Film Collections, 1937/1970

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Military Institute Archives
Preston Library
Virginia Military Institute
345 Letcher Ave.
Lexington, VA 24450-0304
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Jeffrey S. Kozak
Phone: (540) 464-7516
Phone: (540) 464-7566
Fax: (540) 464-7089
Terms of access:

If you have a research interest in any item in this collection, please contact us. We currently do not have equipment to view these films, but are planning future digitization.

Summary

Extent:
12 cubic feet
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

A small collection of vintage amateur film (1930's-1940's) showing cadet life of those eras. Also miscelleous VMI - related film titles.

16mm amateur films from cadetship of James H. Culpepper, Jr., Class of 1936.

16 mm film reels shot at VMI by Cadet Newland Baldwin, Jr. around 1937.

8mm and 16mm reels shot at VMI during cadetship of William G. Wood, Class of 1941. Shows cavalry drill, marching, barracks and other aspects of cadet life.

Reels labeled: Rat resurrection, 2/3 Feb. 1963; VMI-U Tenn. Meet, 7 Jan 1963; VMI Winter relays, 7 Feb. 1963; VMI Vs. Citadel, 7 April 1963; VMI Track; VMI vs. W&M, UVA, 25 April 1963.

16mm film of the 22 October 1949 football game between the Virginia Military Institute and the University of Virginia. The final score was VMI-13 and Virginia-32. The film is labled Reel #2. No film labeled Reel #1 for this game was included when the films were transferred to the archives.

16mm film of the 5 November 1949 football game between the Virginia Military Institute and Davidson College The final score was VMI-47 and Davidson-7.

Physical / technical requirements:

Most of these items have not been digitized and are in formats for which VMI does not have equipment.

Physical location:
Archives stacks, Video/Film; Archives stacks, oversized shelf