Barnard Film Collection, 1925-1976
Part I: Re-Editing Sequence
Reel Subject (brief) Location Film Numbers (new)
1 Barnard documentary, ca. 1925-ca. 1933 freezer 1
1A copy negative of reel 1 freezer
2 Barnard documentary, 1935 freezer 23, 24
2A copy negative of reel 2 freezer
3 Barnard Greek Games, 1944-1953 freezer 19-21
3A copy negative of reel 3 freezer
3B copy of film 19 freezer
4 Barnard Greek Games, 1949-1966 freezer 16, 17
4A copy negative of reel 4 (silent) freezer
4B optical soundtrack of reel 4 freezer
4C copy of film 16 freezer
5 Seven College Vocational Workshop,
fall 1964 shelf B-16 25
6 Barnard athletics, ca. 1935-1953 freezer 22, 2, 3, 6, 7
6A copy negative of reel 6 freezer
7 tennis instructional film, ca. 1940 freezer 4, 5
7A copy negative of reel 7 freezer
8 Barnard documentary, 1938 freezer 18
8A copy negative of reel 8 freezer
8B color-check copy of reel 8 freezer
9 documentary: Why Mothers Work, 1976 shelf B-16 26
10 Barnard Camp, 1932-1964 shelf B-16 8-15, 33-35
11 Barnard documentaries, 1961 and May
1962 freezer 27, 30
11A copy 1 of reel 11 freezer 28, 31
11B copy 2 of reel 11 freezer 29, 32
12 Barnard College Presentation of Degree
Candidates (negative), 1988, part 1* shelf B-16 36
13 Barnard College Presentation of Degree
Candidates (negative), 1988, part 2* shelf B-16 37
*videotape (beta) copy stored on shelf C-8, box 27
Part II: Volume of Original Footage
(excluding leader; all figures approximate)
8mm 16mm b & w color sound silent total
length ——— 265' 7,135' 3,145' 4,255' 2,295' 5,105' 7,400'
duration — 0:20:44 3:16:45 1:38:10 1:59:19 0:56:15 2:41:14 3:37:29
Part III: Inventory According to Original Order
A. Unnumbered Original Reels
new number — 1
stock — 16mm, black and white, silent, double perf
length — 240' (approximate)
speed — 16-18fps (estimated)
duration — 7:08
external titles and markings — “Barnard Films / Barnard Campus”; original leader inscribed “75492 JW[?]”; “1547 2”
content — edited documentary entitled “Barnard College”: Milbank Hall; Brooks and Hewitt Halls; Barnard Hall; “Quoits [deck tennis] on the roof [of Barnard Hall]”; “Barnard Pool”; “Physics Laboratory”; fine arts class visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art; sociology class visiting silk underwear factory; Barnard Summer School for Women Workers in Industry; Mrs. Lowther’s zoology class visiting the Bronx Zoological Park: snakes, bear cubs, seals, and birds; trading floor of the Cotton Exchange; Greek Games (1927?): torch bearer, “Dance in Slow Motion,” hoop rolling, chariot race (outdoors), chariot race and hurdles (indoors); Geer Gate (fade)
persons appearing — Professor Florence de L. Lowther '12 (?)
original or duplicate footage — original
date — ca. 1925-1935(?)
comments — principal filmmaker: Edith (Mulhall) Achilles '14 (see Appendix I and Barnard College Alumnae Monthly, June 1935, pp. 3-4)
NOTE — Original box containing 16, 17, and 19 marked: “CBS News / Voice of America / -1955 / Barnard College / TV-Reprint / Greek Games / 1966”
new number — 16
stock — 16mm, black and white, silent, single perf
length — 150' (approximate)
speed — 24fps
duration — 3:28
external titles and markings — original leader inscribed “Greek Games #0911; R39892[?]”; embossed “HM”
content — edited documentary (no titles) of Greek Games 1949(?)
persons appearing — Lucy Lynn Kang '51(?), Patricia Cowan '51(?)
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — 1949(?)
date of duplication — ca. 1949(?)
new number — 17
stock — 16mm, black and white, sound (optical), single perf
length — 60' (approximate)
speed — 24fps
duration — 1:14
external titles and markings — original leader inscribed “12606 Olympic Barnard 130”
content — edited documentary (no titles) of Greek Games 1966, probably produced by CBS News
persons appearing — Denise Carty '69 (torch bearer and class president), Professor Edith Abbott
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — 23 April 1966
date of duplication — May 1966
comments — see Appendix VI
new number — 19
stock — 16mm, black and white, silent, double perf
length — 75' (approximate)
speed — 24fps
duration — 2:49
external titles and markings — original leader inscribed “29739-1 J.K.”
content — edited documentary entitled “Greek Games: Rehearsal and Performance”
persons appearing — Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve '99 (?)
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — 1944(?)
date of duplication — ca. 1944(?)
new number — 25
stock — 16mm, black and white, sound (optical), single perf
length — 215' (approximate)
speed — 24fps
duration — 5:30 (approximate)
external titles and markings — “ABC News / Barnard Film”; original leader inscribed “14202 ABC-Barnard College”; “'55 Neg. Mag. HD[x]A-8948”
content — partially edited ABC-TV news report on the third annual Seven College Vocational Workshop, held in Sulzberger Parlor, Barnard Hall; includes interviews with workshop director Anne Cronin and the following participants: Anne Ackerman (Hunter College); Alice Dern (Mount Holyoke College); Millicent Jick (Connecticut College); and Harriet Baldwin (Cornell University)
persons appearing — Anne Cronin, Anne Ackerman, Alice Dern, Millicent Jick, Harriet Baldwin
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — fall 1964
date of duplication — ca. 1964
comments — see Appendix V
new number — 26
stock — 16mm, color, sound (optical), single perf
length — 700' (approximate)
speed — 24fps
duration — 19:00 (approximate)
external titles and markings — “Why Mothers Work”
content — edited and narrated documentary; opening titles: “Why Mothers Work […] produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Corporation in collaboration with Elizabeth Janeway ['35], author, social historian”; follows the daily routines of two working mothers, one white and one African-American
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — c1976
date of duplication — ca. 1976
comments — see Appendix VII
new number — 27
stock — regular 8mm, Kodachrome II, color, silent, single perf
length — 180' (approximate)
speed — 18fps
duration — 6:48
external titles and markings — “Alumnae Movie I”; original leader inscribed “60598”
content — edited documentary (no titles) on Barnard College
persons appearing — Penny White '62, Prof. Richard Norman
original or duplicate footage — original
date — spring and fall 1961
comments — see Appendix III; filmmakers: Marian Churchill White '29, Heritage (Cherry) White Carnell '59, and Penny White '62
new number — 28
stock — regular 8mm, Kodachrome II, color, silent, single perf
length — 180' (approximate)
speed — 18fps
duration — 6:48
external titles and markings — “Alumnae Movie I”; original leader inscribed “60598”
content — copy of 27
persons appearing — Penny White '62, Prof. Richard Norman
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — spring and fall 1961
date of duplication — ca. 1961
comments — see Appendix III; filmmakers: Marian Churchill White '29, Heritage (Cherry) White Carnell '59, and Penny White '62
new number — 29
stock — regular 8mm, Kodachrome II, color, silent, single perf
length — 180' (approximate)
speed — 18fps
duration — 6:48
external titles and markings — “Alumnae Movie I”; original leader inscribed “60598”
content — copy of 27
persons appearing — Penny White '62, Prof. Richard Norman
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — spring and fall 1961
date of duplication — ca. 1961
comments — see Appendix III; filmmakers: Marian Churchill White '29, Heritage (Cherry) White Carnell '59, and Penny White '62
new number — 30
stock — regular 8mm, Kodachrome II, color, silent, single perf
length — 85' (approximate)
speed — 18fps
duration — 13:56
external titles and markings — “Alumnae Movie II”; original leader inscribed “74352”
content — edited documentary (no titles) on Barnard College
persons appearing — Penny White '62
original or duplicate footage — original
date — May 1962
comments — see Appendix IV; filmmakers: Heritage (Cherry) White Carnell '59 and Penny White '62 (?)
new number — 31
stock — regular 8mm, Kodachrome II, color, silent, single perf
length — 85' (approximate)
speed — 18fps
duration — 13:56
external titles and markings — “Alumnae Movie II” ; original leader inscribed “74352”
content — copy of 30
persons appearing — Penny White '62
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — May 1962
date of duplication — ca. 1962
comments — see Appendix IV; filmmakers: Heritage (Cherry) White Carnell '59 and Penny White '62 (?)
new number — 32
stock — regular 8mm, Kodachrome II, color, silent, single perf
length — 85' (approximate)
speed — 18fps
duration — 13:56
external titles and markings — “Alumnae Movie II” ; original leader inscribed “74352”
content — copy of 30
persons appearing — Penny White '62
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — May 1962
date of duplication — ca. 1962
comments — see Appendix IV; filmmakers: Heritage (Cherry) White Carnell '59 and Penny White '62 (?)
B. Fragment
new number — 23
stock — 16mm, black and white, silent, double perf
length — 20' (approximate)
speed — 24fps (estimated)
duration — 0:31 (approximate)
external titles and markings — “Kynoston[?] / Greek Games / 1931?”
content — fragment of edited documentary of Freshman Day in 1932, with the following intertitles: “Acting Dean Mullins attends”; “Miss Wayman registers her approval.”; “In Dancing Class / 1932 / In order of […] / Candace […] / Barn[ard] / inst […] / Hel[…] / A[…]nessy '26 [ensuing sequence lost]”
persons appearing — Acting Dean George W. Mullins, Professor Agnes R. Wayman
original or duplicate footage — original
date — September 19, 1932
C. Original Collection
old number — 1
new number — 2
stock — 16mm, Kodak Safety Positive, black and white, silent, double perf
length — 25' (approximate)
speed — 16-18fps (estimated)
duration — 0:57
external titles and markings — “2.16 A. Ross Diving / by E. Hallock”; “CDD 1677[?]”; “29739.2; O.K.”
content — female diver, indoor pool (Barnard?)
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — ca. 1940(?)
date of duplication — ca. 1940(?)
old number — 2
new number — 3
stock — 16mm, Kodak Safety Positive, black and white, silent, double perf
length — 430' (approximate)
speed — 18fps (estimated)
duration — 12:02
external titles and markings — “Archery For Beginners / use 18' for score”; “United World Films, Ic. 105 E. 106th St. NY 29, N.Y.”
content — edited instructional film, with intertitles
original or duplicate footage — original
date — ca. 1940(?)
old number — 3
new number — 22
stock — 16mm, Kodak Safety Film, black and white, silent, double perf
length — 200' (approximate)
speed — 24fps
duration — 5:02
external titles and markings — “Campus T. Tourna. / Roof-Arch. / Campus / Tennis Tournament / Freshman Gym / Archery / Roof”
content — edited documentary (no titles): tennis class; Barnard campus; tenpins on the roof of Barnard Hall; other games; view from roof of campus, showing flagstaff; archery in the Jungle; tennis tournament; women playing six passes(?) in front of Barnard Hall; archery on South Lawn; student athletes running out of Barnard Hall, south entrance, waving to camera; archery demonstration on South Lawn; view of Broadway from window of Barnard Hall; class in the Jungle, near sundial; woman with racket running towards Milbank Hall
person appearing — Dr. Wilhelm Alfred Braun
original or duplicate footage — original
date — ca. 1932
old numbers — 4, 5
new numbers — 4, 5
stock — 16mm, black and white, silent, double perf
length — 600' (approximate)
speed — 16-18fps (estimated)
duration — 16:26
external titles and markings — “Presenting An Analysis of Tennis Fundamentals / Part 1 (Duplicate)”
content — edited instructional film, with intertitles; opening titles include: “Produced and Demonstrated by Dorothy D. Randle / and Florence Tenney / Members of the U.S. Professional / Lawn Tennis Association / and / Directors of the Dorothy D. / Randle Tennis School, / New York City”; “Photographed by / Dorothy Harrison / Randolph-Macon / Woman’s College / Lynchburg, Virginia”
persons appearing — Dorothy D. Randle, Florence Tenney '24
original or duplicate footage — duplicate
original date — ca. 1940(?)
date of duplication — ca. 1940(?)
old numbers — 7, 16
new number — 18
stock — 16mm, Kodachrome (date code ¢[1945]) and Kodak Safety Film (date code p¢[1944]), color, silent, double perf
length — 700' (approximate)
speed — 24fps
duration — 19:41
external titles and markings — “GG / Jody Callow [Judy Callaway '55] / South Lawn / Barnard College, Rev Sept 1949[?]#1 / #15”; “Barnard '49 / T.W. Willard Motion Picture Company / 130 West 46th Street / New York, [N.Y.] / Barnard College #2—Rev. Sept '49 / #XVI”
content — edited documentary entitled “Barnard College / Columbia University / New York”; “Production / T.W. Willard Motion Picture Co. / New York, N.Y.”: “‘Beside the waters of the Hudson’”: views of the Hudson River (125th Street Ferry, George Washington Bridge); Riverside Quadrangle (tennis courts, Riverside Building); Riverside Church; students meeting in the Jungle; “In a community of schools, of colleges and of churches.”; sign: “Union Theological / Seminary / James Memorial / Chapel / Daily Chapel Services at 8:00 A.M. / Mon. July 4 No Service / Tues. Pres. Coffin / Wed. Prof. Tillich / Thurs. Prof. Holt / [Fri. Pres.] Coffin”; Chapel courtyard; “Juilliard School of Music”: students exiting; “Cathedral of St. John the Divine”: students descending exterior stairs; sign: “The Riverside Church / Sunday May 1st / 11 AM Morning Worship / Harry Emerson Fosdick / 4:30 PM Communion Service / Choir Of 50 Voices”; “Barnard is part of Columbia University”: Columbia College campus, Geer Gate, students crossing Broadway to Columbia College; “Students have the privilege of examining rare books and manuscripts in the Low Library.”: Low Library exterior, students within leafing through medieval volumes, students leaving Low, more views of Columbia College campus, red-robed choir in St. Paul’s Chapel; “Back on their own campus […]”: exterior views of Barnard campus and buildings (including dormitories), excellent interior views of Barnard Hall, more exterior views of campus, Milbank Hall; “Courses in laboratory science […]”: student performing experiments in chemistry lab, biology lab supervised by Dr. Henry E. Crampton, students feeding chicks in zoology lab; “A Lesson in the Botany Greenhouse”: class in Greenhouse taught by Dr. Edmund W. Sinnott; “In the Physics Laboratory, reproducing books by microphotography — a new field.”; “Brinckerhoff Theatre […]”: Dr. Minor White Latham directing rehearsal; “Courses in English and in Government often use the tutorial plan.”: English class taught by Dr. William Tenney Brewster; “[…] English Speech courses”: students using Dictaphone; “After classes — ”: students descending stairs in Milbank; crossing campus; athletics on Barnard campus (swimming in Barnard Pool, badminton and volleyball in Barnard Gymnasium, tennis, and archery); Greek Games 1938 (including excellent view of freshman chariot driven by Jean Helen Sauer '41); “Tea in College Parlor [Brooks Hall?].”; “Ella Weed Reading Room”; “Brooks Hall Orchestra”: woman conducting; “A Dance In Brooks”; “Barnard Camp[…]”: students boarding automobile; “An hour’s drive from the campus[…]”: campers pumping water, shelling peas, playing volleyball; “In every season the road to camp still beckons”: tree-lined parkway in fall, carful of campers arriving at cabin, taking coffee break outdoors with cocker spaniel, hiking in woods; “New York is Barnard’s laboratory”; “Meeting on the steps of the Museum of Natural History, where the zoology classes study regularly.”; “Art students have weekly classes in Metropolitan Museum of Art.”: Renoir painting in background; “Undergraduates study mediaeval art at the Cloisters of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.”; “Government students attend meetings of the City Council in the City Hall.”; “Students in Economics do their fieldwork in the business sections of New York.”; “Seniors leave the campus for the Commencement exercises at Columbia.”; “‘Again the Palisades grow dark — ”: sunset on the Hudson (fade)