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Commencement 1944 at Central Methodist University

This video, taken in the spring of 1944, depicts life on campus during the time of the Navy V-12 unit at Central Methodist University

0:00-1:16 Possibly inauguration of President H.S. DeVore, with officers and sailors in uniform and faculty in robes.
1:16-1:29 McMurray Hall, with sign reading "U.S. Navy Barracks"
1:30-1:56 Officers and sailors talking around "U.S. Navy Sick Bay"
1:57-2:02 Sailor playing a bugle
2:03-2:12 Sailor exiting a building
2:13-2:20 Navy marching band
2:21-2:34 Sailors marching across campus
2:35-3:55 Sailors in field undergoing inspection by officers and marching, including with marching band.
3:46-4:03 Sailors exiting a white gate
4:04-4:09 Flag flying
4:10-5:38 Officers and faculty in regalia, plus sailors, entering Linn Memorial Chapel
5:39-6:34 Mostly women students exiting Linn Memorial Chapel, one posing with a trumpet
6:35-7:10 Mostly women students playing tennis
7:11-8:06 Women students with instruments

1944 Commencement Video