[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 15 - Mesquite High School Marching Band] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 15 - Mesquite High School Marching Band]

This home movie documents the Mesquite High School Marching band performing and posing for the camera.
Date: 1950
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 25 - At home with Art Greenhaw] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 25 - At home with Art Greenhaw]

This home movie documents 4-year-old Art Greenhaw praying, playing with a toy bowling set, playing the drums and the piano, shooting a toy gun, and playing with a pet dog.
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 22 - Art Greenhaw plays musical instruments] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 22 - Art Greenhaw plays musical instruments]

This home movie documents young Art Greenhaw playing musical instruments including a guitar, trombone, trumpet, and piano. Also included is footage of Art's third birthday and a funeral for two infants (1 min, 34 sec. - 2 min., 08 sec.)
Date: 1957
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 1 - Christmas Parade] captions transcript

[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 1 - Christmas Parade]

This home movie documents the Cooper family attending a Christmas parade in Colorado City, Texas and celebrating Christmas at home.
Date: December 1959
Creator: Cooper, Randy & Cooper, Billy S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 15 - The Star of Tomorrow Contest] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 15 - The Star of Tomorrow Contest]

This home movie, with descriptive title cards, documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in Texas for the Star of Tomorrow Contest in January through May 1952. The film begins with the group traveling on their tour bus for the first round of the contest with stops in Marshall, Gladewater, Kilgore, Greenville, Longview, Jacksonville, Lufton, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Henderson, and then La Porte on March 4, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the La Porte Theatre performing at segregated schools, visiting with Johnny Hicks, and touring the San Jacinto Monument (01 min., 38 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Baytown, Anahuac, Channelview, Conroe, Jasper, Livingston, Woodville, Willie, and then and then Port Arthur on March 25-27, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the Strand Theatre and spending time by the water (06 min, 54 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Nederlands, Beaumont, Port Neches, and Mineola on April 3, 1952. Footage includes the LCD performing at the grand opening of the Silver Creek Creamery in Mineola and friends and family of the LCD (10 min, 14 sec.). The tour continues in Orange on April 8 and 9, 1952 (12 min, 26 sec.). The tour continues to Selsby and …
Date: 1952-01-08/1952-05-15
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 13 - The Star of Tomorrow Contest (Narrated)] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 13 - The Star of Tomorrow Contest (Narrated)]

This home movie, narrated by Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) member Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery with descriptive title cards, documents the Light Crust Doughboys on tour in Texas for the Star of Tomorrow Contest in January through May 1952. The entire film is out of focus. The film begins with the group traveling on their tour bus for the first round of the contest with stops in Marshall, Gladewater, Kilgore, Greenville, Longview, Jacksonville, Lufton, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Henderson, and then La Porte on March 4, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the La Porte Theatre performing at segregated schools, visiting with Johnny Hicks, and touring the San Jacinto Monument (02 min., 10 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Baytown, Woodville, Winnie, and then Port Arthur on March 25-27, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the Strand Theatre and spending time by the water (5 min., 45 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Nederlands, Beaumont, Port Neches, and Mineola on April 3, 1952. Footage includes the LCD performing at the grand opening of the Silver Creek Creamery in Mineola and friends and family of the LCD (07 min., 58 sec). The tour continues in Orange on April 8 and 9, 1952 with …
Date: 1952-01-08/1952-05-15
Creator: Montgomery, Marvin ("Smokey")
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959]

This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour and performing in Texas and the Southern United States in 1952 - 1959. Footage includes performers at the Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas, Texas on November 27, 1951 (3 min., 06 sec.); a performance in Houston, Texas on June 25, 1952 that includes actors Tim Holt and Preston Foster (6 min, 44 sec.); a visit with actor Noah Beery, Jr. on September 30, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas (8 min, 07 sec.); a trip to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (8 min., 58 sec.); the exterior of the WFAA studio (11 min., 48 sec.); pianist Knocky Parker and guitarist Zeke Campbell playing together in 1954 (12 min, 07 sec.); a trip to the Port of Beaumont (12 min., 36 sec.); a stop in Lubbock for a parade and performance with Jack Perry at the ABC Rodeo (13 min., 40 sec); the LCD in Cedar Ridge recording studio (15 min., 48 sec.); the LCD and other performers filming a television show at Cross Road Store in May 1957 (16 min., 24 sec.); another performance at the ABC Rodeo in Lubbock in May 1957 (17 min., 47 sec.); the LCD …
Date: 1952/1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 8 - Vacations and Tumbleweed Festivals] captions transcript

[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 8 - Vacations and Tumbleweed Festivals]

This home movie begins with the Cooper family vacation in California and includes footage of a trip to Knott's Berry Farm and picking oranges. The film continues with a Christmas celebration (7 min., 42 sec.) and a trip to Seven Wells, Texas (10 min., 36 sec.). The film concludes with two Tumbleweed Festival parades in Colorado City, featuring marching bands and parade floats sponsored by local businesses (13 min., 49 sec. and 18 min., 33 sec.).
Date: 1959
Creator: Cooper, Randy & Cooper, Billy S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
An American Museum captions transcript

An American Museum

A film about the City Art Museum of Saint Louis. It includes information on the roles of museum staff, including the duties of the curator. The film provides examples of how artifacts are examined for authenticity, techniques for display and information on traveling exhibits.
Date: 1954
Creator: Guggenheim, Charles & Torno, Laurant
System: The UNT Digital Library
The ABC's of Decorating Your Home captions transcript

The ABC's of Decorating Your Home

Film from Better Homes and Gardens on tips for redecorating the home, including information on color selection, furniture arrangement and window dressings.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Americans at Home: Treasure for your Table captions transcript

Americans at Home: Treasure for your Table

Film about the history of craftsman housewares in America, such as crystal ware, fine china, and sterling silver.
Date: 1956
Creator: Knox, Gordon; Oser, Jean & Turner, Howard
System: The UNT Digital Library
221 captions transcript

221

Film overview of the history and services offered by the American Kennel Club.
Date: 1953
Creator: Elwyn, Robert; Knox, Gordon; Beck, Sherman & Kannon, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shooting Straight with Tim Holt captions transcript

Shooting Straight with Tim Holt

Film of Tim Holt educating his young friend, Porky, on guns and gun safety. Part one covers the history of rifle use by early American settlers, including Buffalo Bill, and displays a matchlock rifle and a Springfield breechloading rifle.
Date: 1953
Creator: National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A New Way of Gravure captions transcript

A New Way of Gravure

In this film, American Artist Stanley William Hayter describes his technique of engraving on copper from the first rough sketches on paper through pulling the final print.
Date: 1950
Creator: Paley, Jess
System: The UNT Digital Library
Scandals captions transcript

Scandals

This video was created from a digitized 35 mm filmstrip and vinyl record used by the National Republican Congressional Committee in their campaign for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon in the 1952 presidential election. The presentation tallies cases of "dishonesty and corruption" under President Harry S. Truman in the departments Agriculture, Internal Revenue Services, Defense, Justice, Commerce, State, Treasury, and Interior. The presentation also discusses scandal and corruption in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), the United States Post Office, the Federal Housing Agency, Office of Price Stabilization, Veteran's Administration, Maritime Commission, Atomic Energy Commission, and the Democratic National Committee. The presentation argues that gambling, drug use, and juvenile delinquency can be traced back to the White House and lists numerous people associated with the Truman administration and Democratic National Committee who have been involved in scandal and corruption including Tom Pendergast, Harry Vaughan, Matthew Connelly, William M. Boyle, Jr., James P. Finnegan, Loretta Young, Frank Erickson, and Alger Hiss.
Date: 1952
Creator: National Republican Congressional Committee
System: The UNT Digital Library