Made in the 1940s, this short film showcases some of America’s most prominent universities and their songs (instrumental versions only) and campuses. The film starts with Duke. At :39 are shots of Cornell, followed at 1:17 by Southern Methodist University, the University of Pennsylvania at 1:50, Stanford at 2:30, the University of Mississippi at 3:00, Purdue at 3:47, University of Oklahoma at 4:30, Syracuse University at 5:01, Rice Institute / Rice University at 5:41, University of Minnesota at 6:12, Fordham at 6:44, University of Washington at 7:18, the Alabama Poly Institute / University of Alabama at 7:56, Princeton at 8:26, and the University of Michigan at 8:56, Yale at 9:30.

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