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[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 4 - Weddings and Vacations] captions transcript

[The Anderson Family Collection, No. 4 - Weddings and Vacations]

This home movie documents the Anderson family attending weddings and vacationing in Texas. The film begins with the wedding of Bill and Sue Willits and family decorating their honeymoon car. The film continues with the rehearsal dinner and wedding of another couple and their departure for their honeymoon (6 min., 19 sec.). This couple swims on their honeymoon (9 min., 57 sec.), tours the Johnson Space Center (10 min., 36 sec.), swims in the ocean (13 min 38 sec.), watches seals and dolphins perform at Sea-Arama of Texas (15 min. 35 sec.), rides a ferry (18 min., 41 sec), poses with oil wells and visit the San Jacinto Monument (21 min., 22 sec.), and tours the Battleship Texas (23 min., 11 sec).
Date: unknown
Creator: Anderson, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Benbrook Lake and the Galveston Pier] captions transcript

[Benbrook Lake and the Galveston Pier]

Video recording of young adults at Benbrook Lake and the Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier. The lake scenes include people swimming, playing frisbee, and socializing. The Galveston clips include the pier, the USS Flagship Hotel, and people sunbathing beside a swimming pool.
Date: 197X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Byrd IV and Tim in Galveston] captions transcript

[Byrd IV and Tim in Galveston]

Video recording of Byrd IV and his friend Tim Stephenson's trip to Galveston.
Date: 197X
Creator: Williams, Byrd M. (Byrd Moore), IV, 1951-
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Cochran Family Films, No. 10 - Holidays and Community Events] captions transcript

[Cochran Family Films, No. 10 - Holidays and Community Events]

This home movie compilation reel documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including milestones celebrated with their first child Dennis Cochran and family vacations. The film includes footage of Dennis' second birthday party, Dennis in a bucket and playing with a puppy, family posing for the camera, tornado damage (possibly in South Carolina) including overturned cars and a mattress hanging from a telephone pole, playing in snow, family vacations in Galveston, taking off in Delta airplane, and an unknown statue and state building. The film also includes what appears to be the 1956 Cotton Bowl Classic that paired Texas Christian University (TCU) with Mississippi. This footage includes the exterior of the stadium and a parade. Footage shot within the stadium is out of focus.
Date: 195X
Creator: Cochran, Jay
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Columbus Caravels Galveston] captions transcript

[Columbus Caravels Galveston]

Video recording of the Columbus Quincentenary featuring the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria on Galveston Island. The festivities were held over five days, March 25-29, in 1992. The video includes shots of the replica Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria caravels, a rigging display by the 'crew' of the ships, and a shot of the beach from where Samuel Marino stayed for the trip. There is also footage of a speech and presentation by Vicki Winick - the Galveston Mayor, a speech from Texas Chairman of the Jubilee Commission Nick Lampson, and video of the presentation of an award to the Spain '92 foundation members.
Date: March 25, 1992
Creator: Marino, Samuel J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Hill Family Films, No. 6 - Vacation in Galveston] captions transcript

[Hill Family Films, No. 6 - Vacation in Galveston]

This home movie documents the Roy E. Hill family vacationing in Galveston and at Lake Texoma in the summer of 1956. The road trip begins with title cards that read "R.E. Hill Presents," "1956," "Filmed and Edited by Roy E. Hill," and "Helen, Art, and Bonita." This first segment begins with footage shot from their moving car as they pass through Houston and Texas City on their way to Galveston. Footage includes the Texas Heroes Monument, exteriors of homes, boats on the water, businesses including the Omar Khayyam Club (04:28), and docked tourists boats the "Yacht Garmencita" and "Miss Texas" (04:29). The family visits Fort Crockett (04:44), plays on the beach and in the ocean, observes boats on the water, and swims at the hotel pool. This segment concludes with the title card "The End" (11:17). In the next segment, there is a shot of the Dave Hicks Company, Inc., a woman picking up a child at the Young Texan School (12:06), a small airplane being worked on in a driveway (12:06-12:58), children riding bicycles (12:58-13:30) and family visiting the zoo (13:30-15:16). The film concludes with a family trip to Denison Dam and Lake Texoma with the family driving to …
Date: July 1956
Creator: Hill, Roy E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Juneteenth PBS documentary featuring Beah Richards] captions transcript

[Juneteenth PBS documentary featuring Beah Richards]

Documentary shown at annual Juneteenth film festival of The Black Academy of Arts and Letters. The film made in 1974, shown on PBS, outlines the history of Juneteenth followed by interview accounts from the present on what Juneteenth means to the Black community. The documentary features female actress, author, and speaker Beah Richards reading from her book "A Black Woman Speaks". Video footage provided by The Black Academy of Arts and Letters.
Date: 1974
Creator: Phillips, Joe & Scott, Ed
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Nelson Family Films, No. 5 - Vacation in Galveston] captions transcript

[Nelson Family Films, No. 5 - Vacation in Galveston]

This home movie documents the Nelson family's trip to Galveston, Texas. Footage includes the family riding on a large boat, playing in the ocean and on the beach, driving down a palm tree lined road, and a little boy waving an American flag.
Date: 1954?
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: 56th District Court] captions transcript

[News Clip: 56th District Court]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 9, 1952
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accident (Galveston ship)] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident (Galveston ship)]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a cargo ship, Stella Lykes, in Galveston that crashed into Pier 10 causing damage to buildings and nearby machinery. This story aired at 12:00 P.M.
Date: November 30, 1977
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Accident probe] captions transcript

[News Clip: Accident probe]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: February 12, 1979, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Airman confesses murdering family] captions transcript

[News Clip: Airman confesses murdering family]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the extrication and arrest of airman Ellis Lauhon for the murder of Ruby McPherson, her son George McPherson, and her mother Zola Norman.
Date: July 3, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Alicia] captions transcript

[News Clip: Alicia]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 16, 1983, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Alicia update] captions transcript

[News Clip: Alicia update]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6 P.M.
Date: August 25, 1983
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Alligators] captions transcript

[News Clip: Alligators]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: July 4, 1969
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Analysis] captions transcript

[News Clip: Analysis]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 19, 1983, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Analysis pkg] captions transcript

[News Clip: Analysis pkg]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 10 P.M.
Date: August 19, 1983
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Beach Party] captions transcript

[News Clip: Beach Party]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 6pm.
Date: June 10, 1989, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Briarwood Grass Fire] captions transcript

[News Clip: Briarwood Grass Fire]

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 13, 1993, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Burn treatment Extra] captions transcript

[News Clip: Burn treatment Extra]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 7, 1982, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Charter Review] captions transcript

[News Clip: Charter Review]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. This story aired at 5pm.
Date: June 21, 1989
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dallas Eagles begin workouts] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dallas Eagles begin workouts]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Dallas Eagles undergoing spring training in Galveston.
Date: March 10, 1954
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Elissa] captions transcript

[News Clip: Elissa]

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: August 2, 1986, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Explosion] captions transcript

[News Clip: Explosion]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an explosion at the Union Carbide Company in Texas City, Texas taking 3 lives.
Date: March 30, 1958
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library