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VIPs Fly from Medford Airport to San Francisco on West Coast Airlines DC-9 Inaugural

West Coast Airlines jet airliner taxis up to gate, Medford Airport runway in fog / VIP speaks in front of sign: "Southern Oregon and West Coast Airlines, Partners in Progress" / Major Dunlevy uses giant scissors inscribed "West Coast Airlines DC-9 Inaugural" to cut ribbon on airplane steps / line of people waiting to board, terminal in background / airplane taxis and takes off / VIPs inside airplane in flight / laughing pilots in cockpit / views of San Francisco Bay from air / VIPs disembark / airplane at SFX / VIPs present certificate to Mayor Dunlevy / key to city is presented / Dunlevy displays certificate / view of wing and clouds through airplane window / same view, landing at Medford Airport / people disembark from airplane, shake hands (see stories in Medford Mail Tribune, January 31, February 3 and February 6, 1967, page 1) / / VIPs standing in drafting classroom, listening to speaker / man speaks / VIPs take notes at drafting tables
Original NID
183472
Location
M6D Box 8 48E/97E
Year or Date Range
'2-6-1967'
Producer
KOBI
Film Length
'00:03:33'
Color
Black & White
Internal Link
SOHS Film 0865 2-6-1967 VIPs Fly from Medford Airport to San Francisco on West Coast Airlines DC-9 Inaugural