Segment 1: "My Ship Came In," by Johnny Cash and Earl Scrugs plays over video of the Oaks Park skating rink neon sign, followed by footage of rides and attractions at Oaks Park as carnival music plays. Segment ends at (0:10:33). Segment 2: (0:11:00) Recording of news program on television screen, talking about airstrikes during the Vietnam War. Cuts to footage of people casually socializing in a parking lot. Cuts to students preparing for an anti-war protest. Segment ends at (0:18:40). Segment 3: (0:19:05) Interviewer speaking with Sean Gold, a youth attending Lee's Taekwondo school for karate. Gold talks about the school and teachers, then demonstrates some techniques, and goes on to talk about Bruce Lee. Video ends abruptly.
Credits: A videotape by Tom Kennedy and Donna Ryan.
The Video Access Project (Public Access Television Program)
A carousel horse at the Oaks Amusement Park in Portland. Paintings can be seen at the center of the carousel, and metal braces are at the top (negative 2 of 5).
A carousel bird at the Oaks Amusement Park in Portland. Paintings can be seen at the center of the carousel, and metal braces are at the top (negative 3 of 5).
Carousel animals at the Oaks Amusement Park in Portland. Paintings can be seen at the center of the carousel, and metal braces are at the top (negative 4 of 5).
Children and families on benches at Oaks Park in Portland. The people appear to be watching something, with one resting her head on her hands (negative 1 of 2).
Negatives documenting company activities, including electrical infrastructure, employees, power generation and distribution throughout Portland, the Willamette Valley and the Oregon Cascade Range. Additional general images include streetcars and trains, street lighting, power line installation, Rose Festival floats, office buildings, car barns and bridges. Of particular note are dam building projects at Bull Run and along the Clackamas River (1910-1930), and early electric stations in Oregon City at Willamette Falls.
Photograph of a train station exit at Oaks Park in Portland. To the right, a hillside leads down to the water, and a wooded hill is visible is the distance. The sign on the wooden structure has the name “Oaks Park” painted on the top. An additional sign at the right side of the image says “Oregon Yacht Club”.
Photograph of the Oaks Park ticket office, a long wooden building with a slatted fence at the front. Tow ticket windows are visible, with “pay car fare here” written on signs. A large wooden promenade is at the front of the building, extending towards the photographer. Three decorative tree-shape electric lights are visible.
Photograph of the Oaks Park ticket office, a long wooden building with a slatted fence at the front. Tow ticket windows are visible, with “pay car fare here” written on signs. A large wooden promenade is at the front of the building, extending towards the photographer. Two decorative tree-shape electric lights are visible.
Photograph of widespread flooding of the Willamette River at Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon during the Vanport Flood. Taken by an unidentified student at the Northwest School of Photography.