This is Duke, 1954
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Produced for Alumni Affairs, this promotional film is presented as a tour of the campus by a student. It contains footage of campus life, religious activities, commencement, homecoming, Joe College Weekend, classrooms, laboratories, the hospital, professional schools, and Duke Forest. A section towards the end has footage of many senior administrators. From a note in the University Archives collection file: The film This is Duke University was a 27-minute film done in the 1950s. Fred Whitener photographed most of the film and produced it. Harry Owen did the sound recording and titles. A mechanical engineering student (an announcer for WDBS, who had a good deep voice) did the narration. The film had a musical background. Allan Bone selected the music from records and it was dubbed with narration. Engineering did the sound recording on the equipment in the photograph. The film was shown all over the world, including on cruise ships. The total costs of this first film with sound, including a trip to N.Y. by Fred Whitenener and Harry Owen, was less than $1,000. Dr. Owen said it should be copied to video tape. Harry Owen, 6/12/85.; Duplication Master: Beta SP. UA88-57-1; Reference Copy: VHS. UA88-57-1
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