University of Miami campus 1955

This is basically a companion to the "Miami vs. Florida football 1956" video that I uploaded last year. I found the silent clip in my parents' home movies. It is a quick and jagged scan of segments of the University of Miami campus in Coral Gables in 1955, the year my parents graduated.

From what my father tells me, this video was taken within a couple days of graduation, which accounts for the empty campus.

Obviously this video will primarily be meaningful to Miami students and alums, and people familiar with campus. They might get a kick out of it, all the changes. I could name certain sections of campus but others can do a far superior job in comments.

Primarily, I'm miffed there was never "room" or priority for a starter house on-campus football stadium.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• University
• of
• Miami
• campus
• 1955
• Coral
• Gables
• Florida

[Jazzgirl8888]

I love this beautiful footage of the campus taken by your dad Awsi!

Thank you for posting it for us. :)

[HRMOKeefe]

I was 5 and played on the shores of the lake, they used to ski in it!

[the1stnoelle03]

WOW what a drastic difference...then and now! THanks for posting this video! GO CANES!