Physical Format: Home Movies - Minnesota Digital Library Search Results

1. "A Degree of Difference" promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 2003
Description:: Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

2. "A Tradition of Excellence and Opportunity," promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1996
Description:: Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

3. "Career Planning at St. Cloud State University," promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1980?
Description:: Promotional video for St. Cloud State students to help them learn more abou the types of programs and majors offered in each of the schools and colleges.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

4. Children's Storybook "A Child's Dream" from Member of Amateur Cinema League/The World Wide Organization of Amateur Movie Makers, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1940 - 1950?
Description:: Children's Storybook "A Child's Dream" from Member of Amateur Cinema League/The World Wide Organization of Amateur Movie Makers; Woman reading a child a book "At the Zoo." Child falls asleep and movie shows scenes from a zoo. Child wakes up.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

5. College of Education promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1992
Description:: Promotional video created to give College of Education students and often their parents a view regarding the academic educational programs and career as a teacher
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

6. Fire at Fire Safety Corporation (FISCO) building, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1970-01-30
Description:: Color silent film that of the fire, and aftermath, at FISCO on South Broadway. The company housed the equipment for the Rochester Fire Department to use for fighting rural fires.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

7. Fire Department conducting a home service survey, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1968?
Description:: Black-and-white silent film of a Home Service Survey - an inspection the firefighters would offer free of charge to homeowners to point out potential safety concerns and fire hazards. A 1967 Pirsch truck is the first engine out of the fire station at Sixth Street and Broadway Avenue. The following events take place in the film: (00:21) The ladder truck had both front and rear steering. (00:51) John Walsh is the firefighter doing the inspection.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

8. Firefighters installing a life ring at Silver Lake, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1963?
Description:: Color film with some sound of the installation of a life ring box at Silver Lake. The life ring was a response to the drowning of several firefighters in attempting to rescue someone who had fallen in the lake after walking on thin ice. The following events take place in the film: (00:28) Irwin Palmer places the life ring in the box. (00:43) Mayor Alexander Smedtka encourages the proper use of the ring. (01:03) Irwin Palmer reminds people the ice is never safe.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

9. Grass fire that also affected an electrical substation on Highway 63 south of Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1950 - 1960
Description:: Color silent film of a grass fire along Highway 63 ditches, just to the south of Rochester, and how firemen are attempting to put out the fire. The following events take place in the film: (00:41) A People's Electric Company truck and employee are watering down an electrical pole that was scorched. (00:52) Fireman John Loftus in one the right in the grey uniform. 1:28 Fireman Sizer is carrying a shovel across the burned area.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

10. Group interview about one room schools, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Creator:: Johnson, Betty; Hill, Joannie; Cimenski, Margaret; Greenwalt, Gladys; Runberg, Dorothy; Lynch, James; Unknown teacher
Date Created:: 1994-03
Description:: Interview with Betty Johnson, Joannie Hill, Margaret Cimenski, Gladys Greenwalt, Dorothy Runberg, James Lynch, and an unknown teacher. These students and teachers relate their experiences and memories of working and learning in a one-room school.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

11. Home movie 4, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:: Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:: 1951
Description:: Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers doiong carpentry, peeling potatoes, mail call, chow line, using two man chain saw, jack hammer, digging one man fox hole.
Contributing Institution:: Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

12. Home movie 5, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:: Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:: 1951
Description:: Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers building a pontoon bridge, assemblig a structural steel bridge across a ravine, being addressed in seated formation by VIP, kitchen scenes.
Contributing Institution:: Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

13. Home movie 1, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:: Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:: 1951-01-22
Description:: Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers waiting at the Princeton Great Northern Railway depot prior to departing on the train to Camp Rucker, Alabama.
Contributing Institution:: Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

14. Home movie 2, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:: Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:: 1951
Description:: Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers waiting with their families at the Princeton depot, the arrival of the steam locomotive troop train and loading equipment on the train.
Contributing Institution:: Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

15. Home movie 7, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:: Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:: 1951
Description:: Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers at rifle and machine gun ranges, field kitchen meal, paddling boats, swimming, VIP visit, marching on parade ground, building assault training, infiltration, grenade and bazooka training, constructing pontoon to ferry tank, wedding on base and graduation.
Contributing Institution:: Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

16. Home movie 3, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:: Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:: 1951
Description:: Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers marching in formation from the Armory to the train depot escorted by a marching band and scores of citizens. Equipment is loaded on the train. The arrival at Camp Ruckeris followed by unpacking and cleaning of rifles.
Contributing Institution:: Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

17. Home movie 6, Princeton Minnesota National Guard, 682 Engineers - Company D at Fort Rucker, Alabama

Creator:: Henschel, Charles Henry, (March 26, 1921 - August 10, 1992)
Date Created:: 1951
Description:: Before leaving for advanced training for deployment to the Korean War, Charles Henry Henschel was given a 16mm movie camera by Everett A. "Doc" Reynolds the owner of the Princeton Minnesota Strand movie theater. Reynolds asked Henschel to take movies of the Princeton National Guard "boys" in training at Camp Rucker, Alabama. When Reynolds received film from Camp Rucker, he would show it as a "short" in the Princeton theater, before the feature film. This silent film segment depicts the Princeton soldiers erecting and climbing poles, pay day, using bulldozer to build timber bridge, field kitchen meal, basketball, horseshoes, laundry, calesthenics and family visits.
Contributing Institution:: Mille Lacs County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

18. Hotel Norton Fire with a survivor interview, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1967-02-06
Description:: Black-and-white, mostly silent, film of firefighters battling the blaze at the 52 year-old Norton Hotel on February 6, 1967. The hotel was located on the edge of the Zumbro River, on Second Street Southeast. Several people were injured as they jumped to escape the flames and several people were found dead in their rooms the following day. The firefighters were hampered by the extreme cold weather, with a high temperature of 12 degrees below zero, and ice that formed over everything. The hotel had no sprinkler system and the fire provided impetus to install sprinklers in businesses. The following events take place in the film: (00:27) Fire Chief Ollie Mertz in the white coat. (01:42) When ladder truck #32 arrives, it was driver Bill Haas' first day on the job. (02:00) Fireman with his hat off is Bob Fanning. (03:37) Firemen Buske and Mertz drinking coffee. (03:43) Survivor Wayne describes how he got out of the hotel and there is sound for his interview. (05:04) February 7th, 1967 investigators are able to clear those who were killed from the building and start looking for causes of the blaze.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

19. "Husky Identity" promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 2009
Description:: Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

20. Interview about the Carillon Bells, Brainerd, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1985 - 1990
Description:: The carillon bells system at the Crow Wing County courthouse are shown, and an explanation of how they work is told.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

21. Interview with Bill Hansen, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Creator:: Hansen, Bill
Date Created:: 1990 - 1995
Description:: Interview with Bill Hansen. He relates his memories of attending a one rooom school.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

22. Interview with Dr. Paul K. Hendricks, Brainerd, Minnesota

Creator:: Hendricks, Dr. Paul K.
Date Created:: 1987-12-21
Description:: Interview with Paul K. Hendricks. He relates some of his personal and family history as well as memories from his life.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

23. Interview with Ellen Nyquist, Brainerd, Minnesota

Creator:: Nyquist, Ellen
Date Created:: 1985 - 1990
Description:: Ellen Nyquist. She relates some of her personal and family history as well as memories from her life.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

24. Interview with Elsa Stensrud, Brainerd, Minnesota

Creator:: Stensrud, Elsa
Date Created:: 1987-12-16
Description:: Interview with Elsa Stensrud. She relates some of her personal and family history as well as memories from her life.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

25. Interview with John Maloney, Pequot Lakes, Minnesota

Creator:: Maloney, John
Date Created:: 1988-04-19
Description:: Interview with John Maloney. He relates some of his personal history and memories from his life.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

26. Interview with John Stensrud, Brainerd, Minnesota

Creator:: Stensrud, John
Date Created:: 1988-03-09
Description:: Interview with John Stensrud. He relates some of his personal history and memories from his life.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

27. Interview with Marv Nutting, Brainerd, Minnesota

Creator:: Nutting, Marv
Date Created:: 1985 - 1990
Description:: Interview with Marv Nutting. He relates some of his personal and family history as well as memories from his life.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

28. Interview with Ms. Kay Gustafson, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Creator:: Gustafson, Kay
Date Created:: 1988-01-08
Description:: Interview with Kay Gustafson. She relates some of her personal and family history as well as memories from her life.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

29. Interview with Ray Bang, Brainerd, Minnesota

Creator:: Bang, Ray
Date Created:: 1987-12-15
Description:: Interview with Ray Bang. He relates some of his personal history and memories from his life.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

30. Interview with Rev. Chester Hoversten, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Creator:: Hoversten, Rev. Chester
Date Created:: 1985 - 1990
Description:: Interview with Rev. Chester Hoverston. He relates some of his personal history and memories from his life.
Contributing Institution:: Crow Wing County Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

31. James W. Miller Resources Center dedication, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 2000-10-21
Description:: Video documenting the dedication of the James W. Miller Resources Center featuring many speakers including St. Cloud State president Roy Saigo, Learning Resources and Technology Services dean Kristi Tornquist, donor James W. Miller, faculty member Judy Foster, and science fiction author Ray Bradbury.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

32. James W. Miller Resources Center 5th anniversary celebration, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 2005-09-16
Description:: Video documenting the 5th anniversary celebration of the opening of the James W. Miller Resources Center. Speakers include St. Cloud State president Roy Saigo, Learning Resources and Technology Services dean Kristi Tornquist, and former Learning Resources Dean John Berling. Unveiled at the ceremony were granite plaques honoring former St. Cloud State library deans.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

33. "Library for a New Century" promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1998?
Description:: Video offering a 3-D computer generated view of the James W. Miller Resources Center as it would look when construction was completed
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

34. Men taking the firefighters written exam and physical test, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1975
Description:: Color film with no sound. Tables are set up in a city garage for the potential candidates to take the written civil service test for part of the exam to be a Rochester firefighter. The physical portion of the test is done at Soldier's Field track and includes running, long jump, high jump, and pull ups.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

35. "My School Along the River's Edge" promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1998?
Description:: Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

36. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, city parades, Johnsburg, Minnesota and Meyer, Iowa

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1940; 1955; 1959
Description:: Home video of three area parades. Movie includes: 00:26 First Parade - Johnsburg, Minnesota 1940; 06:45 Second Parade - Meyer, Iowa 1955; 12:56 Third Parade - Johnsburg, Minnesota 1959. The parade was in celebration of the centennial of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church of Johnsburg, Minnesota. The final portion of the tape is of Gilbert Heimer�s Christmas decorations. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

37. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, family and weddings, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1946 - 1947
Description:: Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson, showing various family members outside of his house in Adams, Minnesota; 3:43 Unknown campus; 4:20 Unknown neighborhood with family members in various activities including swimming and boating; 6:50 Weddings of Nordeen's two sons, Vance and Muriel Torgerson (1946) and Roy and Lorraine Torgerson (1947) at Little Cedar Lutheran Church in Adams, Minnesota; 9:40 Family vacation Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

38. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, farming practices, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1941
Description:: Home movie of farming practices, machinery, and animals in rural Mower County. Member of Austin Camera Club, 1941. "Sky-Earth and the Work of Man." 00:13 Beef cattle; 02:26 Fieldwork with horses; 03:02 Poultry with children; 04:53 Child feeding squirrel; 05:43 Toddler chewing gum with chicks; 07:11 Making Hay; 09:10 Harvesting wheat; 11:00 Threshing; 13:55 Making corn sileage, eating lunch; 15:03 Pigs, children feeding sheep a bottle; cats; 16:14 Picking corn; 18:08 Geese and turkeys; 18:56 Pumpkins and corn pile; 19:30 Swine, corn, man on horse; 20:40 Horse herding beef cattle; 21:04 Fieldwork, plowing; 22:15 Surveying and tiling; 23:00 Collapsed shed; 24:15 Outbuildings on fire; 25:00 Fall leaves and car, Nordeen Torgerson (1890-1967) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

39. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, Great Lakes, possibly North Shore of Lake Superior, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1938
Description:: Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson "Our Great Lakes Cruise, 1938" includes Grand Hotel in Michigan, Canada, ticker tape parade. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

40. Nordeen Torgerson home movie, Little Cedar Lutheran Church and Parochial School, Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation, Adams, Minnesota and St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1940 - 1949; 1959
Description:: Home movie of Little Cedar Lutheran Church celebrations, the congregation, parochial students in Adams, and Assembly of Lutheran World Federation in St. Paul. 00:09 Little Cedar Lutheran Church celebration in Adams, Minnesota. 03:40 Little Cedar Lutheran Parochial School students; 07:20 Norwegian tea at Little Cedar Lutheran Church; 08:40 Little Cedar Lutheran Church 95th Anniversary Celebration, 1954; 12:30 Third Assembly of the Lutheran World Federation held in front of the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, 1957; 18:51 Little Cedar Lutheran Church celebration. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

41. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of Adams High School, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1938 - 1939
Description:: Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. Adams High School building, school busses, students, playground, lawn mowing football game, cheerleaders, fans; 5:30 Students examining corn in field; 6:05 Neighbors in Adams, Minnesota. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

42. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of a large Parade/Aquatennial, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1940 - 1950?
Description:: Home movie of Aquatennial Parade in Minneapolis, Minnesota, including marching bands and floats. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

43. 1954 Nordeen Torgerson home movie of an Old Car Parade, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1954
Description:: Home movie of parade of old cars and a float of the Rochester Centennial Queen. Rochester Centennial was in 1954. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

44. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of man with corn harvest, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1940 - 1950?
Description:: Home movie of man standing in front of a corn pile. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

45. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of parades, tornado, Memorial Day service, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1944-1945
Description:: Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. Family vacation including, boating, waterskiing, fishing; 3:00 Zoo and stage performances; 6:45 Adams High School Cheerleaders; 7:00 Boating, Fishing; 8:30 Parade with marching bands including the Adams High School marching band; 10:00 Farming/harvesting; 11:30 Memorial Day service at Marshall Lutheran Church in rural Adams, Minnesota; 13:20 Snowplowing and shoveling; 14:00 Wind damage or tornado in unknown location; 16:00 Parade-location unknown; 16:30 Zoo; 17:30 Iceskating; flower gardening, backyard pond, horseback riding. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

46. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of St. Paul Winter Carnival and Cole Brothers Circus, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1937
Description:: Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. 1937 Ice Carnival probably in St. Paul, Minnesota. Parade includes floats from 3M, Brown and Bigelo, Ford dealers; 6:10 Circus Days featuring the Cole Brothers Circus most likely at the fairgrounds in Austin, Minnesota; 12:30 Clyde Beatty Circus most likely at the fairground in Austin, Minnesota. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

47. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of the Aquatennial Parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 1940 - 1950
Description:: Home movie of Aquatennial Parade in Minneapolis, Minnesota, including marching bands and floats. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

48. Nordeen Torgerson home movie of White Horses Show at the Fairgrounds and the Air Show at Decker Field, Austin, Minnesota

Creator:: Torgerson, Nordeen
Date Created:: 194-1950
Description:: Home movie taken by Nordeen Torgerson. White Horse Show probably at the fairgrounds in Austin, Minnesota-stage show, horses; 5:40 Air show at Decker Field at the Austin Municipal Airport in Austin, Minnesota. Nordeen Torgerson (1880-1965) was a lifelong Adams, Minnesota resident and home movie enthusiast. He made films of local events and travelled beyond Adams to film parades and other celebrations.
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

49. Pennington barn burning exercise by the Rochester Fire Department, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1970?
Description:: Color silent film shows the Rochester Fire Department deploying trucks and a portable water tank to fight a blaze in a barn. The barn was donated by the Pennington's for this training exercise. The following events take place during the film. (02:21) Chief Ollie Mertz in the green shirt on the right. (06:57) Jerry Kokovich, safety inspector is in the blue suit coat. (07:10) Fireman Fanning sticks his head out of the burned roof of the barn. (07:58) Fireman Eischen is running away from the barn with his gear.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

50. President Robert Wick's inauguration ceremony, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1966-10-29
Description:: Video documenting the inauguration of St. Cloud State's 14th president Robert Wick. The video features the introduction of Wick as president, the presentation of the presidential medallion, the receiving line after the ceremony, and the procession to start the ceremony.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

51. President Robert Wick's inugural address, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1966-10-29
Description:: Video documenting the inauguration of St. Cloud State's 14th president Robert Wick. The video features a portion of Wick's inaugural address.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

52. Promotional video for Prospective Students 1987, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1987
Description:: Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, services, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

53. Promotional video for Prospective Students 1988, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1988
Description:: Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, services, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

54. Promotional video for Prospective Students 2000, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 2000
Description:: Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

55. Public service fire prevention advertisement for National Fire Safety week, used by the Rochester Fire Department, Rochester, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1965
Description:: Black-and-white animated film with sound that promoted good practices to prevent fires. Chief Mertz, of the Rochester Fire Department, said he would regularly purchase these to display as a public service, usually in October during Fire Safety Week.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

56. Set up of the Maxim ladder fire truck, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1952 - 1960
Description:: Black-and-white silent film demonstrating how a Maxim ladder fire truck was set up and evaluated. It was filmed at the Silver Lake fire station. There is a tower at that station that was built specifically for training about 1952. There are also some shots of the canoes and bridge across Seventh Street northeast. The following events take place during the film: (00:47) Elgin Norman finishes the final nozzle set up. (01:38) Mike Braun is at the foot of the ladder. (01:50) Jerry Jerbek is on the right rolling wire.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

57. Short clips of rural and city fires in Rochester and Olmsted County, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1955 - 1963
Description:: Black-and-white silent film showing various rural and city fires that occured in the late 1950s to early 1960s. Firefighters and the various equipment they used to fight the fires is shown. The following events take place during the film: ( 00:00) Remains of a farmhouse burned to the ground. (01:45) Firefighters work at a house fire in Rochester, Minnesota about 1958. Gold Cross ambulances are waiting and a Diamond TT fire truck is visible. (02:34) Firefighters put out a fire at the Rochester Civic Theatre. (03:25) Remains of a barn and miscellaneous farm equipment after being destroyed by fire. Smoldering hay piles are seen. (04:35) A rural barn fire in progress, with firefighters attempting to put the fire out. A farmer is seen rescuing pigs. (05:26) A barn fully engulfed in flames with several firetrucks visible. Firefighters are battling a smoldering haystack and people are pulling equipment and livestock from the barn. (06:17) Grass fire in rural Olmsted County. (07:03) Firefighters battle a rural house and garage fire at the Donald Ramthun homestead, 1518 22nd Street SE, Rochester, Minnesota. (07:41) Tommy Thompson is on the left. (08:07) A fire truck and crew from from Elgin Township respond to a rural house fire. (08:43) Firefighters hose down a hay and barn fire. (09:04) Fireman Jack Toogood chops into the side of the building. (09:58) A fully engulfed house fire with bystanders watching. Firefighters hose down nearby buildings to keep them from burning. (10:09) An example of a ""bean gun"" nozzle, technology of the 1950s that was supposed to be low volume, high pressure, but firemen say it didn't work very well. (10:49) Smoldering remains of a barn fire. (11:29) A short training clip with sound, possibly from the U.S. Forest Service, showing a fire watch tower and sand caster and explaining how forest fires are fought. (12:38) The R. W. Gregerson rural house is shown fully engulfed in fire with saved belongings outside. Firefighters hose down other nearby buildings to keep the fire from spreading. (13:52) An injured bystander is treated and taken away in a Gold Cross ambulance. (14:44) Remains of a barn fire and burning hay mound are watched by farmers. An Elgin Township fire truck is at the scene. (15:50) Firefighters fight a hay stack and barn fire. [Firefighters watching commented, ""Many barns and hay stacks burned because they put up green hay, which would spontaneously combust after a while.""] (16:30) The exterior of Horton's Recreation and a bakery at the bottom of the Opera House building are seen. Fire damage in an apartment inside the building is shown. (17:09) Firefighters battle a house fire at night. A fireman hits out a window with a hatchet [Firemen commented, ""They all carried hatchets back then.""] (17:58) Fire at a large industrial building. The Salvation Army Emergency Canteen truck serves coffe to the firefighters. (18:50) Bystanders and firefigthers are at a house fire. The 1960 Bean Firetruck is seen. (19:38) Evening shot of a fully engulfed barn fire. (20:22) Firefighters start a house on fire for training purposes. (21:01) Evening shots of the Princess Cafe, Baby Roy's Restaurant, and Stevenson's department store fire. A firefighter puts on an oxygen mask before entering the building. (21:49) Rural location of Fire No. 429 is the remains of a house gutted by fire. (22:38) Firefighters put out a garage fire whild children and other bystanders are nearby. It appears some children are accusing one child of playing with matches and starting the fire. (23:17) A nighttime fire.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

58. Simulated rescue by the Rochester Fire Department, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1950 - 1960
Description:: Color film with sound created in conjunction with the Red Cross and United Fund to show how vital the fire department rescue squad is becaue they are trained in first aid and water rescue by the Red Cross. A dispatch station, firefighters using a pole to get to the fire trucks and a fire truck heading north on Broadway street are featured. The film was designed to encourage fundraising for the Red Cross through the United Fund.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

59. St. Cloud State University (defense) vs. St. John's University (offense) football game, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1983
Description:: St. Cloud State plays at home against St. John's University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on September 10, 1983 at Selke Field. St. Cloud State won 21-14. St. Cloud State is in dark, while St. John's is in white. This video shows all St. Cloud State defensive plays and all St. John's offense plays.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

60. St. Cloud State University (offense) vs. St. John's University (defense) football game, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1983
Description:: St. Cloud State plays at home against St. John's University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on September 10, 1983 at Selke Field. St. Cloud State won 21-14. St. Cloud State is in dark, while St. John's is in white. This video shows all St. Cloud State offensive plays and all St. John's defense plays.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

61. St. Cloud State University vs. St. John's University football game, Collegeville, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1959
Description:: Visiting St. Cloud State plays against St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota, on November 7, 1959. St. John's won 6-0. St. Cloud State is in dark, while St. John's is in white.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

62. St. Cloud State University vs. St. John's University football game, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1974-09-14
Description:: St. Cloud State plays at home against St. John's University in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on September 14, 1974 at Selke Field. St. John's won 34-13. St. Cloud State is in dark, while St. John's is in white.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

63. St. Cloud State University vs. Winona State University basketball game, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1969-02-22
Description:: St. Cloud State plays at home against Winona State in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on February 22, 1969 at Halenbeck Hall. St. Cloud State won 60-26. St. Cloud State is in white, while Winona State is in dark.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

64. 1958 4th of July Parade-Minnesota Centennial, Adams, Minnesota

Creator:: Schaffer, Emil
Date Created:: 1958
Description:: Home movie of Fourth of July parade in Adams, Minnesota. Celebrating Minnesota's Centennial. Photography by Emil Schaffer
Contributing Institution:: Adams Area Historical Society
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

65. Tour of equipment and personnel of the Rochester Fire Station on Broadway Street, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:: Rochester Fire Department
Date Created:: 1966
Description:: Black-and-white silent film shows the exterior and interior of the Broadway Avenue fire station with firemen doing various tasks.The following events take place: (00:29) Bob Laack tests the air pressure in the tires on a fire truck. (00:54) The Maxim Aerial #1 ladder truck had a battery that swung out and was regularly tested. (01:27) Fireman Walt Clark is working on one of the many reports that needed to be completed after each incidence. (01:47) Jerry Jerabek checks over the paperwork. (02:16) The 1960 Bean fire truck is seen pulling out of the fire station. (02:28) The Diamond TT truck, Engine 11, hooks up to a fire hydrant to get water. (02:42) Firefighter Elgin Norman is pulling out fire hose. (03:02) Paul Clark holds a nozzle and demonstrates how water sprays from the hose. (03:24) The many dials and gauges firemen needed to monitor on the fire truck.(04:02) Firemen test the hoses. (04:42) The Maxim Aerial tillered ladder truck, which was eventually sold to East Grand Forks, does a practice drive. (04:52) Harvey Miller throws a chock under the wheels of the Maxim truck and Virg Nielsen pushes it completely under. (05:07) The aerial ladder is raised for training. The ladder truck was built in West Germany and assembled in Connecticut. A couple was hired to drive it to Minnesota. Lester Christopherson is at the end of the ladder. (06:53) The 1951 Ware LaFrance truck exits the fire station on Broadway. (07:07) The 1960 John Bean truck backs into the station on Broadway. There were no cabs on fire trucks at that time. (07:52) Hoses were laid out on the floor at Fire Station #2 to be carefully loaded back onto a truck. (08:24) Ken Chase on the bed of the truck with Bob Lovett, on the left, reloading hoses and Marv McGowan assisting. (08:57) Fireman Lester does Monday checks on the 1920 Arends Fox engine. (09:20) Closeups of the exterior of ladder truck #32, the American LaFrance. (10:01) Exterior images of Engine No. 31. (10:11) Bob Johnson sits at the alarm dispatch station, receiving calls and sending out the fire trucks as needed. (10:35) Firefighter Buzz Alexander is shown in conversation at the fire station.(10:40) Jerry Lenner is standing by the firefighter's lockers. (10:58) When a call comes in, firefighters sprint to their gear. Elgin Springen and Bob Wood put on their gear. Some men slide down the pole from upstairs to reach the trucks quickly. (11:34) Jerry Jerabek checks out the generator at the fire station. (12:06) Harvey Miller, called a mechanical genius by Chief Mertz, fixes a carburetor on a fire truck. (12:26) The on-duty firemen sit down for a quick meal of stew and Wonder bread. On the bottom right, and going counterclockwise around the table is Kerm Bormann, Lyle Bateman, Tom Beagle, Mark Riess Sr., Buzz Alexander (coming through the door with the sweater on). Don Johnson is on the left side, wearing glasses.
Contributing Institution:: Rochester Public Library
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

66. "Your University SCSU Today" promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1991?
Description:: Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

67. "Your University St. Cloud State Today" promotional video, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:: St. Cloud State University
Date Created:: 1994
Description:: Promotional video created to give prospective students and often their parents a view regarding St. Cloud State's academic programs, student activities, faculty, and facilities.
Contributing Institution:: St. Cloud State University
Type:: Moving Image
Format:: Home Movies

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