Chattanooga History Videos

History in Motion

Digitized film, restored video, drone footage and media coverage.

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1953 Construction of W. M. Cline Co.

Dayton Blvd., Red Bank, TN

1961 Tourist Film

16mm film found on eBay
Digitized and stabilized.

Lake Chickamauga - 1941

From 16mm by Walter M. Cline Jr. (shared by Cathy Cline)
Fun in the sun on the newly formed reservoir.

Lovell Field - 1941

From 16mm by Walter M. Cline Jr. (shared by Cathy Cline)
Military planes: Vultee BT-13 trainers, Brewster F2A Buffalo

EPB's 60th Anniversary - 1999

w/Don Welch of WTVC

1975 Downtown in motion.

From 35mm stills

Pruett's Foodtown on Signal Mtn. - Late 1970s

16mm film

How people and places are identified.

Implosion of the Days Inn - 1992

From 35mm stills

Bessie Smith Strut - 1993

Hi8 camcorder

Nightfall Concert - 1993

Hi8 camcorder

Hwy 27 - Original Construction through Downtown

Cameron Hill Apartments Fire - mid 1990s

VHS transfer

1981 Red Bank High School Computer Class interviews

VHS transfer

1968 Chattanooga Scenes from "The Rain People"

1973 Hixson High Chorus - Europe Trip

8mm filmed by Bruce Goss

Contemporary Views

EPB Christmas Windows - Tennessee Crossroads 2005

Remembering: FixThisLight.com My early web 'activism'.

Stearman Biplane Ride

Jan. 2016 - WTVC Feature

Digital Dark Age

Drone Views - Downtown Chattanooga

DJI Mavic 2 Pro

Visit to the Ruins of Harrison, TN

Old Harrison Flyover

DJI Mavic 2 Pro

Market Street Bridge - Quarterly Inspection 9-20-20

DJI Mavic 2 Pro

Drone + timelapse - apartments construction downtown.

DJI Mavic 2 Pro

Falling Water Falls - Walden's Ridge, TN

DJI Mavic 2 Pro

Timelapse 2003 - Chattanooga

Other places

1957 New Smyrna Beach Sports car racing by Chattanooga's Walter M. Cline, Jr.

Azalea Parade 1938 - Charleston SC. Restored from 16mm film

One year timelapse of Cold Mtn. NC From webcam snapshots

1941 Tour of Scottsboro, AL Restored from 16mm film

~1949 Views around Arab Alabama Restored from 16mm film