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Description
Footage of Cal Poly's mechanical engineering program and other parts of campus, circa 1930s - 1940s </br> [00:00:11] "Pictures of the Campus taken from the Air" </br> [00:00:51] Weeks' Buildings can be seen (L-R: Dormitory No. 1, Administration, Household Arts) </br> [00:00:55] Mott Gym to the right of Weeks' Buildings, Electrical Power Generating Plant to right of Mott </br> [00:01:08] Domitories (Deuel, Chase, Jesperson, Heron) </br> [00:01:39] "Shop Buildings of the Aeronautics Department." </br> [00:02:05] "The Airplane Construction Department." </br> [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. </br> [00:03:08] Student, wearing no eye protection, watches another student weld</br> [00:03:11] "The Airplane Engine Repair Department." </br> [00:03:47] "Checking Valve Tappet Adjustments on an Airplane Engine." </br> [00:04:02] "All Airplane Engines are Tested after being Overhauled." </br> [00:04:34] "The Aeronautics Club." </br> [00:04:58] "The Electrical Power Generating Plant for the California Polytechnic School." </br> [00:05:34] "Gas and steam engine laboratory used also for the science work." </br> [00:06:31] "The Electrical Department of the California Polytechnic School." </br> [00:07:19] "The Armature Winding and Motor Repair Department." </br> [00:08:16] "Generator Testing." </br> [00:08:55] "Synchronizing Alternating Current Machines." </br> [00:09:09] "Adjusting an Industrial Control Panel." </br> [00:09:24] "Machine shop training is essential to students in Aeronautics, Electricity, and Mechanical Drafting." </br> [00:10:00] Student uses a lathe </br> [00:10:45] Student uses a mill and also shows off his drafted part drawing </br> [00:12:50] Students return the tools they checked out to a shop tech </br> [00:13:09] Students working at drafting tables </br> [00:13:25] "The Cal Poly school enters into a regular athletic competition with junior colleges." </br> [00:13:34] Students exercising in Mott Gym, basketball, boxing, handball, gymnastics (bars, ropes, tumbling, Pommel horse) </br> [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. </br> [00:15:27] "A Student's room in the dormitory." </br> [00:15:57] "There is a fine collection of technical books and magazines in the library." </br> [00:16:43] "The students are served cafeteria style." </br> [00:16:49] Women are seen in the film for the first time </br>
Type
moving image
Format
Silent Black and White 16mm film
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
Dexter, Bin 8 Aisle, UA Films Box 3; ua-sel_00000260 cslusp_000016
Provenance
California Polytechnic State University Special Collections and Archives, San Luis Obispo California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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