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[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 28 - Autumn talent show] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 28 - Autumn talent show]

This home movie documents a fall talent show with Art Greenhaw as the emcee. The program includes musical performances by singers, guitarists and pianists as well as dance performances including a hula dancer, ballet, tap dancing, and baton twirling.
Date: October 1964
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 29 - Mesquite rodeo parade] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 29 - Mesquite rodeo parade]

This home movie documents the 1965 Mesquite Rodeo Parade in downtown Mesquite, Texas. The footage includes Art Greenhaw playing guitar and singing with a band in the back of a truck advertising the McWhorter Greenhaw hardware store.
Date: 1965
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Sharkskin: A regurgitation] captions transcript

[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Sharkskin: A regurgitation]

This short film begins with fast motion storm clouds over a neighborhood and includes footage of animals, a man smoking Marijuana, images related to the Vietnam War, and a seated man smoking and reading a magazine. Much of this footage is underexposed.
Date: 1969~
Creator: Dunlap, Blaine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - The Saga of Jeff McSnee] captions transcript

[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - The Saga of Jeff McSnee]

This film includes footage of the short film, "The Saga of Jeff McSnee," starring Michael Gardner, James Dunlap, Jeff Dunlap as Jeff McSnee, and Doug Dunlap as The Chief.
Date: 1969~
Creator: Dunlap, Blaine
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cochran Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations, 1961] captions transcript

[Cochran Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations, 1961]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including holidays, parades, road trips, and family vacations. The film begins with the family on Christmas morning (0:00-03:49) and a Christmas parade featuring floats related to nursery rhymes and fairy tales, drill teams, a beauty queen, and KRLD-TV Channel 4 television personality and star of "Party Time" Officer Friendly and his puppet Jimmy the Duck (03:49-06:54). The family then poses in front of a house (06:54-10:07) and children play in the snow (10:07-11:18). The family goes on a road trip to the desert including footage of the McDonald Observatory and Summit of Mount Locke, a roadside hotel, riding on an aerial tramway (possibly the Sandia Peak Tramway) with a view of the Million Dollar Museum, and a ride on the Sad Monkey Railroad in Palo Duro State Park (11:18-16:07). The family goes swimming and attends a child's birthday party (16:07-18:46), goes on a boat ride and fishes at a boat house (18:46-20:16), the Cochran children pose in their Easter clothes (20:16-21:00), and the family goes boating and swimming (21:01-22:58). The film ends with the Cochran family, including Cheryl and David, at the grand opening of the Six …
Date: 1961
Creator: Cochran, Jay
System: The Portal to Texas History
Hubert Humphrey Campaign Rallies captions transcript

Hubert Humphrey Campaign Rallies

In 1968, then-Vice President Hubert Humphrey won the Democratic Party’s nomination for president and embarked upon a national tour to build support for his candidacy. Included amongst the many stops he made were visits to Fort Worth and Dallas, captured in this footage. After landing at Carswell Field, Humphrey visits with several Texas politicians, including Governor of Texas John Connally and United States Congressman Jim Wright of Fort Worth. He then delivers speeches at a public rally and a campaign dinner. Next, Humphrey flies to Dallas, where he speaks at another campaign rally. First Lady Lady Bird Johnson also makes an appearance.
Date: 1968
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Jim Wright for U.S. Senate captions transcript

Jim Wright for U.S. Senate

Following the 1960 presidential election, a special election was held to fill the United States Senate seat vacated by then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson. This telecast from May 1961 promotes the candidacy of Jim Wright, who was then serving in the United States House of Representatives from Texas’ 12th congressional district. The election drew a field of 71 potential candidates, with Republican John G. Tower narrowly defeating interim appointee and Democrat William Blakely in a runoff election. (As a result, Tower became the first Republican senator from Texas since Reconstruction.) Wright finished in third place.
Date: May 1961
Creator: Jim Wright Campaign
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: 4-H] captions transcript

[News Clip: 4-H]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas county's annual 4-H Fair.
Date: April 15, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: 136th] captions transcript

[News Clip: 136th]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: October 25, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: 1914] captions transcript

[News Clip: 1914]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a story about the Oak Cliff High School graduating class of 1914 holding a class reunion at El Fenix restaurant in Dallas, Texas.
Date: June 6, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: 36th Division Reunion] captions transcript

[News Clip: 36th Division Reunion]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 31, 1968
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: 49th] captions transcript

[News Clip: 49th]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the 49th Armored Division being called into active duty.
Date: October 23, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: 49th] captions transcript

[News Clip: 49th]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the 49th Armored Division coming through Dallas as a convoy.
Date: July 5, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: 49th Armored Division] captions transcript

[News Clip: 49th Armored Division]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about reorganization of various Texas units of the National Guard and Reserve units, including the 49th Armored Division.
Date: December 13, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: 49th Armored Division] captions transcript

[News Clip: 49th Armored Division]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about reorganization of various Texas units of the National Guard and Reserve units, including the 49th Armored Division.
Date: December 13, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: 49th farewell] captions transcript

[News Clip: 49th farewell]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a ceremony to bid farewell to the men of the 49th Armored Division at the State Fair in Dallas before they leave for Louisiana.
Date: October 17, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Abbot] captions transcript

[News Clip: Abbot]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Father Anselm Nagy of Dallas being blessed as abbot of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Dallas.
Date: 1964-01-XX
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Academic conference] captions transcript

[News Clip: Academic conference]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the conference addressed by Dr. Linus Pauling and Dr. Richard Starr.
Date: March 4, 1966
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accident] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a traffic accident that left a five year-old in critical condition.
Date: April 26, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accident] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an accident at the Dallas Power and Light Company's North Lake Power Plant that killed a man and injured another.
Date: May 8, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accident] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a three-car accident involving an ambulance and two cars in Dallas.
Date: February 8, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accidental shooting] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accidental shooting]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: November 30, 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accidental shooting] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accidental shooting]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: October 1964
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accidents] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accidents]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a car accident in Dallas.
Date: October 22, 1961
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library