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 faculty members speak...
Western Washington University--History--Sources; Western Washington University -- Buildings, structures, etc.--History--Sources.; Western Washington University--Faculty--History--Sources.; Western Washington University--Students--History--Sources.;
Including 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 the largest earthquake...
Stand-up comic, entertainer, author, nutritionist, and civil rights activist Dick Gregory is interviewed by Andy Anderson. Gregory comments upon a range of topics including the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles, segregation, recent civil rights...
African Americans--Civil rights--United States--History--Sources.;Civil rights workers--United States--History--Sources.
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...
Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.)--History--Sources.
The first of two KVOS Specials, regarding the 1966 attempt by Northwest Aluminum Company to build an Aluminum plant on Guemes Island, one of the San Juan Islands in Washington State, USA. Although favored by Skagit County and then economically...
A press conference by an executive spokesperson from Northwest Aluminum Company. The spokesperson (unidentified) explains choice of Guemes Island as a site for an aluminum plant site, and the company’s plan for development. Northwest Aluminum,...
Student anti-nuclear rally in spring 1962 on the campus of Western Washington State College (subsequently Western Washington University). English professor Arthur Hicks delivers a speech in front of the student union building; a march to downtown...
Antinuclear movement--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources.; College students--Washington (State)--Bellingham--Political activity--History--Sources.; Hicks, Arthur C. (Arthur Clark), 1901-;Western Washington...
Georgia State Legislator and Anti Vietnam War activist Julian Bond is interviewed in front of the Old Main building at Western Washington University, by Political Science Department Chairman Manfred Vernon. Julian Bond is introduced by Duayne F....
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...
Cold War--History--Sources.; Peace Arch (Blaine, Wash. and White Rock, B.C.)--History--Sources.; Civil defense--United States--History--20th century.; Civil defense -- Canada--History--20th century.
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...
African Americans--Civil rights--United States--History--Sources.; Civil rights workers--United States--History--Sources.
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.
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...
Interviews with Western Washington State College (which would later become Western Washington University) administrators about college-related issues. Speakers and interviewees include James L. Jarrett (President) and C.W. "Bill" MacDonald (Dean...
Western Washington University -- Buildings, structures, etc.; College administrators--Washington (State)--Bellingham--History--Sources.; Western Washington University--Students--History--Sources.
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...
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...
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Washington (State)--Bellingham.
A profile of Western Washington University faculty members and their research. 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...
Western Washington University--History--Sources;Western Washington University--Faculty--Research--History--Sources; Western Washington University--Faculty--Interviews.
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...
Jack 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...
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