Browse Items (91 total)

  • Collection: National Hobo Convention's Hobo Video Library

The American Experience - Riding the Rails

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…

The Great American Hobo

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

The National Hobo Convention - History of an American Celebration

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.

The National Hobo Convention (1987)

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

The Queen Jewel

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.

To Bellingham Kid from Redbird Express (Part 1)

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…

To Bellingham Kid from Redbird Express (Part 2)

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…

To Bellingham Kid from Redbird Express (Part 3)

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.…

To Bellingham Kid from Redbird Express (Part 4)

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.

Travelin' Trains

A half-hour short film about hobo life.