- Title: VM-348
- Summary: I SAY OKLAHOMA IS OK!: OKLAHOMA WITH THE HONORABLE RAYMOND GARY AND WILL ROGERS JR. OKLAHOMA CIRCA 1955
- Description:00:44:38 - MAP WITH OKLAHOMA OUTLINED. FINGER TRACES STATE OUTLINE 00:44:44 - FARMER ON TRACTOR 00:44:54 - CU FARMERS HAMMERING STAKES INTO THE GROUND PUTTING UP BARBED WIRE FENCE. 00:45:03 - WILL ROGERS, JR. "GRANDCHILD OF OKLAHOMA" TALKS TO THE CAMERA 00:45:36 - PASSENGERS GET OFF BUS IN WESTERN COSTUMES. DANCE IN FRONT OF BUS. ACTORS IN COSTUME. FOLK PLAY GREEN GROW THE LILACS BECOMES OKLAHMOA! 00:45:53 - RICHARD RODGERS AND OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II POSE FOR CAMERA 00:45:59 - ACTORS RIDE IN HORSE CARRIAGES 00:46:07 - BANNER "NEW YORK SUMMER FESTIVAL PRESENTS OKLAHOMA! SONG FEST" 00:46:11 - RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN PRESENTED WITH BOOK. RODGERS SPEAKS MOS 00:46:22 - WILL ROGERS, JR. SPEAKS TO THE CAMERA ABOUT MUSICAL OKLAHOMA! WITH STILLS 00:48:04 - SMALL PLANE IN SEARCH OF FILM LOCATION SITE TO RESEMBLE TURN OF THE CENTURY OKLAHOMA TERRITORY 00:48:25 - BUSTLING MODERN OKLAHOMIAN CITY CIRCA 1955. CLARK'S STORE FRONT TRAIN. SKYSCRAPERS. 00:48:36 - OKLAHOMA INDUSTRY. MODERN FACTORY. OIL FIELD DERRICKS. DERRICK. CORN FIELD IN F/G. 00:49:03 - TRIO OF JETS IN FORMATION CONTRAIL 00:49:09 - 1950s CARS ON HIGHWAY 00:49:13 - PEDESTRIANS CROSSING URBAN STREET IN CROSSWALK 00:49:17 - PARADE FLORAL FLOATS FLOATS MADE UP OF FLOWERS. BEAUTY QUEENS WITH BOUQUETS 00:49:22 - NATIVE AMERICAN INDIANS DANCE. ETHNIC DANCE COSTUME 00:49:26 - BUFFALO ROAM THE PLAINS 00:49:28 - AMERICA'S "BREAD BASKET" FARMER HARVESTING FIELDS AGRICULTURE 00:49:31 - OKLAHOMA COAL MINES. COAL CARS EMERGE FROM MINES 00:49:36 - LIQUID LEAD FLOWING IN FACTORY INDUSTRY. 00:49:43 - MAN UNROLLING LARGE ROLL OF WIRE FENCING 00:49:46 - MOTHER RUBS OINTMENT ON SON'S SORE KNEE. FIRST AID. 00:49:50 - CU TRIO OF FANCY CRYSTAL WINE GLASSES MADE IN OKLAHOMA 00:49:53 - GYPSUM PLANT, OKLAHOMA. INDUSTRY. MINERALS. 00:50:00 - CU ROMANESQUE STATUES 00:50:02 - MANUFACTURING WALL BOARDS IN FACTORY 00:50:05 - CU POTTER FORMS A BOWL ON POTTER'S WHEEL. CU VASE 00:50:11 - CU PUTTING TOOTHPASTE ON TOOTH BRUSH 00:50:14 - HUGE CHUNK OF LIMESTONE LIFTED IN QUARRY 00:50:22 - EXTERIOR OKLAHOMA GOVERNMENT BUILDING 00:50:22 - CU FABRIC MANUFACTURED IN OKLAHOMA. TARTAN 00:50:28 - OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR'S OFFICE BUILDING WITH OIL FIELD IN BKGD. OIL DERRICKS. OIL MANUFACTURING 00:50:38 - OIL REFINERY, OKLAHOMA. WORKER TURNS WHEEL 00:50:46 - MONTAGE PRODUCTS MADE IN OKLAHOMA. TIRES ON ASSEMBLY LINE. WOMAN POURS LAUNDRY DETERGENT IN WASHING MACHINE. 00:50:54 - CU BOY BLOWS HUGE BUBBLE WITH BUBBLE GUM 00:50:58 - DAM IRRIGATION CANAL 00:51:10 - LUMBER JACKS CUT DOWN TREES. LUMBER INDUSTRY 00:51:11 - WORKER POURS FISH OUT OF BUCKET INTO HOLDING TANK AT FISH HATCHERY 00:51:13 - YOUNG WORKERS PICKING STRAWBERRIES 00:51:15 - FARMER ON MACHINE IN COTTON FIELDS 00:51:18 - MOTORBOAT IN LAKE PEOPLE ON LAND WATCH WATER SKIER 00:51:27 - RESIDENTS RELAX ON SUNNY DAY PEOPLE WATCHING IN THE PARK 00:51:34 - EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, SCHOOLS. STUDENTS ON CAMPUS & ENTERING BUILDING. UNIVERSITY. COLLEGE. 00:51:46 - SCIENTISTS IN RESEARCH CENTER LAB. CONDUCTING EXPERIMENTS. 00:51:52 - PARISHIONERS COMING AND GOING INTO CHURCH, OR MORE LIKELY, UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ON COLLEGE CAMPUS. 00:51:57 - URBAN LANDSCAPE MODERN SKYSCRAPERS CIRCA 1955 00:52:03 - RECREATION OF PIONEERS ON THE CHEROKEE STRIP RUN. COVERED WAGONS. PERIOD COSTUMES. 00:52:14 - CU HAMMERING STAKE INTO THE GROUND WITH A STICK. PRIMITIVE BUILDING IMPLEMENTS. CU TILLING SOIL 00:52:18 - FARMER SHOWING CUSTOMER COTTON. TONS OF COTTON BALES 00:52:21 - WORKER WALKING UP STAIRS OF HUGE INDUSTRIAL STORAGE TANKS 00:52:22 - FAMILY VISITS HUGE MONUMENT, BRONZE STATUES OF MOTHER AND CHILD 00:52:35 - OLD FASHIONED STEAM LOCOMOTIVE IN RURAL FIELDS 00:52:39 - PILOTS CHECK OVER 1950s PLANES 00:52:42 - OIL DERRICKS IN URBAN SETTING SKYSCRAPERS IN BKGD 00:52:46 - 1950s CARS ON CITY STREET. KAYBEES STORE 00:52:49 - WILL ROGERS, JR. TALKS TO THE CAMERA ABOUT OKLAHOMA 00:53:14 - GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA RAYMOND GARY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL TALKS TO THE CAMERA 00:54:52 - PEOPLE VISIT WILL ROGERS GRAVE SITE. STATUE OF WILL ROGERS ON HORSE. CU INSCRIPTION ON GRAVE STONE "I NEVER MET A MAN I DIDN'T LIKE" WILL ROGERS 1859-1935
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1955
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-348