Guide to the Cornell University Football motion pictures movies, videos, and film,
1927-1990.

Collection Number: 40-2-2205

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
(607) 255-3530
Fax: (607) 255-9524
rareref@cornell.edu
http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Howard Schuck
Date completed:
1990
EAD encoding:
Dan Sterner, August 2006;
Evan Fay Earle, July 2007, December 2008
Date modified:
Evan Earle, March 2013

© 2003 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Cornell University football motion pictures, 1927-1990.
Collection Number:
40-2-2205
Creator:
Cornell University.
Quantity:
923+ film reels (22.4 cubic ft.); c. 22+ video cassettes (12 cubic ft.)
Forms of Material:
Movie Film.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Movies, videos, and films of Cornell University football games.
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Film and video of Cornell University football games.
Also, "The Big Red Machine: Exciting play-by-play highlights of Cornell's 1971 Ivy League Championship season narrated by Jay Levine."
Digitization of films can be arranged if requested.

SUBJECTS

Names:
Cornell University.
Cornell University--Football.
Cornell University--Athletics.

Subjects:
Football.

Form and Genre Terms:
Motion pictures.
Videotapes.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Cornell University football motion pictures movies, videos, and film, #40-2-2205. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Digitization of films can be arranged if requested.

RELATED MATERIALS

Some films labeled "highlights" may refer to a single game.
University of Pennsylvania Archives has film of all Penn-Cornell games.
See also collection #40-2-1000 for some 1950 and 1951 reels. Also collection #3-13-2843 for a tape of 1991 highlights.
See also collection #37-5-2629, Howard Schuck papers for more information on the team particularly on the Ohio game of 1939.
See also Big Red Band records, #37-6-3112

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
DVDs Available of the following. See above link for all films.
1928
Cornell vs. Dartmouth, 1928 (F-369 by Allan H. Morgensen)
Box DVD Box 2 DVD 764
1936
Cornell vs. Alfred, 1936 1 of 2 (Box 22, Reel 645)
Box 62 DVD 20
1936
Cornell vs. Alfred, 1936 2 of 2 (Box 22, Reel #544) Nice shots of Schoellkopf stadium crescent crowd
Box 62 DVD 21
1939
Cornell vs. Ohio, 1939, (Reel #311, #312, #309, transfered from V-67) Shows marching band
Box 62 DVD 16
1939
Cornell vs. Ohio, 1939, shorter alternate version of above
Box 62 DVD 41
1939
Cornell vs. Syracuse, 1939, part 1 (Box 11, Reel #310) color
Box 62 DVD 134
1939
Cornell vs. Syracuse, 1939, part 2 (Box 11, Reel #308) color
Box 62 DVD 134
1939
Cornell vs. Dartmouth, 1939, part 1 (Box 11, Reel #315)
Box 62 DVD 134
1939
Cornell vs. Dartmouth, 1939, part 2 (Box 11, Reel #316)
Box 62 DVD 134
1939
Cornell vs. Dartmouth, 1939, part 3 (Box 7, Reel #207)
Box 62 DVD 134
1939
Cornell vs. Dartmouth, 1939, part 4 (Box 41, Reel #1097)
Box 62 DVD 134
1939
Cornell vs. Colgate, 1939, (V-226, Reel #251)
Box 62 DVD 525
1939
Cornell vs. Columbia, 1939, (V-227, Reels #236, #206)
Box 62 DVD 525
1939
Cornell vs. Penn, 1939, (V-230, Reel #481)
Box 62 DVD 525
1940
Cornell vs. Dartmouth, 1940, fifth down play
Box 62 DVD 134
1940
Cornell vs. Ohio State, 1940, part 1 (Box 11)
Box 62 DVD 131
1940
Cornell vs. Ohio State, 1940, part 2 (Box 11)
Box 62 DVD 131
1940
Cornell vs. Ohio State, 1940, part 3 (Box 11)
Box 62 DVD 131
Shows Cornell Big Red marching band performance and tearing down the field goal at end.
1940
Cornell vs. Ohio State, 1940, part 1 (Box 11, Reel #319) color
Box 62 DVD 132
Also includes photos of the players and team roster. Amazing panning shots show a packed to capacity Schoellkopf stadium and you can see the cheerleaders and marching bands perform at halftime as well. Some of the footage in the middle is out of order.Some of the footage is out of order in the middle.
1940
Cornell vs. Ohio State, 1940, part 2 (Box 11, Reel #320) color
Box 62 DVD 132
1940
Cornell vs. Penn, 1940, part 1 (Box 11, Reel #318)
Box 62 DVD 133
1940
Cornell vs. Penn, 1940, part 2 (Box 11, Reel #322)
Box 62 DVD 133
1940
Cornell vs. Penn, 1940, part 3 (Box 11, Reel #321)
Box 62 DVD 133
1940
Cornell vs. Penn, 1940, part 5 (Box 11, Reel #325)
Box 62 DVD 133
1942
Cornell vs. Army, 1942, part 1 (Box 11, Reel #301)
Box 62 DVD 781
1942
Cornell vs. Army, 1942, part 2 (Box 18, Reel #520)
Box 62 DVD 781
1942
Cornell vs. Army, 1942, part 3 (Box 11, Reel #302)
Box 62 DVD 781
1946
Cornell vs. Princeton, 1946, parts 1-3 (Box 21, Reel #632, 634, 635, V-63)
Box 62 DVD 521
1939
Cornell vs. Penn, 1954, (V-230, Reel #314)
Box 62 DVD 525
1955
Cornell vs. Brown, 1955, part 1 (Box 17, Reel #506)
Box 62 DVD 124
1955
Cornell vs. Brown, 1955, part 2 (Box 10, Reel #279)
Box 62 DVD 124
1955
Cornell vs. Brown, 1955, part 3 (Box 10, Reel #281)
Box 62 DVD 124
1956
Cornell vs. Brown, 1956, part 1 (Box 14, Reel #417)
Box 62 DVD 125
1956
Cornell vs. Brown, 1956, part 2 (Box 14, Reel #418)
Box 62 DVD 125
1956
Cornell vs. Brown, 1956, part 3 (Box 14, Reel #398)
Box 62 DVD 125
1957
Cornell vs. Brown, 1957 (3 Reels)
Box 62 DVD 45
1958
Cornell vs. Brown, 1958 (3 Reels)
Box 62 DVD 46
1964
Cornell vs. Columbia, 1964 (Box 27, Reel #797) 2nd Quarter
Box 62 DVD 860
1964
Cornell vs. Columbia, 1964 (Box 6, Reel #153) 3rd Quarter
Box 62 DVD 860
1964
Cornell vs. Columbia, 1964 (Box 6, Reel #159) 4th Quarter
Box 62 DVD 860
1964
Cornell vs. Dartmouth, 1964 (Box 6, Reel #158) 1st Quarter
Box 62 DVD 860
1964
Cornell vs. Dartmouth, 1964 (Box 6, Reel #164) 3rd Quarter
Box 62 DVD 860
1964
Cornell vs. Dartmouth, 1964 (Box 6, Reel #154) 4th Quarter
Box 62 DVD 860
1979
Cornell Football Highlights, 1979, color and sound, includes clip of honoring the 1939 and 1940 Cornell team at halftime of the Yale game.
Box 62 DVD 480
1988
Cornell vs. Penn, 1988 (Box 28, Reel #809) 1st Half Offense
Box 62 DVD 126
1988
Cornell vs. Penn, 1988 (Box 28, Reel #810) 2nd Half Offense
Box 62 DVD 126
1988
Cornell vs. Penn, 1988 (Box 28, Reel #811)1st Half Defense
Box 62 DVD 126
1988
Cornell vs. Penn, 1988 (Box 28, Reel #812) 2nd Half Defense
Box 62 DVD 126
1988
Cornell vs. Penn, 1988 (Box 28, Reel #813) Special Teams
Box 62 DVD 126
1989
Cornell vs. Brown, 1989
Box 62 DVD 481
1995
Cornell at. Lehigh, 1995, Special Teams (Box 51, Tape 1366)
Box 62 DVD 712
1995
Cornell at. Brown, 1995, Special Teams (Box 51, Tape 1373)
Box 62 DVD 712
1995
Cornell vs. Yale, 1995, Special Teams (Box 52, Tape 1414)
Box 62 DVD 712
1995
Cornell vs. Columbia, Special Teams 1995 (Box 52, Tape 1420)
Box 62 DVD 712
1995
Cornell vs. Columbia, 1995, complete game, endzone camera (Box 52, Tape 1423)
Box 62 DVD 712
1971
The Big Red Machine: Exciting play-by-play highlights of Cornell's 1971 Ivy League Championship season narrated by Jay Levine, LP record. Features Ed Marinaro.
SR 1201