Audio-visual recordings created by campus departments, students, and faculty. May include public relations, sports, and other departments. May also include recordings produced by the ITS department, when that department was involved in media production for the campus.
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.
Early footage of livestock and agricultural activities on Cal Poly campus, when it was known as California Polytechnic School, and prior to the school being recognized as having 'collegiate status' by the state.
[00:00:12] "Cal Poly boys look over barrows for project animals"
[00:00:45] "Getting the Future Farmer champion steer ready for the South San Francisco Show"
[00:01:33] "Carloads of Angus and Herefords owned and fed by students"
[00:02:15] "Looking over the best beef project animals"
[00:02:56] "Cal Poly students round up the breeding animals and calves"
[00:03:45] "Mike Stevens ropes a calf"
[00:03:57] "Selecting market hogs"
[00:04:34] "These students decide the corn is ready to cut down"
[00:05:14] "The chopped corn, ready to be blown into the silo"
[00:05:42] "Time to butcher -- Scalding a pig"
[00:05:47] "And off come the bristles"
[00:06:18] "The poultry unit, cared for entirely by students who share in profits"
[00:07:08] "Picking a good bird from a pen of healthy cockerels"
[00:07:34] "Trapnesting -- Each egg is weighed, credited to the proper hen"
[00:07:55] "Candling and grading eggs"
[00:08:18] "Weighing and grading meat birds"
[00:09:01] "The governor opens the South San Francisco Junior Livestock Show"
[00:09:44] "Officials welcome a junior exhibitor from Nevada"
[00:09:58] "Some of the 350 high-quality hogs shown by Future Farmers"
[00:10:15] "Into the ring come the baby beef classes"
[00:11:16] "Crowds watch the judging"
[00:11:26] "Henry W. Vaughn, nationally-known judge, places the animals"
[00:11:50] "Bert Jones, Cal Poly, wins championship with the steer at the far end"
[00:12:04] "An Angus Class"
[00:12:47] "Judging at the Pacific Slope Show in the New Pavilion"
[00:13:11] "The Centerville Future Farmers Band goes over big"
Couper FFA story / Modesto FFA
[00:00:10] A man tries to fix a plow but is unable to
[00:00:51] A man continues working on a plow
[00:01:07] The man repairs the plow
[00:01:49] A man gets into a truck
[00:01:57] A man drives a tractor across a field
[00:02:10] A man drives a different tractor along a row of trees
[00:02:36] A man uses an engine to drive a grain mill
[00:02:53] A man holding a shovel inspects a ditch
[00:03:08] A man with an FFA shirt studies from books
[00:03:21] A 1950s car, a 1920s car, and a horse-drawn wagon drive on a road
[00:03:46] A man loads a truck full of cans
[00:04:21] View of a chicken farm
[00:04:35] View of a cattle judging competition
[00:04:51] Several men prune bushes
[00:05:02] A pig is herded into a truck with an FFA placard on it
[00:05:19] Several students eat and drink by an FFA sign
[00:05:42] A man walks near a rural house
[00:06:00] Several people load furniture onto a truck
[00:06:13] A boy asks a question to a middle-aged man and is answered by an older man
[00:07:10] View of more livestock
[00:08:13] A man calls to order the Modesto chapter of FFA
[00:08:34] The two men and the boy continue talking
[00:08:57] The boy enters a building and exits carrying books
[00:09:21] The boy and the man walk near a farm and are shown with livestock
[00:09:59] Several FFA publications are displayed on a table
Pictures of student farming programs at Cal Poly in 1932 when it was still a high school
[00:00:14] Title cards
[00:00:35] A man sorts eggs according to cards; more men are shown caring for birds as explained by title cards
[00:02:43] A student walks around hen cages and sorts eggs
[00:03:40] Dairy cows are examined and selected
[00:05:18] Cows are led by students
[00:05:54] Some cows are milked
[00:10:10] Sheep are shorn
[00:10:39] Hogs are shown in a field, then get fed by students
[00:12:20] Plants are organized in a greenhouse
[00:13:00] Students plant small bushes outside a barn
[00:13:27] A student irrigates a field with a hoe
[00:14:16] Students near the mission plant a new lawn, Ah Louis house visible
[00:15:46] View of a large silo and additional farm equipment
[00:16:30] A mechanic repairs a piece of farm machinery
[00:17:51] Some men construct farm equipment in a field
[00:18:00] Views of interior of a warehouse for construction
Documentation of agricultural field trip to Winters, CA in the 1940s.
[00:00:20] Several men look at sheep running in a pasture
[00:00:44] Some shots of buildings and fields
[00:00:55] A bus labeled "California State Polytechnic" unloads men
[00:01:37] Several men sign a logbook
[00:01:51] View of the men walking in the distance across a sheep pasture
[00:02:10] More panning shots of sheep
[00:02:35] Several men look at a full pen of sheep in a barn
[00:02:58] A farmer herds sheep from a pen into a barn
[00:04:00] View of a cow field and an expanse of farmland
[00:05:03] Signpost labeled "A.T. Spencer"
[00:05:15] Dark shots of expansive pasture and dirt road
[00:05:57] Several sheep with long wool in a pen
[00:06:12] Several men hold trophies and pose for photographs
[00:06:48] Sheep herding continues
[00:07:10] A sheep is grabbed from the herd by a man and brought over to the crowd
[00:08:39] Several shots of open pastures with sheep being herded by a dog
Documentation of the inauguration of Robert E. Kennedy as President of Cal Poly in 1967, including footage of then- California Governor Ronald Reagan.
[00:00:11] A plane arrives on tarmac and Governor Reagan steps out
[00:00:34] Shots of Cal Poly campus with people waiting
[00:00:37] Many people in cap and gown go into the gymnasium
[00:01:06] Robert E. Kennedy takes his oath
[00:01:40] Kennedy begins his speech
[00:03:50] Reagan's speech begins mid-sentence Listen here as well: https://digital.lib.calpoly.edu/islandora-750
[00:06:04] End of recording
Poly Royal 1955
[00:00:12] Footage of crowds
[00:00:27] Car rolls out onto football field, camera in stands
[00:00:50] Margaret Chase and Julian McPhee speak with other guests
[00:01:11] Drill team marches out onto field with cavalry
[00:01:46] Military band plays briefly
[00:02:19] A man gives a speech
[00:02:30] Poly Royal Court drives on field
[00:03:02] Margaret Chase speaks; Julian McPhee in crowd on stage
[00:03:47] Military band plays
[00:04:02] View from band toward crowd in stands
[00:04:08] Trailer Backing contest
[00:04:49] Views of displays being set up
[00:05:50] Men and women gathering together and laughing
[00:06:50] Cattle judging
[00:07:33] Shots of crowd at baseball game; shots of game; one team is wearing Stanford jerseys
[00:08:56] Men speak briefly on football field
[00:09:25] Poly Royal Queens on stage in front of a building
[00:09:48] Queens exit convertibles
[00:10:11] Rodeo
[00:11:58] Nighttime carnival displays
[00:12:21] Rodeo continues
[00:14:42] Outside booths at nighttime
[00:15:33] Cattle judging; very dark
[00:16:15] Booths outside at night time
[00:16:33] Exterior booths being set up
[00:17:24] Nighttime displays
[00:18:07] End of recording
Documentation of the land and area that formed the Voorhis Unit of California Polytechnic State College, San Luis Obispo. The land was donated by Jerry Voorhis and his family. The footage may even document the original land donated by the Voorhis', which was only used by Cal Poly students for a short period of time. The footage also contains several minutes of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus in the 1940s.
[00:00:15] Views of a farm outdoors
[00:00:26] Several men wash down hogs in a pen and move them to a different pen
[00:01:00] A truck drives through a gate and onto a cow field
[00:01:42] The cows are fed by the men in the truck
[00:02:00] A man tills a field with several flowers and bushes
[00:02:20] Two men load plants into a greenhouse and arrange flower pots
[00:03:00] View of the interior of the greenhouse as the men arrange flowers
[00:03:33] Men in front of the Agricultural Mechanics building assemble a tractor
[00:04:00] Blacksmith shop and woodworking shop are shown
[00:04:33] Thoroughbred Horse Project
[00:04:44] Horses shown walking in a field
[00:05:26] Two men attach bridles to horses and lead them out of the field
[00:05:48] Horses shown in a stable and in a corral
[00:06:15] View of students eating in the cafeteria
[00:06:40] Students walk into the Aeronautics Department and work on machines
[00:07:09] Two men assemble the wing of a glider or airplane
[00:08:30] Students continue to work on assembling an airplane
[00:08:50] A student walks into the Electrical Engineering department and works on copper wire
[00:09:16] Several large machines are shown
[00:09:37] A man climbs a telephone pole and attaches wire to it
[00:10:00] Air-Conditioning laboratory shown
[00:10:57] A machine shop is shown
[00:11:27] Many welders are working on a large work table
[00:11:47] Voorhis Unit title card and buildings shown
[00:12:45] Shots of campus continue
[00:13:25] Students are shown working on various agricultural tasks
[00:14:40] Several people harvest fruit from an orchard
[00:15:00] Students on a field trip go into a field with clipboards and take notes
