A mostly silent film that depicts a variety of recreational activities on what had once been farmland. Activities shown include fishing, swimming, target shooting, tossing horseshoes, canoeing and purchasing food from a snack bar. The film also includes scenes of landscaping, planting ferns and watering hanging flower baskets as well as showing flowers and vegetables at the state fair. A sign reading "Regional Park and Recreation Agency, Marion County/Polk County, City of Salem" is also included. The footage concludes with a brief audio segment of cows and calves being shown at the state fair.
Digitized from a film original held in the Extension and Experiment Station Communications Moving Images (FV120:257), Special Collections and Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.
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