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Rock Band Arrives at Medford Airport; GM Test Vehicle

Young, bearded disembarking passengers walk from United airliner N37583 past camera / excited young spectators, including girls beauty queens wearing tiaras / long shot of rear stairs of airliner / excited spectators / / color, faded to red and yellow, sound: General Motors "laboratory on wheels" car driving on huge paved test ground / view from above of car driving with all-wheel steering on gridded lot: "it sidles off like a crab" / driver wearing helmet / car driving through pylons / elaborate control panel / onboard computer behind nest of wires / car driving figure 8s on grid / more driving between pylons First clip is apparently big men and women of SOC campus waiting for Neil Diamond to disembark. Diamond performed at Ashland High School for Southern Oregon College homecoming. Photo in Medford Mail Tribune, October 24, 1968, page 6.
Original NID
226503
Location
M6F Box 11 78E/97E
Year or Date Range
'10-24-1968'
Producer
KOBI
Film Length
'00:02:07'
Color
Black & White
Internal Link
SOHS Film 1434 10-24-1968 Rock Band Arrives at Medford Airport; GM Test Vehicle