A 4-part series on the history of the Santa Clara Valley, narrated by Clyde Arbuckle at the Statehouse Replica Museum (located at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds). Produced by the San Jose State College Drama Department, with assistance from the San Jose Landmarks Commission. Arthur Dunning Spearman, S.J., Archivist, University of Santa Clara serves as guest lecturer for Part II which deals with the five different sites where Mission Santa Clara was located.
Each segment is 30 minutes, and originally aired on local station KTEH.
Part 1: The geography, and first explorers and settlers.
Part 2: Spanish California: De Anza's overland journey, the mission at Santa Clara (with Father Spearman), and the founding of the Pueblo of San Jose (begins 29:00).
Part 3: Mexican California: Economic expansion, cattle raising, gold, and wheat (begins 59:00).
Part 4: The earthquake, rise of the fruit industry, amusement and entertainment, interurban electric railroads, aviation, and WWII (begins 1:27:00).
Arbuckle's Statehouse Replica Museum was the forerunner of History San Jose. Most of the images seen in this series are part of the History San Jose Collection.
The series was packaged as a videotape in the 1990s with the cooperation of Arbuckle's son Jim, and sold for $19.95. This digital transfer has been made from one of these videotapes.
21 мар 2016
