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[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
[News Clip: Drug murder] captions transcript

[News Clip: Drug murder]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a murder.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Fire damages airplane parts] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fire damages airplane parts]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hammar slaying] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hammar slaying]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a murder.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Kennedy] captions transcript

[News Clip: Kennedy]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a speech given by Robert Kennedy.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Pinballs go up in smoke] captions transcript

[News Clip: Pinballs go up in smoke]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about pinball machines being set on fire.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Soroptomists] captions transcript

[News Clip: Soroptomists]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Soroptimist gathering.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: TCU homecoming queen] captions transcript

[News Clip: TCU homecoming queen]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the TCU homecoming queen.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Weir draws 2-year term] captions transcript

[News Clip: Weir draws 2-year term]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Thomas Weir.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Youths admit burglary series] captions transcript

[News Clip: Youths admit burglary series]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about convicted burglaries.
Date: November 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations] captions transcript

[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the McNeill Family including birthdays, holidays, and vacations. Footage includes Pam helping her brother Steve McNeill celebrating Steve’s first birthday (00:00-01:06). The McNeill family then celebrates Christmas 1959 (01:06-07:45). James H. Cothran, who was hired to visit the McNeill home as Santa Claus, entertains Virginia and Steve (02:09) and the family opens presents at Virginia’s aunt Essie Ball’s home at 1813 West Hickory Street in Denton. Children, including Pam, ride an electric train in the backyard of the McNeill home on Fulton Street in Denton (07:52-09:54). Pam and Steve pose in their homemade Easter outfits (10:06-11:04). They pose for the camera in their clown and ghost costumes for Halloween (10:06-11:04). The family celebrates Steve’s second birthday in November 1960 (11:30-12:08). At a Christmas celebration, Dennis, Steve McNeill, and Ted McNeill pose as cowboys with candy cigarettes and the family eats Christmas dinner (12:08-14:59). Children including Steve and Pam play with puppies and ride bicycles in front of their home on Fulton Street (14:59-16:31) and Steve celebrates his third birthday in November 1961 with a Halloween-themed birthday party (16:31-18:30). The McNeills travel to San Antonio to visit Virginia’s brother Jack Ball. …
Date: 1959-11/1961
Creator: McNeill, Virginia & McNeill, Charlie Wayne
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 9 - Hunting in Colorado and Mike's Tenth Birthday] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 9 - Hunting in Colorado and Mike's Tenth Birthday]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including a hunting trip in Colorado as shot from a moving car and Michael’s tenth birthday at home with family. Shots include footage of the family kitchen.
Date: 1959-10-17/1959-11-07
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas A&M at TCU football game captions transcript

Texas A&M at TCU football game

This film captures a football game between the Texas A&M University Aggies and the Texas Christian University Horned Frogs. (TCU players are wearing the darker jerseys.) The Southwest Conference match-up was played on October 17, 1959, at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth. After a scoreless first quarter, the Horned Frogs take the lead in the second, ultimately winning 39-6. As the Southwest Conference champions, TCU went on to play the Clemson Tigers in the inaugural Bluebonnet Bowl, losing 23-7. The Horned Frogs finished the season with an 8-3 record.
Date: October 17, 1959
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 8 - Cheryl's Birthday and Hunting in Colorado] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 8 - Cheryl's Birthday and Hunting in Colorado]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including Cheryl’s birthday and a trip to Colorado. Footage of the Colorado landscape is largely underexposed.
Date: October 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 6 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 3] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 6 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 3]

This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation to Mexico. The majority of the footage is under-exposed. Shots include a movie theater marquee announcing Vittorio de Sica in "Responsabilidad Limitada" and family visiting pyramids or ruins.
Date: July 19, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 7 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 1] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 7 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 1]

This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation to Mexico. The majority of the footage is under-exposed. Shots include aerial footage taken from an airplane, the family arriving at an airport, and shots of an unidentified city, possibly Mexico City, with an F.W. Woolworth building.
Date: July 14, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Bar award] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bar award]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Texas Bar Association Convention.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Fire] captions transcript

[News Clip: Fire]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a fire.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Frogmen] captions transcript

[News Clip: Frogmen]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about frogmen of the US Navy.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Jury makes final report] captions transcript

[News Clip: Jury makes final report]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a trial.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Lady forger] captions transcript

[News Clip: Lady forger]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a woman arrested for forgery.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Robert Kennedy] captions transcript

[News Clip: Robert Kennedy]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Robert Kennedy.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Search fails to turn up lion] captions transcript

[News Clip: Search fails to turn up lion]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a missing lion.
Date: July 2, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Billy Joe Houston] captions transcript

[News Clip: Billy Joe Houston]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Billy Joe Houston being sentenced to death in Dallas.
Date: June 30, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library