Scenes from the campus of University of California, Berkeley. College students passing through the Sather Gate. Views of academic buildings, and the Sather Tower in the background. Students walking, bicycling, seated, working outdoors throughout the campus.
Various events captured by newsreel cameramen. City of Berkeley, California, burning, in 1923. Furniture on side of road. Some people scramble to save possessions in path of advancing fire. Others watch helplessly. Crowd mills around. View of burning buildings from roof top. Wrecked building. Burning multistory buildings in a city. One collapses. Arctic explorers' ship navigates between icebergs.
Polio medicine prepared in a Cutter laboratory in Berkeley, California. Doctors leave a room. Two doctors take out a glass flask from a shelf and observe. A trolley loaded with crates containing medicines. A man pushes the trolley. Women check the medicines in a laboratory. The women experiment with polio vaccination in the laboratory. A sign on the door reads 'Polio'. A man stacks the crates and pushes an empty trolley. The man makes a note of the medicines' stock. A crate containing polio medicine on a table. A nurse pushes a trolley loaded with medicines to a storage area. The nurse keeps the medicine bottles onto shelves and a man makes a note of it. A woman observes through a microscope in the laboratory. A man makes a note of the medicine stock. Papers kept on a table. A man writes on a paper.
Polio medicine prepared in Cutter laboratory in Berkeley, California. Men load polio vaccine crates into a transport. Cars driven on road. Men pack crates. A man makes a record of the polio medicines. A man takes out a medicine bottle from the cover. A man enters the laboratory. A cargo vehicle in front of the Cutter laboratory building. Pedestrians and automobile traffic outside the laboratory. A woman observes through a microscope. People climb the stairs to the vaccination room . A nurse takes the medicine into a syringe from a bottle. Men pack crates of medicine. Women work in laboratories. A crate containing polio medicine.
Old graduates of University of California gather for Charter Day in Berkeley, California. Traditional procession of gowned dignitaries marks 63rd Anniversary of University of California. Buildings in background. Trees lined on sides of the road. A huge crowd seated.
Closeup of Ronald Reagan taking oath of office as Governor of California. His wife, Nancy Reagan, standing at his side. Views of Governor Reagan signing a document, and conversing with members of his staff. Reagan is seen addressing an audience from a stage; mingling with State legislators; speaking before an informal gathering of his backers. Reagan mingling with people at a political convention, and congratulating Richard Nixon when he became the Republican nominee for President. Next Gerald Ford is seen taking the oath of office as President in the wake of Nixon's resignation. President Ford and challenger Ronald Reagan on the occasion of their debate. People congratulating Jimmy Carter on his election as President. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn. Ronald Reagan speaking to members of a South Carolina Kiwanis Club. Reagan campaigning for President in 1980. Reagan being celebrated as the Republican candidate for President at the party's national convention in Detroit. He standing with his choice for Vice Presidential candidate, George Bush. Reagan makes a brief statement and the convention celebrates with balloons dropping from the ceiling, among other things. Closeup of Candidate Reagan and his wife, Nancy, at the podium, waving. Glimpses of Reagan during his campaign. Carter and Reagan in a nationally televised debate a few days before the election. Newly elected President Reagan with outgoing President Carter at the White House to arrange an orderly transfer of power.