2. Jehovah's Witnesses Confab, Miles Field

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Jehovah's Witnesses Confab, Miles Field

Crowd walking through parking lot to Miles Field / pan across crowd in bleachers and folding chairs on field  / palm trees, pond built on field, large letters stuck into grass: "Good News for All Nations District" / TV cameramen at the ready / multiple crowd shots, pans / pan of scene from back of bleachers / pan across temporary bleachers / inside Armory: people in wheelchairs (to watch TV remote?), reporters at tables with typewriters According to the Medford Mail Tribune, August 15, page 1, the National Guard Armory had been converted to a dining hall to feed the thousands of delegates attending the four-day-long Jehovah's Witnesses district assembly. Closed-circuit TV was installed.
Original NID
226429
Location
M6F Box 9 76E/97E
Year or Date Range
'8-15-1968'
Producer
KOBI
Film Length
'00:02:45'
Color
Black & White
Internal Link
SOHS Film 1384 8-15-1968 Jehovah's Witnesses Confab, Miles Field