Varsity Night, circa 1957
(Continues footage of the "Varsity Night" activities, includes a trampoline comedy routine and performances by various UM bands and orchestras.)
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Varsity Night, circa 1957
(Continues footage of the "Varsity Night" activities, includes performances by the UM Band a singer, and a student "playing his hands.)
Alumni Association Film, 1920s-1930s
(The following films were produced or collected by or for the University of Michigan Alumni Association during the 1920s and 1930s. They document a variety of university events, buildings, and personalities. The films have been cut up and spliced. They are mostly b/w but there are sections of color film. Some of this footage was used in the films "We Came to Ann Arbor" and "Women Students at the University of Michigan in the 1930s." Nine small films were compiled onto two reels and transferred to Beta SP tape by Allied Films, in 1997. The digital files made from the Beta tapes by SceneSavers, 2009) Listed below are the two compiled reels, followed by descriptions of the original small reels.)
Alumni Association Film, 1930s
(Horse riding; "Back to school again" (students return to campus); Footage includes Pres. Ruthven(?) on horseback; train station; campus policeman; Angell Hall; U. Hospital; Observatory; various deans and professors; aerial of campus; University of Michigan Athletic Department footage; Stadium; Basketball; Directors of Michigan's athletic program; Big 10 Track meet; Students on Diag and campus shots; Snowstorm on South U. Talent: Alexander Ruthven, UM-Pres. ;Fielding Yost, UM-Ath.)
Alumni Association Film, 1930s
(Game and practice footage of the 1925 football team; including some slow motion shots of plays; close-ups of Bennie Friedman, Bennie Oosterbaan, Wallie Weber, and Lewis Gilbert; (Dr. Wiles' film. An REO-GRAM production?); Aerial footage of stadium and campus; Michigamua initiation - smoking ceremonial pipe on President's House lawn. Men loading cart. Talent: Bennie Friedman, Bennie Oosterbaan, Wallie Weber, Lewis Gilbert)