University Archives Audio-Visual Collection

[00:00:14] Announcer describes 1955 Alumni Tour [00:01:39] Interviewer raises question of vocational training contrasted against child labor laws [00:01:54] McPhee talks about his pride in the students and alumni of Cal Poly [00:02:00] McPhee describes his philosophy of the Alumni Tour [00:02:47] McPhee describes his wishes that more California schools could be like Cal Poly [00:03:00] McPhee talks about the number of graduates and how he visits some from many graduation years [00:03:40] McPhee describes his own work experience [00:04:14] McPhee talks about additional proposed Cal Poly campuses [00:04:42] McPhee discusses the coursework and offerings of other state colleges [00:05:31] McPhee talks about the dates for Poly Royal 1955 [00:05:54] McPhee discusses upcoming growth of the campuses [00:06:53] McPhee talks about coeducation and his daughters [00:07:19] Upside-down approach discussed along with practical approach [00:08:40] McPhee talks about how many students are offered jobs in engineering [00:09:18] Requirements for entrance [00:09:30] McPhee talks about athletics and football ranking [00:10:57] McPhee talks about tuition and fees - $13 per quarter and no tuition [00:11:40] McPhee discusses housing for students [00:12:50] McPhee describes campus employment of students [00:14:00] Interviewer praises Cal Poly [00:14:57] McPhee asked about vocational training in K-12 education [00:15:15] McPhee describes the reasons students fail - poor English and math skills

Footage from the 1985-86 school year, including footage of the Rose Parade float, Poly Royal, and Week of Welcome.
[00:00:00] Introduction and aerial views of Cal Poly campus.
[00:00:34] Videos of WoW groups
[00:04:30] Students at football game
[00:04:53] Cal Poly's Rose Float
[00:05:00] Cal Poly football game
[00:05:53] Girl's Volleyball game
[00:06:17] Drama production
[00:06:26] Clip of the sandwich shop
[00:06:35] Inside classroom
[00:07:00] Cal Poly dance program
[00:07:32] Baseball game
[00:07:48] Unidentified man giving speech
[00:07:54] View of the beach and downtown
[00:08:29] Swim team
[00:08:35] Various locations around San Luis
[00:08:43] Basketball Game
[00:08:56] Softball game
[00:09:10] Basketball victory celebration
[00:09:15] Track meet
[00:09:48] Students dance to live music on Dexter lawn
[00:10:10] Women's recreational dancing
[00:10:18] Students listen to live music on Dexter Lawn
[00:10:35] Poly Royal
[00:11:14] Women's synchronized swimming
[00:11:20] Diving
[00:11:27] Beach Races
[00:11:52] Poly Royal
[00:12:10] Fraternity's Luau
[00:12:26] Parade around Cal Poly's campus
[00:13:01] View of the ocean and pier
[00:13:20] North Mountain dorms
[00:13:35] People gathering on a lawn
[00:13:52] Beach view
[00:13:57] Cal Poly Rodeo
[00:14:10] Students in various places around campus
[00:14:40] WoW groups
[00:15:21] Football game
[00:15:39] Brief clips of live music, dance shows, sports games, rodeo
[00:16:13] Student life on campus
[00:17:22] Campus aerial
[00:17:30] Commencement

A brief history of the Cal Poly football team from its beginnings until the 1990s.

Earliest footage of the Cal Poly football team available in the library's University Archives. Highlights of Cal Poly vs San Francisco State football game. Footage is vignetted and appears to be filmed at a slightly higher than usual frame rate.

Documentation of Cal Poly football team when John Madden, future Hall of Fame coach for the Oakland Raiders and famous television commentator, played as a lineman on the Cal Poly team.

Documentation of Cal Poly football team when John Madden, future Hall of Fame coach for the Oakland Raiders and famous television commentator, played as a lineman on the Cal Poly team.

Footage of Cal Poly's facilities and departments, circa 1929 - 1933. Jespersen is in the footage, and that building was built in 1929. Aeronautics Department professor H. G. Warren is pictured, he left in fall 1933. This film was mostly likely used in promoting the school in visiting high schools around California.
[00:00:11] "Pictures of the Campus taken from the Air"
[00:00:51] Weeks' Buildings can be seen (L-R: Anderson Hall, Administration, Household Arts)
[00:00:55] Crandall Gym to the right of Weeks' Buildings, Power House.
[00:01:08] Dormitories (Deuel, Chase, Jespersen ('Jesperson'), Heron)
[00:01:39] "Shop Buildings of the Aeronautics Department."
[00:02:05] "The Airplane Construction Department." (Aeronautics building)
[00:02:37] "The Airplane Welding Department." Shows students welding, with goggles instead of helmets and far less protection than is used in the labs today.
[00:03:08] Student, wearing no eye protection, watches another student weld
[00:03:11] "The Airplane Engine Repair Department."
[00:03:47] "Checking Valve Tappet Adjustments on an Airplane Engine."
[00:04:02] "All Airplane Engines are Tested after being Overhauled."
[00:04:34] "The Aeronautics Club," including Professor H. G. Warren at right.
[00:04:58] "The Electrical Power Generating Plant for the California Polytechnic School." (The Power House)
[00:05:34] "Gas and steam engine laboratory used also for the science work."
[00:06:31] "The Electrical Department of the California Polytechnic School."
[00:07:19] "The Armature Winding and Motor Repair Department."
[00:08:16] "Generator Testing."
[00:08:55] "Synchronizing Alternating Current Machines."
[00:09:09] "Adjusting an Industrial Control Panel."
[00:09:24] "Machine shop training is essential to students in Aeronautics, Electricity, and Mechanical Drafting."
[00:10:00] Student uses a lathe
[00:10:45] Student uses a mill and also shows off his drafted part drawing
[00:12:50] Students return the tools they checked out to a shop tech
[00:13:09] Students working at drafting tables
[00:13:25] "The Cal Poly school enters into a regular athletic competition with junior colleges."
[00:13:34] Students exercising in Crandall Gym, basketball, boxing, handball, gymnastics (bars, ropes, tumbling, Pommel horse)
[00:14:56] "There is a club room in each dormitory." "Club room" appears to be a student common room, with students lounging and a fireplace in the room.
[00:15:27] "A Student's room in the dormitory."
[00:15:57] "There is a fine collection of technical books and magazines in the library."
[00:16:43] "The students are served cafeteria style."
[00:16:49] Women are seen in the film for the first time

Documentation of Cal Poly football game when John Madden, future Hall of Fame coach for the Oakland Raiders and famous television commentator, played as a lineman for the Cal Poly team.

Recording of future US President Ronald Reagan, during a visit to Cal Poly for the inauguration of Cal Poly President Robert E. Kennedy. See also https://digital.lib.calpoly.edu/islandora-765
[00:00:15] Brief shots of the exterior and interior of the Men's gymnasium (now Mott Gym)
[00:00:24] Governor Reagan begins his speech
[00:01:36] Chancellor Glenn S. Dumke begins speaking but is cut off
[00:02:02] President Kennedy begins his speech
[00:03:12] End of recording

Cal Poly's Rose Parade float in 1968. People decorate a papier-mache mouse's head that will be used on the Rose Float.