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Sherman George Greg Durbin
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Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Humanities and Social Sciences “I love the desert, nice and warm.” Jim talks about living on a boat at one point (“People living on boats are the best people in the world”), having two children—one a C.P.A. and the other married to a man who does scrap work for GTE and Spring. “In five years, I’ll probably be at some other bombing range. They’re closing bases everywhere.” “I do what I want to do…first thing I do in the morning is get up and watch the news. I have two TVs, so I can watch two news.” Summers are very hot. Campbell describes highlights of different flats on the bombing range—“On flat 13 are vehicles from 1976, ’78, pickups they’re taken out there and destroyed…they’ve made a scrap heap 50 feet high, 250 feet around over by Palo Verde.” Drops 7, 8, and 11 are also touched upon. “In the summer you can stay 2 or 3 days at a time. One guy had a dresser, bed and table then one of the range runners went out and set fire to it.” Jim’s knowledge of the different drops in the desert helps visualize how Slab City is only one drop among many in this area. Jim’s story about watching Public Television is also on this tape. UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
moving image
Format
Videotape; 21 minutes, 58 seconds
Form/Genre
video recordings documentaries
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb5598901b
Language
English
Subject
Bombing and gunnery ranges--California Scavenging Foundations (structural elements) Junkyards Campgrounds Camping trailers Military camps Concrete slabs Bombs (explosive weapons) Self-employed Occupations Interviews Alternative lifestyles Salvage Hazardous waste Asbestos Metal Salvage (Waste, etc.) Deserts Boats Self-reliant living Video recordings Documentaries Salton Sea, California, United States Niland, Imperial, California, United States
Place
Salton Sea, California, United States Niland, Imperial, California, United States
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