Victor Wouk film footage of Caltech, ca 1941

Content Description

Approximately 10 minutes of footage. Contains: V. Wouk at San Gabriel airstrip; B&W aerial shots of campus (V. W was pilot, Joy Wouk was the camera operator); VW and S.S. Mackeown in lab with Westinghouse rectifier; faculty including Sorensen and Pickering. Graduation party with Walter Shenson ("Help!" and "The Mouse that Roared"), "Iz" I. A. L. Diamond who collaborated with Billy Wilder, the Ledeens of Pasadena; V. W calculating with slide rule and using apparatus; John Lentz (later of IBM) and his dog Sambo performing tricks. Color commencement footage with Robert Millikan presiding and V. W getting hooded; Wouk family at the Athenaeum.

Provenance

ACQUIRED HOW OR DONOR: Jordan Wouk

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