Summary

Salesman Doctor Farmer Architect Man in lab Men in engineering lab, CU model airplane Young man eating sandwich stops mid bite and mouth drops Nerdy cartoon figure with bubble that says 'E=mc2' Kid at ice cream shop says no to camera, 'I'm normal' Kid in hot rod says 'not me' Baseball player on field says 'no time for sports' Fellow at park says 'Not me, no girls' Library in college (crowded, NICE) Students studying Students in lab Guys sitting down at long table to eat California Institute of Technology in Pasadena Students walking down halls CU of students at dance (NICE) Students on ski lift Students skiing down slopes Sign which says 'Beach Party' Young people running on sand holding hands (GREAT) Students at dance One student wearing mask Nerdy cartoon figure transformed to popular figure Students playing basketball Swimming (all jump into pool) Tennis Baseball Football (nice idealized shots) Track Discus throwing Javelin High jump Individual and groups of male students turn heads as if watching something run by (NICE) Hurdles, discus (NICE) Students in circle holding books Students playing tug of war (GREAT) Engineering students hold equipment Group cheers on tug of warriors Students working on college newspaper CU of newspaper Students working at radio station Students improvising on stage Students playing instruments ROTC students marching Church on campus YMCA Newman Club Student election campaign posters Popular cartoon figure Students playing ping pong Students mud wrestling Students studying Students observing various mechanical apparatuses High speed water column Liquid air Gyroscopes Students watching cranes Research laboratories Dr. Linus Pauling, molecular scientist with molecule model Dr. Carl David Anderson, Nobel Prize winning nuclear physicist Dr. Harrison Brown, GO Chemist Dr. Ernest Speckler, aircraft design expert Dr. Robert Langmore, designed atom smasher Students at work with professors Student at map Students sketching female model Students walking around campus Pan up to flag Students looking through pamphlets Students arriving at college Putting on name tags Nerdy guy Students get onto bus Bus goes to mountains Throwing horseshoes Playing croquet Lots of jumping into pool Swimming Teacher introduces student class to Cal Tech Teacher lectures group of students outside Students listening Student waking up to alarm Students in classes Students in labs Students in drafting class Students doing calisthenics Student studying Diagram of time breakdown with campy graphics Student gets grades CU of pensive student Graduation Students handed diploma Men working in labs Students looking through microscopes Huge telescope, planetarium-type building Pictures of galaxy and planets Earth rotating Mountain, rock, fossils, oil, coal, iron, uranium Man attached to machine flexing Man studying tomato plants Flowers blooming (TIME LAPSE) Cells, chromosomes doubling Student looking at liquid in test tube Atom model, molecule model Balls knocking against each other Man working on blackboard Montage of scientists, writes equation on blackboard Student drafting Electrical waves Radios TV antennas Neon signs in Times Square with Felix the Cat (NICE) Radar grid turns Metals Oil Shaking machine Professor teaches how to design earthquake proof structure Professor holds model of plane in front of class Commercial airplane (GREAT) Fighter plane Early rocket taking off Engineer in hard hats at construction sites, look at blueprints Girl on telephone Telephone lines Phone worker Switchboard operators Water fountain Woman takes drink (NICE) Water pipes Reservoir CU of girl drinking Gas station Pipelines Automobile factory Ships Girl applying lipstick Steam shovels Bicycles Jet planes Farm equipment Dishwasher loaded Students walking down hall Montage of students in graduation caps President of Cal Tech, Dr L.A. Dubree talks to camera