"Plus Engineering," Director Robert Cozens, identifier # FI-2019-0069, undated

Item

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

"A recruiting film for Rice. Narrator tells the history of Rice from the founding of Rice Institute through its expansion during the post-WW2 years.

James Blue makes a cameo with film students at 9:15. Shots from many places at Rice, including Hanszen House, Willy's statue at the Quad, Fondren, Rice Stadium, Lovett Hall, Art Barn during an exhibit entitled ""Homage to Picasso""; features ""Rice Research Computer"" (referred to as ""the Computer"" in throughout the film) at the Department of Electrical engineering. Quite a few nice aerial shots of campus. A few shots from beer bike. Then President Hackerman plays squash.

Also has a brief (under a minute) portrait of o Houston as "a young modern city with a variety of cultural opportunities, shows"

Credits: "Produced for the Brown Engineering Department Development Committee by KUHT films

Director - Robert Cozens Script - Jeannine Wilkins Editor - Brian Beasley Camera - Jay Oliver, Robert Cozens Sound - Paul Yeager"

Dates

Creation: 1961 - 2010

Conditions Governing Access

This item is being considered for online access. Until that is approved, a digitized copy is accessible upon request by contacting woodson@rice.edu and using identifier # FI-2019-0069 in the request. This item is stored in a nearline / dark preservation environment.