{"id":7504,"date":"2025-06-07T05:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T05:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=7504"},"modified":"2025-06-07T05:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T05:20:21","slug":"ku-promo-far-above-the-golden-valley-1948","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=7504","title":{"rendered":"KU promo &#8211; Far Above the Golden Valley, 1948"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"87\"><strong data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"85\">&#8220;Far Above the Golden Valley&#8221; (1948) \u2013 A Look at the University of Kansas&#8217; Legacy<\/strong><em data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"120\">\u201cFar Above the Golden Valley\u201d<\/em> is a historical promotional film created in 1948 for the <strong data-start=\"178\" data-end=\"207\">University of Kansas (KU)<\/strong>. Produced by the <strong data-start=\"225\" data-end=\"243\">Calvin Company<\/strong>, a leading industrial film producer of the time, the film offers a nostalgic glimpse into post-war college life in Lawrence, Kansas. It was designed as a recruitment and public relations tool, capturing the university\u2019s traditions, academic programs, and vibrant student culture.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"645\">The title of the film is a direct reference to KU\u2019s alma mater, <em data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"616\">\u201cCrimson and the Blue,\u201d<\/em> which opens with the line:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"646\" data-end=\"757\">\n<p data-start=\"648\" data-end=\"757\"><strong>\u201cFar above the golden valley, glorious to view,<\/strong><br data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"698\" \/><strong>Stands our noble Alma Mater, towering toward the blue.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"1123\">The film highlights iconic campus landmarks such as <strong data-start=\"811\" data-end=\"826\">Strong Hall<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"828\" data-end=\"843\">Fraser Hall<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"845\" data-end=\"859\">Dyche Hall<\/strong>, and the <strong data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"882\">Campanile<\/strong>, while also showcasing academic instruction, athletics, student organizations, and social life in the 1940s. From classrooms to football games, the film paints an idealized picture of KU as a place of learning, growth, and community spirit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1125\" data-end=\"1458\">This vintage film stands as a time capsule for alumni and historians alike, preserving how the university presented itself to the world during a formative period in American higher education. It is also a valuable cultural artifact that reflects broader trends in mid-century American university marketing, optimism, and civic pride.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1635\">\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"1464\" data-end=\"1517\">Watch the full film Below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/KUFarAboveTheGoldenValley\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Far Above the Golden Valley&#8221; (1948) \u2013 A Look at the University of Kansas&#8217; Legacy\u201cFar Above the Golden Valley\u201d is a historical promotional film created in 1948 for the University of Kansas (KU). Produced by the Calvin Company, a leading industrial film producer of the time, the film offers a nostalgic glimpse into post-war college [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/freedby.com\/?p=7504\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":7505,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1044],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7504","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movie"},"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7504"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7508,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7504\/revisions\/7508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7504"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedby.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fadace-sponsor&post=7504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}