My First Week at Dartmouth
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Synopsis
Film Details
| Date | 1950 |
| Description | 19m 52s, sound, color |
| Producer | Dartmouth College Films |
| Script and Direction | Maurice Tapf |
| Photography | Adrian Bouchard |
| Music | Frederick W. Sternfeld, William H. Terry '51 |
| Narrator | John A. Gambling '51 |
| Actors | Buck H. Zuckerman '52 (Peter) |
| Sel Atherton '52 (George) |
Synopsis
This color promotional film for potential applicants to Dartmouth College follows a fictional freshman, "Peter," through his first days on campus and around Hanover. Using first-person narration, he introduces various facets of student life and meets professors and administrators who discuss the College. He describes his first week at Dartmouth through a letter home to his parents.
The film includes scenes of various buildings on campus and a full tour of Baker Library including the Orozco Mural. Several scenes of the Dartmouth Outing Club, the Dartmouth Flying Club, and the Dartmouth Camera Club are also included.