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A documentary about hobo history and hobo life. Interviews from people who rode the rails who explain their reasons for hoboing. Interviewees describe their experiences being incarserated for vagrancy and frieght hopping. Narrated by historian David…

A half-hour video about hobo history and hobo life.

A documentary about the history of the National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa. Interviews with Steamtrain Maury and Frisco Jack. Footage featuring Iowa Blackie and the coronation ceremony.

An audio recording describing the National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa. Originally recorded in 1987.

A commemorative video created in honor of the crowning of Hobo Queen Minneapolis Jewel in 2011 at the 2011 National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa.

Video footage of the 1992 hobo gathering during Railroad Days in Dunsmuir, California, originally created by Redbird Express and given to Bellingham Kid. Part 1 of a four-part video series. Footage from the Dunsmuir Cemetery and footage featuring…

Video footage of the 1992 National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa, originally created by Redbird Express and given to Bellingham Kid. Part 2 of a four-part video series. Footage featuring jungle entertainment. Footage featuring Steamtrain Maury…

Video footage of the 1992 National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa, originally created by Redbird Express and given to Bellingham Kid. Part 3 of a four-part video series. Footage from the coronation ceremony and hobo king and hobo queen election.…

Video footage of the 1992 hobo gathering in Pennsburg, Pennsylvania, originally created by Redbird Express and given to Bellingham Kid. Part 4 of a four-part video series.

A half-hour short film about hobo life.