Here it is, the finest online collection of vintage Duluth videos … ever — starring pre-hairpiece Dennis Anderson and the late, great Telly Savalas, Bob Denver and Alan Hale.
Chemielewski Fun Time!
14-year-old Paula Shires of Bovey tears it up on the Chemielewski Fun Time show. Originally posted Nov. 18, 2011.
Denny & Jack
In this early 1970s video, WDIO-TV’s Dennis Anderson knocks down a few Grain Belts and shows off the film equipment. Also included is a Jack McKenna weather forecast. Originally posted Nov. 8, 2010.
A Sunday Afternoon Walk on Central Avenue
The Helgeson family takes a stroll after church services on a Sunday in roughly 1940. They lived at 911 Central Ave. in West Duluth. The parents are George and Rose. Their sons are G. Lewis, Robert, John and Paul. Originally posted April 21, 2010.
Duluth Home Movie Footage From 1938
This 8mm home-movie depicts a 1938 fishing trip to Duluth. Originally posted April 18, 2010.
P.O.W. David Wheat’s Return to Duluth
This excerpt from a Feb. 7, 1973, WDIO-TV broadcast reports on David Wheat’s return to Duluth from North Vietnam. Originally posted April 15, 2010.
Bo Conrad: All-American Soap Box Derby Champion
Harold “Bo” Conrad, age 12, wins the 1963 Duluth soap box race where Hartley Nature Center is today, then goes on to win the All-American Soap Box Derby Race in Akron, Ohio, with 75,000 people in attendance. Originally posted April 13, 2010.
Minnow Swallowing Contest in Duluth’s West End
There was quite a little party at the Amber Flow Bar on St. Patrick’s Day, 1980. Originally posted April 11, 2010.
Retro 1970s-era WDIO-TV Holiday Promos
Check out Denny Anderson and the gang as they were 40 years ago. Originally posted Nov. 9, 2009.
Duluth TV ads from 1970
TV ads from WDIO-TV, broadcast in Duluth in 1970, including Team Electronics, St. Germain’s, Goldfine’s Sound Center, Target, Wig Imports, and a collective of four West End furniture stores.
More Duluth TV ads from 1970
TV ads from WDIO-TV, broadcast in Duluth in 1970, featuring Rhude Camper Headquarters & Rhude Ford, Northwestern Bank of Commerce, Goldfine’s By the Bridge, M&K men’s and boy’s clothing store, and Shake-a-Leg. Footnotes for these ads were published here. Originally posted Nov. 9, 2009.
Landing Lights
This video for Brian Eno’s “Oil” was filmed by Mark Ryan in 1981. Originally posted May 15, 2008.
London Inn, 1970
Sometimes all you need for a great video is to get a bunch of people to flip off a camera at the same location, then to wait 40 years. This was shot around 1970 at the London Inn on the 1600 block of London Road. (It’s the current location of the China Cafe.) Originally posted Dec. 11, 2008.
Duluth: Who Loves Ya, Baby?
The famous 1980s television ad featuring Telly Savalas promoting Duluth tourism. Originally posted August 10, 2006.
Castaway in Duluth
Bob Denver and Alan Hale reprise their roles as Gilligan and the Skipper in this 1980s commercial for Duluth tourism. Originally posted August 10, 2006.
Duluth Answer Man: The Depot
The Duluth Answer Man, Al Franken, answers questions from a confused tourist, Tom Davis. Originally posted August 10, 2006.
Duluth Answer Man: The Harbor
The Duluth Answer Man, Al Franken, answers questions from a confused tourist, Tom Davis. Originally posted August 10, 2006.
Duluth Answer Man: Glensheen
The Duluth Answer Man, Al Franken, answers questions from a confused tourist, Tom Davis. Originally posted August 10, 2006.
