Four-propeller United airliner taxis to gate, Medford Airport / big crowd waiting at gate / passengers disembarking / Robert Kennedy disembarking, diving into crowd / Kennedy mobbed under wing of airplane / Kennedy addressing crowd at microphone / pan across crowd, Medford terminal
See SOHS Films Nos. 1315 and 1324 for footage of RFK in Medford in May 1968
See SOHS Film No. 1329 for footage of RFK memorial service
Per Erich Reeder, November 5, 2019:
0:06 Man in white trench coat is Thomas J. Reeder, RFK's Jackson County campaign manager
0:10 Woman in sunglasses is Joan Redden, wife of Judge James Redden, then Minority Leader in the Oregon House
1:26 James Redden is the leftmost of the two balding men in dark-rimmed glasses
Per Tam Moore, November 5, 2019:
He recalls shooting this footage. Due to the crowd, John Darling stood by with a bicycle to deliver the film to KOBI studios, then where the Rogue Valley Mall is today.
Original NID
214657
Location
M6F Box 3 70E/97E
Year or Date Range
'4-17-1968'
Producer
KOBI
Film Length
'00:02:05'
Color
Black & White
Internal Link
SOHS Film 1271 4-17-1968 Bobby Kennedy at Medford Airport