“ THIS LAND OF OURS: OREGON ” 1950s EDUCATIONAL TRAVELOGUE FILM PORTLAND SALEM MT. HOOD XD41764

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This late-50s travelogue presented by Dudley Pictures Corporation and titled “This Land of Ours: Oregon,” highlights the many wonders and splendors of Oregon state and the city of Portland. The film is composed of voice over narration and a montage of scenic footage that underscores the scenic and touristic sites of Oregon. The film’s photography was done by Ed Drews and Keith Covey and the film was produced by Carl Dudley. Dudley was an American film director and producer who was known for founding Dudley Pictures Corporation, a film production company in 1944. In the 1950s, Dudley went on to produce thirty documentary shorts in the This World of Ours series.
Opening credits overlaid on an illustrated map of the United States of America that features an image of a bald eagle (0:06). Montage of shots of the Pacific Ocean from Oregon’s tree-line coast (0:31). Shot of the Columbia River and mountain peaks surrounding it (0:43). Monument marking the end of the trail of the Lewis and Clark expedition in Seaside, Oregon (0:50). Children looking at the sign for the monument (0:56). Sign for the Oregon Trail featuring illustrated covered wagons and cattle (1:06). Cars driving along the scenic Columbia Highway (1:10). Shot of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River which is 40 miles east of Portland, Oregon (1:23). Interior shot of machinery at the dam that contributes to the creation of electricity which is produced from the Columbia and Willamette Rivers (1:33). Spectators observe Chinook salmon swimming through a fish ladder (2:03). Oregon timber industry - two lumberjacks saw down the trunk of a large tree (2:22). Timber is delivered to a mill that produces paper, pulp, rayon, plastics (2:45). Locomotive train speeds along a track (3:11). Shot of the city of Portland at the head of the Willamette Valley (3:20). Car and foot traffic on busy street in downtown Portland (3:25). A shot of Haystack Rock on Cannon Beach and a group of people horseback riding on the sand (3:46). Shots of the city’s industrial port and various goods getting transferred onto ships (3:55). People taking a stroll through Portland rose garden (4:20). Floats at Oregon’s annual Rose Festival and spectators looking on with enjoyment (4:50). Shots of Salem, Oregon (5:36). The capital building in Salem (5:54). Sign for Crater Lake (6:10). Scenic shots of Crater Lake (6:20). Shots of people fishing along at different rivers and lakes (6:48). Native American man tries to catch fish at Celilo Falls (7:05). Shot from the driver's perspective of Mount Hood in the distance (8:15). Shot of snow-covered Mount Hood (8:31). Skiers ride a ski lift and ski on Mount Hood (8:43). Closing frame with same illustrated map of America (9:00).
Celilo Falls was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is known today as the border between Oregon and Washington states.
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[@timmainson]

I miss my Oregon.❤

[@jonhaynes1577]

I have lived in Oregon for all of my 66 years and I to miss our once great home

[@nannynan5893]

Many native tribes are still here, having evolved like any other people, they still enjoy fishing and also casinos

[@gravit8ed]

ignorant white people enjoy the casinos - you can't blame the tribes for trying to get something back from the people who took literally everything they owned.

[@Dr.Cringe]

He really said these “red man”. Dang things were different back then

[@theresaschuebel5151]

Wish yhat they hadn't used the racist term Red man

[@denverdubois5835]

@@theresaschuebel5151 It was just what people called natives back then. It wasn't meant in a derogatory sense like the n-word. Grow up.

[@theresaschuebel5151]

I actually saw my mom, uncle, aunt, and grandparents in the downtown Portland footage. Had to show my suster. We flipped out. I know it was them, because I look just like my grandmother and I literally saw myself and went nuts, I was born in 1969

[@mackpines]

Awesome film! 1:05 Tooth Rock Tunnel. Built in 1936 because of Bonneville Dam. Now it's the eastbound lanes of I-84. The old section goes above the tunnel and is now a bike path. 3:21 Portland looked so small back then. No tall buildings! The Willamette was an open sewer in those days.

[@barbaradarnell7376]

To make that tunnel useful for a modern freeway,the road surface had to be lowered.

[@thejesuschrist]

rad! seeing all this futuristic footage get's me excited.

[@gravit8ed]

JESUS CHRIST - an eternity, and he still can't figure out how to use a apostrophy correctly

[@kennysboat4432]

Oregon loves you!

[@alastairgreen6783]

Gets. No apostrophe.

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@gravit8ed AN APOSTROPHE

[@KarelPKerezman]

"An almost limitless source of wood," eh? Sigh. Seeing footage of 1950s Portland is amusing as heck though. (And of course the Grand Floral Parade is IN THE RAIN, as is tradition.) Fun watch, thanks Periscope!

[@frankvehafric5062]

That's exactly what I instantly noticed as well.

[@AltimaNEO]

And the rivers being able to provide 1/3 of the nations power. Yeah right!

[@KarelPKerezman]

@@AltimaNEO Seriously, right?

[@djsmith5781]

It has been said that if all of Oregon's forests were sustainably harvested, Oregon alone could provide for the world's lumber needs.

[@damnoldguy]

@@AltimaNEO You do realize this is from the 50s?

[@jessegallego8251]

I love my home state of Oregon.

[@THATBRIGHTLINK0987]

My god downtown portland in the fifties was nothing like today. Walking downtown in Portland nowadays is like walking through what feels like a soulless city, so depressing.

[@bobbyc1849]

Every city in The USA has the same problems. Portland is still better than most. I lived in NYC and know haw bad it can get. Boys from the hood would say, "What a bunch pussy's".

[@davidpar2]

21st century Portland is one of the circles of hell

[@gravit8ed]

eye of the beholder issue isn't it? Who is soul-less, the viewer or the viewed?

[@BeingMe23]

@@gravit8ed Most people view life from their own bias perspective. I have lived in the NW for 32 years. Yes Portland got a black eye but she survived! 💪 👧

[@deninevh]

I live here. I know. Portland is not at all the jewel she used to be. And downtown is a disgrace.

[@rgraham9792]

RIP Celilo falls 🙁

[@michaelwilson8713]

May you rest in peace

[@justnerdystuff]

Great series! I really enjoyed watching every video.

[@PeriscopeFilm]

Awesome, thank you!

[@ananda_miaoyin]

We are coming for you, Oregon! - California.

[@tdublakeo]

Stay down there, Californians! -Oregon

[@arthurleino]

Lived in Oregon until joining the Navy in 1971. Banks Hi graduate 1971. Now live in Washington.

[@iilisette4225]

viewing this reminds one of all that we have lost and what was once great is currently rife with rot. This state in this video vs today is only the same in name, I'd like to visit and live in that Oregon

[@bretdaline8987]

I was there, it wasn't that great.

[@dezzeynizzuts]

all the things said in this video are still the same. we still have all the places and they are still beautiful. we still have the bonneville dam, roses, salem, crater lake, fishing, the willamette valley, the rose parade, and mt. hood. we don't have celeio falls any more, that one i'll give ya but other than that, this video still rings true as it is just a general descriptor touching on just a few of our greatest hits here. there is no mention of anything other than these locals and how great they are. did you watch a different video than the rest of us here?

[@michaelhodges250]

Same thoughts here. I was born in Portland in 93 and even since I was a kid the place has changed so much. I used to see a lot of business people walking downtown to and from the office and to lunch. Now only poor drug addicts and unknowing tourists are on the streets

[@DJ-bq8ng]

as a white person...

[@TheMineFieldIsOneOfAMine]

Born in the great state in 59! Always come home to her! Sad ta compare the vast array of differences over time... Unfortunate that most are negative... No more fish like that!, no clean rivers! no more trees like that or the jobs that cut them down! no more clean & Beautiful Portland, filthy streets, graffiti everywhere, people addicted many with mental illness, called "the homeless"! Still I believe we can overcome every problem if we work together! The Rose Gardens However... STILL THE BEST, IF NOT BETTER!

[@theresaschuebel5151]

Wonder why they didn't show the Timberline lodge in that footage of Mt Hood it is a beautiful building and as anyone that has ever seen The Shinning withJack Nickelson knows just how lovely that Mt can be

[@TheMineFieldIsOneOfAMine]

WELL SAID !

[@DevilDogDen1775]

I was born in 1960 in Portland. I remember some of this, but I honestly wish that I'd been born in 1950 instead. That way, I could have really enjoyed these days much longer ...

[@gravit8ed]

move to florida like all the other old farts who can't quit bitching about how great it was back before YOU RUINED IT

[@nannynan5893]

Born and raised a block from the Willamette in salem, life was beautiful, spring was full of orchards blooming. Worries were few, loved ones were here with me. I'm glad I didn't see this coming, I don't think I could have made it.

[@theresaschuebel5151]

My oldest sister was born in Portland in 1960 as well hell all 5 of use girls were born in Portland 1960,1961,1963,1969 (aka me) and 1971. I literally saw my mom, uncle, aunt and grandparents in the Portland footage. I know because I look just like my grandmother, flipped out when I saw my own face walking toward the camera, than got excited because I knew it was granny instead. My aunt was being carried by my grandfather and mom and uncle came along behind him with my grandmother

[@laurabeane8862]

What fantastic surprises are in store for this industrious State as it enters the 21st Century? Wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall to see what becomes of the Great City of Portland?

[@david24442]

🤣

[@Joe-mz6dc]

Antifa approves of this comment.

[@laurabeane8862]

I know😔 I wanted the flying cars and personal jetpacks by the year 2000, as well.

[@grikney]

Make room! There's more people coming!

[@WarbossGorgutz]

My grandparents got to grow up in portland before it became a shitpile, lucky ducks

[@Weshopwizard]

But remember kids, your grandchildren are gonna have to see people pooping in the streets of downtown. Look out Timmy! That’s a used needle. Thanks Mr narrator!!

[@arlitabeard7693]

Home!

[@spiritualservicesgodbless7641]

Thank you for the video

[@DM-hw4cr]

You no longer see salmon that size in the Columbia

[@jonhaynes1577]

Well then you have not been there this year

[@corey8420]

My family has lived in the Willamette Valley since 1852, I seldom if ever meet people who have roots in Oregon more than a decade..Oregon has become a state I no longer love, enjoy or respect.

[@tarriegibson1193]

I came from the indigenous tribes and the fur trappers and traders which were the first white settlers here in Oregon. I totally get it. And we are a minority of old roots here it seems to me.

[@Sennmut]

Back when trees were cut, not hugged.

[@laserbeam002]

I will probably get blasted for saying this but I don't care....I think sometime around the mid 60's America started losing it soul or spirit. At one time, even though we had problems, we had an actual culture and most americans respected our country and showed respect for each other. Not any more. Yes, I know we had problems with injustice and racism. Don't bother reminding me.

[@fakeascanbe423]

You got old and you miss being young. That has nothing to do with America

[@LaserFliping]

Desegregation

[@Sennmut]

AMEN!!!

[@brianmashin777]

Great to see portland before they built the plowed freeways through made the traffic and destroyed portland

[@VanishedPNW]

Too many people now. Even the four lane freeways are clogged and choked now.

[@jordandwiggins1026]

So dramatic. Some homeless people and frustrated citizens doesn’t mean the town is destroyed, we just need better solutions for helping people.

[@dianabuck7310]

7:42 - CW for a nifty little ethic slur. Gee golly, what a great time in American history. I sure do wish we could go back to life in the 1950s.

[@jeromes5183]

Yeah, crazy and they had the nerve to say the white man

[@muskepticsometimes9133]

refreshing to see Portland public film without self-hating disclaimer about land being stolen etc.

[@charlesm2437]

cry more, incel

[@design2survive]

Portland pre-leftism was actually pretty nice.

[@nahndeskript]

See folks, Portland was once a beautiful city.

[@masonsmith5726]

Still is. Wouldn't move for any other US city.

[@nahndeskript]

@@masonsmith5726 Well I pretty much agree, I guess I meant by ANYONE'S standards.

[@ultramagajackson3675]

Not anymore. Full of radical bizarre communist

[@masonsmith5726]

@@ultramagajackson3675 oh God, cry about it to whatever news station you watch. Don't like it, stay away, it'll make us both happier. I love my neighbors here in Portland, commie or otherwise.

[@okboomer1340]

@@masonsmith5726 I bet you are 42 and still wear Doc Martens.

[@Zomby_Woof]

2:45 been to that mill when it didn't look much different - mid 60's. Not much logging there by the 80's.

[@Lidia_Es]

Honestly I wish I could’ve grown up and died before 2000 hit.

[@nannynan5893]

I know how you feel, my heart breaks too, but hang on, and I will too. Best wishes Lidia, I will keep you in my prayers. We will come through this.

[@justnerdystuff]

Those small trees are only maybe 10 years old if that. When the pioneers came through the trees were tall and as thick as a railroad car. Almost all the forests in Oregon have been deforested and replanted. I don't think there are any trees older than 100 years old in the forests of Oregon. You should google Oregon Lumber in the 1800's to get an idea of just how big the trees were back then.

[@paulhammons7077]

Wow man

[@broeheemed32]

Interesting how KZbin hides replies to "some" comments.

[@541systamatik541]

Theyre scared of people speaking their own view

[@michaelwilson8713]

Facebook life in prison

[@aaronboren5851]

7:03 if only perpetuity hadn’t ended in 1957.

[@Tony-1950]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@nannynan5893]

Don't bother racing up here it isn't here anymore.when you come for us you bring your problem with you and we are all back where you came from

[@OJthejuiceman100]

So thats is what Oregon looked like before meth.

[@tombee4536]

Bums, junkies, and dead Salmon... Yay Oregon!

[@davidwesley2525]

Homeless tents & open toilet sidewalks. Portland has really gone to CRAP. 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

[@jacobbruce3174]

I wouldn’t say this video was on Oregon it was on Portland Salem crater lake didn’t show eastern or the coast of Oregon

[@davebergin342]

Did you catch the part about spectacular snowflakes, I meant roses!

[@ojibaway3]

Salem now hahah I live in salem

[@knighttuttruptuttrup8518]

Portland looked so beautiful, not so much now. I don't think it will ever recover from the "summer of blood" riots. I'm sorry, mostly peaceful riots. The same is true for many other cities. How come no one was held to account for the destruction done during the summer of blood not so peaceful riots?

[@NGH99999]

Today's Portland needs to swap their city symbol for that of a burning dumpster. I used to love visiting Portland, in the '70s, as a kid. OMSI ruled!

[@karlkaseweter7435]

Stop watching Faux news. You'd think the city burnt down by the Fake news portrayal. Dumpster fires and broken windows by anarchists doesn't mean the city was destroyed. I've lived here my entire life, and yes, it has changed, but the change has been brought about by out-of-staters moving here.

[@nahndeskript]

@@NGH99999 When it was up near the zoo, with the planes out in front.

[@masonsmith5726]

Bud this city is fine. Quit spreading propaganda.

[@NGH99999]

@@nahndeskript I forgot about those cool planes. I also remember riding the zoo train. Cool stuff.

[@phillipoliver982]

Wood chemistry lmao okay

[@geoben1810]

Yeah, a limitless supply of resources! The sheer arrogance and disregard for the environment as long as progress and money are being made! .

[@jonhaynes1577]

So once they stopped logging there going to burn it all thats a much better way of forest management

[@patrickmgebroff9600]

That was when it was a state instead of wacko liberal land that it is today.

[@Gr8estKneeGrow]

oh how far we have fallen......

[@user-ho2pf5mj5g]

🤍🐐💛

[@hcghhghj9608]

Where are the indians who lived here

[@nannynan5893]

They survived and evolved and many Native Americans are still here. Try reading. We also have a thing called a Casino in many places

[@hcghhghj9608]

@@nannynan5893 😍😍

[@bobthomas4651]

Oregon use to a wonderful start actually it still from Roseburg south. North of that it’s a liberals and people that want to turn this state into shit. Our government is crazy liberal and is one of the worst in the country. Portland was a beautiful city with the best parade ever. Now it’s a thing of the past. Let’s go Brandon

[@rickurso8084]

Blah blah blah. More conservative whining.

[@darkminstrel2041]

You realise some of us "up north" don't live near portland, right? Broad brush to paint your rhetoric with.

[@karlkaseweter7435]

Psycho Trumper, please stay away!

[@bobthomas4651]

@@rickurso8084 the conservatives are the ones that keep this country on the right track ie: uphold the constitution, believe in free speech, keep the right to have guns, minimize inflation, and keep unemployment low. Must I go on? Does anyone remember the bill boards on I-5 north bound in the 70’s? It said,” welcome to Oregon now go home” and another one said “Don’t Californicate Oregon” Those where put up by governor McCall

[@okboomer1340]

@@rickurso8084 says the marxist POS

[@kennethsmith2952]

Now the land of drug roaches, trash hounds and butchered tree lands.

[@user-ho2pf5mj5g]

🍅🍇🍈🍉🍒🥝🍓🍑🍐🍏🍎

[@sadboi7537]

Gorgeous state, terrible major cities. Too bad Portland is literally one of the worst cities in the entire country on every level conceivable. I know, I unfortunately live here. Nightmare fuel.

[@frankh.4226]

Then Governor Brown BURNED HALF of it DOWN!

[@alastairgreen6783]

Talk sense, you asshole.

[@jordandwiggins1026]

*rolls eyes*

[@Poopoopoopoopoopoopoopoo]

7:47 homie casually calls em red men

[@denverdubois5835]

That was a standard term back then. It wasn't derogatory like the n-word. It's just outdated now.

[@ybor363]

Man, this is depressing.

[@borninvincible]

Not a mention of the natives that were murdered and forced away so that you colonizers couldn’t exploit it.

[@11secghia]

snif snif!

[@azimuth4850]

7:03

[@borninvincible]

@@11secghia that’s cute. a tragic comedy

[@dimitri9959]

You an leave any time you like.

[@borninvincible]

@@dimitri9959 Why leave when I can just take the garbage out? You sound just like they klan. They used to say that too.

[@charlesm2437]

OK Boomers

[@okboomer1340]

thank you

[@okboomer1340]

and you're welcome for giving you life

[@ljherman8645]

Boomers didn't create this little piece of propaganda. We were spoon fed it every day in school.

[@davidirwin4067]

This is a typical revisionist so called "travelogue" characteristic of the '50's. The rightist comments glorifying the film are not surprising. And by the way, there is far more to this beautiful state than the coast and inland to the Willamette Valley. It doesn't stop east of the Cascade Mountains.

[@jeromes5183]

Give all your property and possessions away then, you hypocritical, short sighted, self hating yet self righteous piece of horse shit.

[@jonhohensee3258]

Limitless source of wood..... HA!

[@jonhaynes1577]

not when we burn it all because of some peoples ignorance

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@jonhaynes1577 um.... okay

[@caseyrobinson5884]

Wasn't Oregon head of the KKK at one time White Hoodies Walked Around Portland for awhile Nobody Ever knew

[@aaronroark4256]

So That's why there are so many democrats in Oregon.

[@caseyrobinson5884]

@@aaronroark4256probably my man but down South wasn't only to White Hoodies it is what it is though

[@aten55]

@@aaronroark4256 Are you likening democrats to Klansmen? That rhetoric got divisive quickly!

[@541systamatik541]

@@aten55 there have been multiple direct connections between democrats and klansmen. Its not really divisive as much as trying to get the good people who are wrapped up in the propoganda to realize that the democrats also stood with the south and also used "human rights" to grant protection to neo-nazi war criminals such as operation paperclip describes.

[@541systamatik541]

One of them I do believe was Klaus Schwaabs father. Let that sink in.

[@france895]

it is not you land you theifs..native americans own this

[@spacecowboy1438]

Lol, sure. Does baby need a bottle? They lost it, I dare you or them to try to take it back. (From the mexicans that is)

[@Boppinabe]

Any claim they may have had has long since expired.

[@france895]

@@Boppinabe it will never expire

[@Boppinabe]

@@france895 It did centuries ago.

[@berteisenbraun7415]

you argue over old things, so what are you going to do today to better your life. what education or job to move ahead in you life! you cant live in the past!

[@ojibaway3]

In 1991 I pooped on all the flowers

[@BillLaBrie]

You sound like you’re from Salem….

[@davidwesley2525]

@@BillLaBrie more like San Francisco.

[@johnfree2833]

Stolen land,all of it....

[@sgregg5257]

I still own the .32 caliber police revolver my grandfather had to carry as a health inspector in Portland in that era. You had to be armed if you were inspecting restaurants and bars, since many had illegal activity going on in the back. Portland was a hotbed of organized crime, mainly around gambling and prostitution. The DA and the cops were on the take and made good money looking the other way as long as the bribe money was paid. They actually made a b-movie about it called Portland Expose' about the tawdry nature of Portland back then. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a5e7eamcqtqAedU The past is always easier to remember as a fairy tale, of course most fairy tales have their fare share of violence too.

[@masonsmith5726]

Thank you, there are far to many "it used to be better" types jabbering about Portland.

[@jlpadberg9949]

IT'S alot better now because it's all right out in the open in Portland and the rest of the Willamette Valley. Of course down in Salem there's still a lot of covered up crime that if ever exposed it a would make Oregon a great place to live again!!

[@StormWarningMom]

Even earlier there were ppl being shanghai'd into service on boats thru its various tunnels. Pdx has a long tawdry history

[@slybeatrc5715]

Living here is great aside from Portland..

[@jessicahajek7804]

Crazy seeing oregon back then. 1950's lmao, granted permission to fish, red men, omg ignorant people.

[@gravit8ed]

I LOVE HOW YOU TOOK A MARGINAL-QUALITY FILM AND SLAPPED YOUR OWN TIME CODE STAMP OVER IT, LIKE YOU THINK THAT MAKES IT YOUR? This is a public domain video and you, amature-hour desk-jockey, have tried to claim it with your own time stamp. Not only that, but you couldn't be bothered to cut it into frame or do any kind of correction to show the whole film/all frames. THIS IS A JOKE RIGHT? This is practically theft of public domain content, even if it was done by a novice or child.

[@cosmospidahl535]

Your grandpa must of been the producer of this short film. I hope your grandma still has stamina.

[@vanekirk]

Settle down Francis.

[@nannynan5893]

Sour much?

[@edquier40]

@ 08:00 They are not catching fish anywhere near that size now, the reason, over fishing,,,

[@jimhere1]

Stolen land