College of William & Mary Homecoming Film

Scope and content:

This video recording was digitized from a film reel featuring College of William & Mary Homecoming activities including the football team playing Washington & Lee and the parade, campus scenes, and an airport (possibly the College Airport). Total running time: 3:46. 16mm, 100 foot long. Color, no audio. The film was digitized by Safe Sound Archive in March 2011. It is in good condition. This film has been digitized and can be viewed through the William & Mary Digital Archive. A copy of this film was also DVD of this film was made in March 2011 and is available in the DVD series of this collection. Acc. 2010.148. 0:00 : Football game, Fans in stands, male & female cheerleaders, male students dressed as Indians and riding Wampo the horse, marching band; 1:58 : Men & women walking by camera, exiting a building, walking around including in Sunken Garden; women with sailors; women walking toward statue of Lord Botetourt & curtseying; 3:01 : Men at airport walking by and working on airplanes; 3:27 : Homecoming parade.

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Parent restrictions:
This collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Parent terms of access:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.