Moore (Democrat). Magnuson is interviewed for the first ten
minutes, and briefly touches upon a range of issues including
Medicare, trade, the Kennedy Administration, communism, and his
unwillingness to engage his opponent in a televised debate.
Christiansen, a former Lutheran Minister, is interviewed for the next
ten minutes and focuses primarily on his campaign strategy, although
he also takes time to condemn communism. Both interviews touch upon
the different political climate in Washington East and West of the
Cascades. Westland, of Washington’s Second Congressional District, is
interviewed for four minutes, and offers a position on Whatcom County
lumber issues. Moore, a former Washington State Fisheries Director,
mentions his plan to turn Drayton Harbor and Terrell Creek (Birch Bay)
into fish farms.
Notes:
*No lead on film; footage begins abruptly
Box 16
Title:
16/1 S-12 KVOS Special: Key to the College Door
Date:
2/13/63
Length:
29 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Interviews with Western Washington State College (which would later
become Western Washington University) administrators about
college-related issues. Interviewees include WWSC President James L.
Jarrett and Dean of Men C.W. MacDonald (known as Bill MacDonald).
Topics include preparing for college, reasons for going to college,
alternatives to college, admissions criteria, the cost of a college
education, loans, and scholarships. Interviews with a selected panel
of students explore their attitudes towards college, and related
issues such as study habits, financial management, and extracurricular
activities. Silent footage of the college is interspersed, with shots
of Old Main, Bond Hall, the Carver Gym, etc. See S-20A for related
material.
Notes:
none
Title:
16/2 S-13 KVOS Special: Room for the 3 R's (Sehome High
School Bond Issue)
Date:
3/6/63
Length:
39 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
Much of this reel, especially the 1st half, in poor
condition with many breaks and inadequate splicing.
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
partial
Description:
The first ten minutes of footage lack dialogue or narration, and show
the crowded hallways of Bellingham High School, as well as external
views of the buildings. The balance of the reel intersperses similar
footage (including aerial shots of the Bellingham High) with
interviews about the necessity of building a second high school in
Bellingham. Topics include a new municipal bond issue, site
selection, and (at length) philosophical differences between those
favoring four versus three year high schools. Differing perspectives
on secondary education are reviewed. Interviewees are not
identified.
Notes:
See also BM-3 for more on this topic
Box 17
Title:
17/1 S-14 KVOS Special: Castro Revisited
Date:
4/24/63
Length:
28:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Sergio Rojas, a defector from the Fidel Castro regime in Cuba, is
interviewed for the first twenty-two minutes. He discusses his
reasons for supporting the Cuban revolution against the Baptista
government, and why he eventually turned against Castro. He paints a
grim picture of living conditions in Cuba, and condemns communism –
claiming to have been unaware that that Casto’s rebellion had anything
to do with communism. He calls upon the United States to support an
insurrection against Castro – two years after the failed
Bay of Pigs invasion. The Cuban Missile Crisis and Khrushchev are
mentioned frequently. Professor John Wuest of Western Washington
State College (later
Western Washington University)
is interviewed for the balance of the reel, and analyzes the preceding
interview. He criticizes Rojas’ call for U.S. support without
allowing greater U.S. involvement in a subsequent political
restructuring of
Cuba.
Notes:
none
Title:
17/2 BM-3 KVOS Special: Shall Bellingham Build a New High School?
Date:
(Unknown: circa 1963)
Length:
18 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Al Swift interviews Dave Mintz, chairman of the Bellingham Citizen’s
Education Committee, about the approaching March 12 (1963?) vote on
whether to fund the construction of a second Bellingham High School.
Issues discussed include population growth, increasing family size,
site selection, the municipal bond, taxes, and educational
philosophy. Dave Mintz was also vice-president and general manager of
KVOS television. See also S-13 for more on this topic.
Notes:
none
Title:
17/3 BM-4 KVOS Special: Tatayama
Date:
(Unknown; circa 1963?)
Length:
8 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
Poor. Fragmentary footage, scraps.
Duplicate:
VHS only
Sound:
no
Description:
Soundless footage of Bellingham’s sister city of Tatayama, Japan.
Buildings, cityscape, people eating and drinking sake.
Notes:
none
Box 18
Title:
18/1 S-16 KVOS Special: Camelot
Date:
August 1963
Length:
27 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Three cast members of the hit Broadway musical “Camelot” are
interviewed on the eve of the play’s opening at the
Queen Elizabeth Theatre in
Vancouver. Actor Robert Peterson has assumed the role of Sir Lancelot
from original cast member Robert Goulet. Arthur Treacher, who appears
with his sheepdog, has taken over the role of King Arthur from Richard
Burton. Actress Catherine Grayson has replaced Julie Andrews as
Guinevere, and is accompanied by three cocker spaniels. All three
interviews are extremely personal, with Arthur Treacher’s being
exceptionally amusing due to his forceful, eccentric personality.
Treacher is known for his roles in over seventy films, as well as the
chain of fish and chips restaurants which bears his name.
Notes:
none
Title:
18/2, 18/3 KVOS Special: Editorial 1, Editorial 2.
Date:
(Unknown; circa 1963?)
Length:
11:40 minutes (total)
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
These two short editorials by Al Swift of KVOS concern the use of
Whatcom County funds derived from the sale of timber on federal forest
lands within the county. County commissioners E.R. Haxton, Henry
Halvorson, and Archie Truax had decided to apply the entire annual
amount towards the road fund (citing damage from a bad winter),
instead of splitting it with the county schools as precedent
dictated. The commissioners also cited an annual deficit for the
Lummi Ferry. Swift decries the officials’ refusal to be interviewed
about their decision, and accuses them of denying the public’s right
to know. Transparency of government is at the root of the principle
that Swift is defending. These editorials aired on consecutive
nights.
Notes:
From two short reels of 5:30 each on same topic
Box 19
Title:
19/1 S-20A KVOS Special: A Professor Looks at his College
(1 of 2)
Date:
10/24/64
Length:
29:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good (some minor splicing required).
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
partial
Description:
This reel consists of narration superimposed over images of student
life at Western Washington State College (later Western Washington
University), chosen from over four and a half hours of footage and
interviews. Eight professors contribute to the commentary: Katherine
Carroll, Charles Flora, Arthur Hicks, James McAree, Richard Reynolds,
Herbert Taylor, Ralph Thompson, and Mary Watrous. They opine about
their educational philosophies, teaching styles, students and the
college experience, extracurricular activities, etc. Different views
on the best way to provide a college education are offered. Footage
includes the campus - Old Main, Wilson Library, the future site of Red
Square, the Carver Gym; footage of professors lecturing, students in
laboratories, students performing music and creating visual arts,
playing football, etc. Off-campus footage includes biology or zoology
students exploring tide-pools along Bellingham’s shoreline, and
visiting Whatcom Falls.
Notes:
See S-20B for extra footage related to this episode, and S-12 for more
on WWSC in the 1960's.
Title:
19/2 S-20B KVOS Special: A Professor Looks at his College
(2 of 2)
Date:
10/24/64
Length:
21 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
no
Description:
This reel consists of extra, soundless footage taken for the creation
of S-20A. Subject matter is heavily intermingled. Lots of shots of
tide-pool hunting (see above), and Whatcom Falls. More footage of
football, cheerleading, and a large bonfire – possibly homecoming.
Extensive footage from still photos of the smashing of a piano while a
crowd of students looks on.
Notes:
See S-20A for the actual episode, and S-12 for more on WWSC in the
1960's.
Box 20
Title:
20/1 S-21 KVOS Special: The First R
Date:
11/14/63
Length:
27:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Dr. Donald Durrell, Professor of Education at
Boston University
and nationally recognized authority on the teaching of reading, is
interviewed by Dr. James L. Jarrett, President of Western Washington
State College (later Western Washington University). Durrell
discusses the best approaches to teaching reading to young children.
Topics that are raised include phonics, flashcards, cursive writing,
spelling, parental preparation, pronunciation, child psychology,
education, educational philosophy, and the importance of elementary
school libraries. Emphasis on kindergarten, first grade.
Notes:
none
Box 21
Title:
21/1 S-22 KVOS Special: Inside Lake Whatcom: Part I
(with Dr. Charles Flora)
Date:
11/21/63
Length:
31 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes (except for outdoor scenes)
Description:
Bellingham Mayor and Chairman of the Water Board John E Westford
introduces the subject of Lake Whatcom, and the city funded 1963 study
of its water quality. Professor Charles Flora, who co-conducted the
study, then gives an informative lecture about the lake, using a large
scale model (1 to 2400 feet) of the lake in the science building at
Western Washington State College (later Western Washington
University). He describes the physiogeography of the lake, which
serves as a reservoir for the City of
Bellingham.
Flora places the volume of the lake, which is fed by the Nooksack
River, at 778,000 acre feet of water. Issues such as drinking water
pollution are raised, but in less detail than in part 2 (S-23). The
balance of the reel consists of footage of experiments being conducted
on the lake.
Notes:
See S-23 for part 2
Title:
21/2 S-23 KVOS Special: Inside Lake Whatcom: Part II
(with Dr. Gerald Kraft)
Date:
11/21/ 63
Length:
31 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes (except outdoor scenes)
Description:
The first seven minutes of the reel contains footage of experiments
being conducted out on Lake Whatcom. From
7 to 13 minutes, Dr. Kraft discusses the importance of temperature
readings, and explains a chart illustrating a thermocline. At
14:50 minutes he returns
to describe measurements taken of oxygen and bacteria levels. He
describes the varying amounts of choliform bacteria in the lake, which
is indicative of fecal pollution. He closes with a warning about the
adverse impact of development, contaminants, and pollutants on the
drinking water supply.
Notes:
See S-22 for part 1
Box 22
Title:
22/1 S-24 KVOS Special: The Mark of Connelly
Date:
12/25/63
Length:
22 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Writer, director, playwright, Yale University Drama Professor, and
theatre critic Marc Connelly is interviewed for the entire reel. The
first ten minutes focuses on his influential 1930 all-black production
Green Pastures, which adapts old testament stories to Southern
Black folklore. Issues raised include race relations, racism,
minorities, segregation, the theatre, and literature. The second half
of the interview emphasizes Connelly’s early days as a
New York
journalist, and his early collaborations with George Kauffman.
Notes:
none
Box 23
Title:
23/1 S-25 KVOS Special: The Varied World of Ben Avital
Date:
1/16/64
Length:
26 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Al Swift interviews Jewish activist Benad Avital, who was then the
Israeli consul to the 13 western states. The London-born Avital
discusses a broad range of topics, based upon his varied life
experiences. As a filmmaker and film producer in the 1930’s and early
40’s, he worked on the British production of Henry V, starring
Laurence Olivier. He also made films in
Israel in
the mid 1950’s. After serving in the RAF signal corps during the
second world war, Avital became an active member in AJEX – the
Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen, an anti-fascist protest
organization. He describes the tactics used to undermine Sir Oswald
Mosley’s British Fascism movement. Next, he discusses life on an
Israeli Kibbutz, including the practice of communal child-rearing. He
also worked on a cooperative farm. He goes into some detail about his
subsequent role as Israeli press officer during the Sinai conflict
(the Six Days War), and examines both the causes and results of the
war. The ongoing Arab – Israeli tensions, and Middle East turmoil,
are at issue. He also comments upon the trial of Adolf Eichmann, and
addresses criticism of the kidnapping of the infamous Nazi – often
considered to be the architect of the holocaust.
Notes:
none
Title:
23/2 S-26 KVOS Special: The Port of Bellingham.
Date:
2/6/64
Length:
30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
film requires at least 3 splices.
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Al Swift takes a look at the Port of Bellingham, with an emphasis on
its contributions to growth and development. Several port
administrators (unidentified) comment on the range of port activities
at its various properties, including the Port Shipping Terminal
Facility, Squalicum Harbor, South Bellingham properties, Blaine Boat
Harbor, the airport (then served by one commercial airline: West Coast
Airlines), and the Mountainview Industrial Site. Jim Brooks,
Vice-president of the Whatcom County Industrial Development Council,
discusses ways to attract businesses and private enterprise to the
area, as well as issues related to shipping. Interviews and
commentary are interspersed with aerial and panoramic footage of the
Bellingham waterfront, the airport (including cockpit footage of the
runway from a landing plane), and other areas in the county. Footage
of waterfront industry includes processing fish into Sea Freez brand
fishsticks, as well as Wakefield’s King Crab.
Notes:
See S-37 for more on industrial development in Whatcom County
Box 24
Title:
24/1 S-27A KVOS Special: Alaska Earthquake - The Day After
Date:
4/2/64
Length:
22 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
fair- good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
no (other than brief newscast at beginning).
Description:
After a brief introductory newscast by reporter Andy Anderson, this
reel focuses on the massive destruction wrought on
Kodiak City, on
Kodiak Island,
Alaska, by the 1964 earthquake. The
March 27, 1964 quake was
then (and is still) the largest earthquake to ever strike the United
States. The devastation of Kodiak was caused by a series of
accompanying tidal waves. The tsunami aftermath is well-illustrated
by this dramatic footage of the town, showing ships smashed to bits
amongst the ruins of buildings. Community relief efforts are also
captured
Notes:
. See also S-27B
Title:
24/2 S-27B KVOS Special: Alaska Earthquake- The Day After
Date:
4/2/64
Length:
28:40 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
fair - good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
no (other than introduction)
Description:
The majority of this reel repeats footage from the preceding reel
(S-27A). Additional footage includes an extra introduction with
background about Kodiak City, a minute and a half of extra commentary
(at 22:30 minutes), and about five minutes of additional damage images.
Notes:
see S-27A
Box 25
Title:
25/1 S-28 KVOS Special: A Forest of Learning
(Bellingham primary grade forestry unit)
Date:
4/16/64
Length:
6 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
short scraps of footage
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
partial
Description:
This short reel features two minutes of soundless footage of children
in the woods, followed by an unidentified man (from the Bellingham
School District?) talking briefly about the school district’s
arboretum acquired for educational purposes. Forestry, and forest
conservation education are mentioned.
Notes:
Footage lacks explanatory context
Title:
25/2 S-32 KVOS Special: Our Public Schools (Elizabeth
Kuntz)
Date:
8/20/ 64
Length:
25:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
North Carolina special education teacher Elizabeth Kuntz is
interviewed by Al Swift. Kuntz, then president elect of the
Department of Classroom Teachers of the National Education
Association, talks about a wide range of issues related to teaching,
education, and educational philosophy. Segregation, desegregation,
and racial integration in southern schools are discussed at length,
with an emphasis on equal opportunity for black children. Other key
topics include the evolution of the teaching profession, and the
relationship between teachers, administrators, and the community.
Kuntz was in Bellingham to attend the 1964 Annual Classroom Teachers
National Conference. A commercial advertisement for CARE USA, an
international relief organization, precedes the interview. A
commercial advertisement for the National Council on Alcoholism,
featuring Robert Young and Marty Mann, interrupts the interview two
minutes before the end.
Notes:
none
Title:
25/3 S-33 KVOS Special: Potpourri: Bells and Whidbey Naval Air
Station
Date:
9/3/64
Length:
12:40 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
fair (fragments, scraps)
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
no
Description:
This entirely silent reel features a mishmash of unrelated, out of
context footage on two subjects: sports, and jet aircraft at the
Whidbey Naval Air Station. A baseball game and football practice
comprise the first category; while uniforms are labeled Giants and
Jets, it is clear that this is not footage of the famous teams bearing
those names. The airplane shots include at least two types of Naval
jets; both believed to be bombers. One might be an F-4 Phantom II,
and is shown maneuvering in flight.
Notes:
footage lacks explanatory context
Box 26
Title:
26/1 S-36 KVOS Special: The Natural World Of Poetry (Bob
Huff and Knute Skinner)
Date:
1/21/65
Length:
20:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Western Washington University English Professors Robert Huff and Knute
Skinner read a number of short poems aloud throughout this episode.
Some of Huff’s own work that he reads includes the poems Rainbow
and Dying Dentist. Skinner’s selections include his poems
Park,
Pillow, Swirl, and The Lion. Additionally, both
poets read the works of other poets, including Walt Whitman, William
Butler Yates, and Gerard Manley Hopkins.
Notes:
none
Title:
26/2 S-37 KVOS Special: Intalco: A Visit from Paris
Date:
2/18/65
Length:
21 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
partial
Description:
Several people (unidentified), both French and American, discuss the
new INTALCO Aluminum plant being built in Ferndale. Issues include
site selection, growth and development, freight rates, tax incentives,
energy rates, and pollution. One spokesperson promises that the
smelter will be a good corporate neighbor, installing equipment to
minimize pollutants through fume control.
Notes:
fragmentary footage; lacks contextual information. See S-26 for more
on Whatcom County’s efforts to attract industrial development and
private enterprise to the area
Box 27
Title:
27/1 S-38 KVOS Special: The Seventh President (Harvey
Bunke)
Date:
2/25/65
Length:
16:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
fair - good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes (inconsistent quality)
Description:
This reel contains most of the inauguration speech made by the seventh
president of Western Washington University (formerly Western
Washington State College). In addition to outlining his educational
philosophy (with a focus on higher education), Bunke emphasizes
equality of opportunity through public education. He outlines his
goals for his administration; amongst other things, he pledges a
commitment to general education, upholding the value of individuality,
and landscaping.
Notes:
fragmentary footage, incomplete
Title:
27/2 S-39 KVOS Special: Report from Olympia
Date:
3/18/65
Length:
21 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
fair - good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Footage of interviews with several unnamed people in Olympia,
following passage of the 1965 Washington State Budget. Interviewees
discuss the implications of the budget to Whatcom County, with a focus
on Western Washington University, which had its funding cut. There is
some speculation as to whether a recent peace march affected this
decision, but the interviewees deny that the demonstration had
anything to do with it. The proposed
Alaska Ferry Marine Highway
terminus in Bellingham is also discussed.
Notes:
fragmentary footage, incomplete
Box 28
Title:
28/1 S-39 KVOS Special: The Color of Black.
Date:
4/15/65
Length:
25:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Civil Rights leader and activist James Farmer is interviewed for the
entire episode. Farmer, founding member and head of the Congress of
Racial Equality, or CORE, discusses a wide range of issues related to
the Civil Rights movement, including segregation, desegregation,
racial discrimination, the protest movement, nonviolent protest, the
freedom riders, the marches on Selma and Montgomery, President Lyndon
Johnson, and Alabama Governor George Wallace. He contrasts the black
movements in the north with those in the south, and describes an
overall “negro revolution.” He relates a powerful story of his own
recent escape from a violent lynch mob of Louisiana State Troopers and
police in Plaquemine, Louisiana. He describes what a cattle prod
feels like.
Notes:
footage ends abruptly
Box 29
Title:
29/1 S-40 KVOS Special: The Road to Redress
Date:
4/22/65
Length:
18:40 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes (poor quality recording during speech).
Description:
A Bellingham peace protest march against the Vietnam War is captured.
Protesters carry signs and placards against the war, featuring slogans
such as “Negotiation Not Napalm.” More attention is devoted on this
reel to the much smaller group of counter-protesters, who favor the
war; one spokesperson is interviewed for several minutes. Their
slogans include “draft the pacifists.” Some of the anti-war
demonstration takes place in front of the Hotel Leopold. The second
half of the reel is taken up by an unidentified man giving a speech
about the Vietnam War; the audio is poor, and it is difficult to make
out much of the speech.
Notes:
See also 13-1 for more Bellingham area protest footage
Title:
29/2 S-41 KVOS Special: "Mr. Justice Douglas"
(William O. Douglas)
Date:
(Unknown: circa 1965).
Length:
30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas is interviewed for the
half-hour episode. Douglas, a native of Yakima, WA, and a former dean
of law at Yale, was then serving his 26th year on the
bench. He discusses a wide range of topics, including freedom of the
press, rights of the accused, Lee Harvey Oswald and the Kennedy
assassination, the constitution and constitutional issues,
segregation, states rights, and citizen’s equal rights to the due
process of law.
Douglas compares the court under three different Chief Justices: Harlan
Fiske Stone, Frederick Moore Vinson, and Earl Warren. He also
mentions his commitment to wilderness conservation, highlighted by his
1958 efforts to raise awareness about the Olympic Peninsula coast. He
closes with a short commentary about
China and Chinese
relations. Douglas had been appointed to the court by Franklin Delano Roosevelt in
1939.
Notes:
none
Title:
29/3 S-43 KVOS Special: Let the Chips Fall
Date:
7/1/65
Length:
11:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
film requires several splices.
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
partial (first five minutes lack sound)
Description:
Scenes from the 1965 Deming Log Show. Lumberjack and logging themed
competitions are captured, including contests involving the use of
saws, chainsaws, floating logs, and axes. Two contestants, both
professional speed climbers, are interviewed about the sport of speed
climbing.
Notes:
none
Box 30
Title:
30/1 S-46A KVOS Special: And Have Not Love (Project
Overcome).
Date:
10/3/65
Length:
28 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD, other reels of film.
Sound:
yes
Description:
This episode highlights Project Overcome: An Experiment in Education.
Fifty disadvantaged and poverty-stricken high school students from
Washington State urban slums and Indian Reservations were chosen to
participate in the pilot program at Western Washington State College
(later Western Washington University).
The camera follows them through eight rigorous summer weeks of
classroom instruction, communal living, and educational field trips.
The students were housed in the Ridgeway Residences, took meals in the
Viking Union, and studied with many professors and instructors,
including biologist Jerry Flora, Bellingham artist Leland Stanley,
writer Don McCloud, and others. The film highlights the students
singing a folksong with history professor Jack Trailer, as well as a
student art exhibit. Field trips included the Bellingham Highland
Games, Victoria, the Lakewood property on Lake Whatcom, and a Mt.
Baker hike. Project Overcome was part of Upward Bound, and was
supported by the Office of Economic Opportunity.
Notes:
S-46B is a duplicate of the same episode. Master Tapes for both 46A
and 46B are located in Box 37
Title:
30/2 S-46B KVOS Special: And Have Not Love (Project
Overcome).
Date:
10/3/65
Length:
28 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD, other reels of film.
Sound:
yes
Description:
see S-46A (duplicate reel).
Notes:
Duplicate of S-46A. Master Tapes for both 46A and 46B are located in
Box 37
Box 31
Title:
31/1 S-48 KVOS Special: The World of Dick (Dick Gregory)
Date:
2/13/66
Length:
27:15 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
DVD, VHS
Sound:
yes
Description:
Black stand-up comic, entertainer, author, nutritionist, and civil
rights activist Dick Gregory, then famous for his anti-establishment
satire, is interviewed in this episode. Although the interviewer
(unidentified) calls Gregory America’s “foremost negro comedian,”
Gregory comments upon a range of serious topics relating to the civil
rights movement. Gregory, who had been shot in the leg during the
August 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles (during which 32 people were
killed), discusses segregation, recent civil rights legislation,
Martin Luther King, local and regional black leaders, the philosophy
of the protest movement, protests, nonviolence, pacifism, and social
justice in America. Gregory emphasizes the simmering tensions in
oppressed minority communities.
This reel also contains two public service announcement
commercials. The advertisement preceding the episode is an animation
cartoon produced by the American Dental Association, and promotes
fluoride and fluoridation as a solution to tooth decay. The ad
following the episode, produced by the U.S. Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, promotes clean water – and cites a growing
problem of pollution and contamination.
Notes:
none
Title:
31/2 S-49 KVOS Special: A Place Called Home
Date:
3/20/66
Length:
10:40 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
Poor. Reel needs dozens of splices (if it is deemed important enough
to bother with).
Duplicate:
VHS only
Sound:
no
Description:
Reel composed of outtakes and scraps of footage from an episode not
represented in this collection. The footage focuses on elderly
housing, showing the poor condition of low-income senior housing.
There is also some low-quality footage of the city of
Bellingham. All footage lacks sound and is fragmentary.
Notes:
See S-56 for slightly better footage of these issues. Footage is
devoid of context
Box 32
Title:
32/1 S-52 KVOS Special: Guemes Island: Beginning or End?
Date:
9/11/66
Length:
23:45 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good (but requires a few splices)
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
partial
Description:
This episode concerns the 1966 attempt by Northwest Aluminum Company
to build an Aluminum plant on Guemes Island, one of the San Juan
Islands. Although favored by Skagit County and then economically
depressed Anacortes, residents of Guemes Island almost uniformly
opposed the plan, and formed a citizen’s action group, “Save the San
Juans,” led by retired Boeing executive Evan Nelson. Nelson hired a
young John Erlichman (pre-Nixon) as the group’s lawyer. Although
Skagit County hastily rezoned a portion of the island for heavy
industry, in 1967 the corporation bowed to public pressure and
withdrew from this attempt. The film features short interviews with
people in favor of and opposed to the proposed industrial development
(all except Nelson are unidentified). In addition, there is a small
amount of scenic footage.
Notes:
See S-53 for more about this issue. See S-36 for footage concerning
the INTALCO Aluminum plant in Ferndale, WA
Title:
32/2 S-53 KVOS Special: Guemes Island: View From Anacortes.
Date:
9/18/66
Length:
24:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
This reel consists of a press conference by an executive spokesperson
from Northwest Aluminum Company. The spokesperson (unidentified)
explains why the
Guemes Island site was chosen, and describes the company’s plan for
development. Northwest Aluminum, a subsidiary of a Japanese-backed
consortium, sought a deep water site with adjacent flat acreage, and
was also lured by the promise of cheap power from Bonneville power.
Despite Skagit
County’s hasty rezoning of the area to heavy industrial, public
opposition forced the company to withdraw the next year.
Notes:
See S-52 for more on this issue, and S-36 for footage concerning the
INTALCO aluminum plant in Ferndale (Whatcom County)
Box 33
Title:
33/1 S-56 KVOS Special: Low Cost Housing
Date:
(Unknown: circa 1965?)
Length:
23:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
fair
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
partial
Description:
Reel of footage concerning affordable housing for low-income elderly
in Bellingham. At
13:30 minutes there is a short interview with a Mrs. Howell of
Bellingham, a
seventy-year old resident of government subsidized housing. At 19:15
minutes there is a short interview with an unidentified official who
claims that Bellingham is well ahead of federal standards in this
area, and refers to urban renewal. There is also some silent aerial
footage and scenic footage of Bellingham.
Notes:
Most of the reel consists of scraps and fragmented footage, lacking
sound and context
Title:
33/2 S-57 KVOS Special: North to the Future: Alaskan Ferry.
(Marine Highway).
Date:
1967
Length:
41 minutes.
Film Quality (Original):
fair – film requires several splices.
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
partial
Description:
This reel of film
concerns the proposed marine highway link between Alaska and
Washington State. The reel consists of both color and black and white
footage, and includes both magnetic and optical film spliced
together. There are several interviews with newly-elected Alaskan
Governor Walter Joseph Hickel, during which he promotes the ferry, and
describes transportation problems concerning Alaska. He criticizes
the Jones Act, which requires domestic cargo to be transported on
American vessels. A representative of the Bellingham Terminal
Committee (unidentified) presents the case for a
Bellingham terminus; at the time, Seattle and Anacortes were also
under consideration. There is silent color footage both of and from
the ferry Matanuska, including the Sehome High School Band (Bellingham)
performing on its deck. Scenic footage from the ferry includes
Seattle (Space Needle visible), and arrival in Ketchikan.
Notes:
VHS and DVD copies may exhibit brief inconsistencies in sound,
quality, due to switches between optical and magnetic film on the reel
Box 34
Title:
34/1 S-60 KVOS Special: Interview with John J. O’Connell.
Date:
1967
Length:
25:45 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Washington State Attorney General John J. O’Connell is interviewed in
this episode. O’Connell begins by discussing the “long hot summer” of
race riots which occurred in many
U.S. cities
that year, and explains why a race riot was unlikely to occur in
Washington State. He discusses the social tensions and injustices
which led to these outbreaks of chaos and violence, and talks about
fair housing legislation. He also mentions, in passing, the similar
injustices faced by Native Americans. Next, O’Connell explores the
broader topic of soaring crime rates, both nationally and
state-wide. He suggests a need to reexamine ineffective punitive
measures against crime. Finally, O’Connell calls for major reform of
the Washington State Constitution; including a complete constitutional
re-write, to be undertaken by a constitutional convention of elected
delegates.
Notes:
None
Title:
34/2 S-61 KVOS Special: Bellingham Technical School: A
Revolution in Education.
Date:
(Unknown: circa 1965/ 66?)
Length:
25:45 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Bellingham Technical School (precursor of Bellingham Technical
College) is profiled in this episode. After an introduction by
Western Washington University President Harvey Bunke, Citizen’s
Education Committee chairman David Mintz discusses the benefits of
non-traditional education, embodied by the vocational school. The
technical school offered a wide range of programs, including nursing,
engineering, electronics, mechanics, and cooking. Footage of the
cafeteria shows culinary students preparing and serving meals, while
students in the carpentry shop and machine shop gained experience in
those professions. Mr. Pratt, and engineering technology instructor,
is briefly interviewed about surveying and drafting.
Notes:
none
Title:
34/3 S-64 KVOS Special: He Would Be Dead Now (Outtakes)
Date:
8/27/67
Length:
6 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good (scraps)
Duplicate:
VHS
Sound:
partial
Description:
Six minutes of color footage outtakes from an episode not represented
in the collection. The subject is a young Nooksack tribal member
(identified only as Roy Jr.) who is undergoing dialysis treatments at
the Seattle Artificial Kidney center. The footage includes excerpts
of the treatment underway, a description of the anticoagulant drug
used in the process, and part of an interview with Roy himself. The
last minute or so features his father, who discusses the need to bring
a dialysis machine to the Everson – Nooksack area.
Notes:
color footage
Box 35
Title:
35/1 S-65 KVOS Special: A Place to Grow
Date:
9/17/67
Length:
29 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
This full-length color episode profiles Latino migrant farm workers in
Skagit County, and some new programs designed to help them and their
children. Called “Spanish Americans” in the film, these migrant
laborers are present for several weeks each year in
Skagit County, harvesting strawberries, raspberries, cucumbers, etc. A
group called the Skagit Migrant Facilities Committee was particularly
focused on providing limited educational and community opportunities
for the children of the workers, who are described in the film as
“functional illiterates.” The committee, under its president William
Grant (a Methodist Minister) obtained funds through the Washington
State Office of Economic Opportunity and from charitable donations.
One of two daycare centers funded by the group was at the
Immaculate Conception
School in Mount Vernon; a second center was located in Burlington.
Both sought to address the issues of illiteracy and cultural
alienation, and offered bilingual instruction in both English and
Spanish.
Notes:
color footage
Title:
35/2 S-66 KVOS Special: Junk Mail
Date:
10/1/67
Length:
15 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Deputy Postmaster General Frederick C. Beeley (sp?) is interviewed
about junk mail, mass-mailings, bulk advertising, improving post
office service, and the suggested postal rate increase. He discusses
first class, second class, third class, and fourth class (parcel post)
mail. Lawrence O’Brien was then Postmaster General.
Notes:
black and white footage
Box 36
Title:
36/1 S-67 KVOS Special: Western's Fourth R
Date:
10/15/67
Length:
27:30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
A diverse array of Western Washington University faculty members
involved in research are profiled. The first four minutes are silent,
and feature Professor Gerald Kraft and students conducting field
experiments from a boat. After that a series of professors explain
their research. These include Dr. June Ross, one of the first female
biochemists at the University, who discusses her research on sponges.
Ross is the wife of Geology Professor Charles Ross. Dr. Larry Douglas
talks about monitoring the impact of special educational programs in
minority neighborhoods. Dr. Carol Diers from the psychology
department, a specialist in personality research, discusses a failed
experiment involving armadillos (the last armadillo died from exposure
to Bellingham’s climate). Dr. Debnath Mookhergee of the geography
department explains his research into urban demographics in India.
Dr. Joseph Hashisaki of the math department highlights his book,
The Theory of Arithmetic. The last few minutes of footage feature
local saltwater invertebrates, including crabs, sea urchins, and sea
cucumbers. The bizarre looking Puget Sound King Crab (Lopholithodes
mandtii) is included.
Notes:
none
Title:
36/2 S-68 KVOS Special: Christmas Concert: The Sehome Choir.
(Christmas 1967).
Date:
12/24/67
Length:
28: 30 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS only
Sound:
yes
Description:
This color episode features the 1967 Christmas Concert performed by
the Sehome High School choir. Several songs, Christmas carols, and
Hymns are performed, with brief commentary.
Notes:
none
Title:
36/3 S-69 KVOS Special: Julian Bond Interview.
Date:
5/18/67
Length:
28 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
good
Duplicate:
VHS, DVD
Sound:
yes
Description:
Georgia State Legislator and Anti Vietnam War activist Julian Bond is
interviewed in front of the Old Main building at
Western Washington University.
Political Science Department Chairman Manfred Vernon also participated
in the discussion. The discussion focuses heavily on the war in
Vietnam, and topics include pacifism, the draft and conscription,
unilateral withdrawal, poverty, racism, race relations, minorities,
civil rights, political activism, and Dr. Martin Luther King. Bond,
then a 27 year old African-American, had to fight for two years in the
Supreme Court before the State of Georgia would recognize the
legitimacy of his victory. The following year, as a delegate to the
infamous 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, he was a key member of
the “Georgia Loyalist” faction. He is currently (2005) the Chairman
of the NAACP.
Notes:
abrupt ending (cut off)
Title:
36/4 Reach Out! (AAUW)
Date:
(Unknown: circa 1970’s?)
Length:
12 minutes
Film Quality (Original):
fair (color severely faded)
Duplicate:
VHS only
Sound:
yes
Description:
This American Association of University Women promotional film focuses
on the Educational Fellowship Foundation Program, which gives grants
to women studying at the pre-doctoral, doctoral, and post-doctoral
levels. It also supports independent research. Film is
produced and distributed by Pilgrim Film Services.
Notes:
AAUW Endowment Promotional Film
Box 37
This box contains the
Alpha and Beta Master tapes for the films in Box 30 "Have Not Love" as
well as a Master Audio track on 16mm Film.
Boxes 38-43
These boxes contain
all the VHS Tape and DVD copies of the above KVOS films.
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