The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during a football game between USC and Oregon State. At center, No. 40 of the Oregon State Beavers runs towards the right with his head lifted and back to camera. Immediately behind him, a USC Trojan runs in the same direction. Farther behind them, another Trojan player runs towards the right as well. They appear to chase after a football that bounces off of the field to the right of them. Other than them, the field is empty and stretches into the distance. Vacant stadium stands extend across the background. At right a goalpost stands and the Coliseum's peristyle entrance juts into frame behind it.
Photographs of the same game appear in the photo spread titled, "When Troy's Valiant Gridders Vanquished Notre Dame Eleven," Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 1928: A3
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during a football game between USC and Oregon. In the near distance at center, an Oregon State player (white jersey) runs with the ball towards the left. He appears to lose his balance as a USC player is captured, mid-air, tackling him near his feet. Behind them, other on-field players run towards the play. Along the right edge, a chain crew member stands with a marker. The partially filled stands of the Coliseum stretch across the background.
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field during the 1932 football game between USC and Utah. In the near distance at left, USC's No. 18 runs with the ball and with his back towards camera. He dodges an attempted tackle by a Utah player to the right of him. Other players continue to play away from the ball at left and center. The Coliseum's stands stretch across the background.
At center, USC quarterback, Grenny Lansdell, looks up to camera while in the locker room during the football game against Notre Dame. He sits on a stool and reaches down to remove his sock from an injured ankle. Piled clothes and another stool sit on the ground behind him at right.
The camera captures Charley Paddock and Charley Borah leaping to the tape in a photo finish of a record-setting 100 yd race in the Coliseum. At center, Charley Paddock lifts his arms and takes the tape with him as he leaps across the line. In this race, he set a world record of 9.5 seconds. To the right of him, Charley Borah also reaches the tape and finishes a very close second. "1929" is scrolled across the front of his jersey. Behind and to the left of Charley Paddock, Murray Schultz of Caltech runs towards the tape and ultimately takes 4th place. A few more sprinters follow behind the leaders. Along the right side of the track, meet officials and hurdles line the infield. The Coliseum's empty stands stretch across the background.
The camera looks across the Coliseum's field towards a play in the near distance at center during the USC - Stanford football game. A USC player (No. 48) appears to have been tackled by a Stanford Cardinal. In front of them, 4 Cardinal defenders (No.'s 15, 7, 18 and 11) run away from the camera and towards the play. A couple Trojan players (No.'s 7 and 2) also approach the play from the left. Other players lie on the ground to the left of the play. A referee runs across the field at right. Spectators fill the stadium stands that stretch across the background.