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Last Updated on Monday, 11 April 2022 20:21

1960s/1970s Rostaver / Belle Vernon Football and Basketball Game Films Available For Purchase

Among the many items that the Donora Historical Society has in its collection are 125 football and basketball games of Mon Valley teams from 1955 to 1979. They are original 16mm game films that are in the process of being converted to DVD. There is no sound. We launched a project in 2015 to start to transfer the films to DVD to not only get them in a usable format to be added to our artifact collection and our presentation offerings, but to get these games in the hands of the players that played in them some 40 to 75 years ago.

Thirteen of the 125 game films that we have feature Belle Vernon High School and Rostraver High School, seven have been converted from 16mm to DVD and are available at an affordable price. Most games cost $25/game plus S&H. Other games may cost less due to film length and quality. There are seven BVA football games, four BVA basketball games and two Rostraver football games.

There are seven Belle Vernon and Rostraver football games that have been converted and available on DVD:

09/13/63 - Rostraver 0 vs. Donora 24 - $25
09/19/64 - Rostraver 0 vs. Donora 13 - $25
09/03/65 - BVA 0 vs. Canon Mac 0 scrimmage - $15
10/01/65 - BVA 32 vs. Donora 0 - $25
10/08/65 - BVA 2 vs. Mon City 13 - $8
09/23/66 - BVA 19 vs. Donora 9 - $25
10/30/70 – BVA 32 vs. Ringgold 6 - $20

There are five Belle Vernon basketball games that are converted and available on DVD:

02/09/66 - BVA 47 vs. Mon City 62 - $20
02/10/70 - BVA 75 vs. Ringgold 82 - $25
02/09/71 - BVA 55 vs. Ringgold 65 - $25
03/01/74 - BVA 54 vs. Ringgold 50 - $15
02/27/76 - BVA 50 vs. Ringgold 70 - playoff - $25

There are four Belle Vernon football and basketball games that have not been converted yet:

10/08/66 - BVA 26 vs. Mon City 13
10/07/67 - BVA 39 vs. Mon City 0
09/20/68 - BVA 40 vs. Mon City 12
01/27/76 - BVA 55 vs. Ringgold 62 basketball

Please email us at donorahistoricalsociety@gmail.com or call us at 724-823-0364 and leave a message with any questions or to place your order. Email will get the quickest response.