Video footage of the 1955 Homecoming Parade for North Texas State College.

Video footage of the 1955 Homecoming Parade for North Texas State College.

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Greenhaw family including a trip to the lake and Frank and Art Greenhaw flying a kite that advertises Kentile Floors.

This home movie documents a group of young children celebrating Easter at Sunday School.

This home movie includes footages of businesses in downtown Denton, Texas including Western Auto Associate Store, Shraders Pharmacy, the Texas Theater, Austin Shoes, Franklins, Denman Hardware, Inc., The Shamrock Shoes, Stone's Shoe Store, Taliaferros, Lawhon Music Co., J.C. Penney, Co., and the Denton Typewriter Exchange.

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Hennen family. Footage includes a man pulling a tree out of the ground, a family riding a ferry and viewing a beach from a scenic overlook, a child dressed like a cowboy playing with bunnies, and someone packing the trunk of a car.

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family in early 1955 through July 1955. The film includes title cards and begins with a card that reads “The Norman’s 1955” and a card indicating the movie was “filmed and edited by Roy E. Hill.” Footage includes children playing on a swing set, adults gardening, and a sunset (00:00-01:12). A title card reads “Sterline & A.P. Joyner” (01:12) and includes footage of adults and children in a house (01:12-01:37). A title card reads “Ft. Worth Zoo March 2, 1955” (01:37) and includes footage of the Hill family observing animals including elephants and birds at the Fort Worth Zoo (01:37-03:38). A title card reads “Gary in the Bath ad Out” (03:38). Footage of this portion of the film was removed from the online streaming version due to privacy concerns. A title card reads “E.Hill in his backyard April ‘55” and includes footage of family members posing for the camera and a boy swinging a golf club (03:42-04:29). A title card reads “A Visit with the J. R. Begrins April ‘55” (04:29) and includes footage of a people in a house posing for the camera and objects …

This home movie documents the Roy E. Hill family attending the National Model Airplane Championship at the Naval Air Station in Dallas, Texas in 1956 and an Air Show of full sized air craft at Hensley Field (later Naval Air Station Dallas and Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex) on May 22, 1955.

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family in 1955-1956. The film begins with no visible image (00:00-00:24) and a visit from a couple and their daughter (00:24-00:40). A title card reads "The Big Deer Hunt" "Nov. 55" (00:40) and is followed by footage of men at a campsite shooting, posing with rifles, chopping wood, eating, and a bloody foot (03:50-04:13). A title card reads "Dam Tuttle" (04:13) and is followed by footage of a man walking into a house, other houses, and bird (04:13-04:37). A title card includes a calendar page for "December 25" and "1955" and is followed by footage of the Hill family celebrating Christmas. Much of this footage is underexposed and an image is difficult to see (04:37-14:40). A title card reads "Snow Jan. 18, 1956" and is followed by footage of a snow-covered neighborhood, a snowman, and children playing in the snow (14:40-16:45). This segment is followed by a series of title cards--"The End" (16:45), "R.E. Hill Presents," (16:47) and "A Family Fun Feature" (16:49)--and concludes with footage of the Hills feeding ducks, fishing, and boating(16:49-21:15).

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family during 1955. The film begins with an outdoor family gathering (00:00-02:29). A title card reads "Della and Kids" (02:29) and is followed by footage of family at home and kittens (02:29-06:14). A title card reads "Sam and Fern Zepeda" (06:14) and is followed by footage of an indoor gathering (06:14-07:07). A title card reads "Frank Smith" and is followed by footage of children playing, Roy Hill and a man working with tools, and a man mowing a lawn (07:07-08:04). The title cards "Wedding Bells" and "Carl and Jean" (08:04) are followed by shots of the wedding announcement and invitation to the wedding of bride Jean Evelyn Hill and groom Carl Lee Krone at Ash Crescent Methodist Church in Fort Worth to be held on September 17, 1955. Footage includes gifts on a table, and the reception at the Hill home on 1032 Marion in Fort Worth, Texas(08:04-12:58). The title card "Dallas State Fair" (12:58) is followed by footage of the Hill family attending the 1955 fair. Footage includes Garry Owen on carnival rides, ferris wheels, a carousel, Big Tex (13:27) the aquarium, and a monkey …

The film begins with footage of Virginia McNeill, pregnant with her first child, and her husband Charlie Wayne McNeill playing with a dog and cat at the home of Charlie’s parents, F.C. “Clarence” McNeill and step-mother Gladys McNeill, on Mission Street in Denton. Charlie wears a Tyler Junior College letterman jacket. A car arrives carrying F.C. and Gladys McNeill and Glen and Anna Key (00:00-01:21). At their home on Bernard Street, Virginia and Charlie play with a dog (01:21-02:00). In the next scene, Virginia’s nephew Ted McNeill plays outdoors with his mother Nina McNeill and his father Ned McNeill (02:43), Charlie, and Virginia (02:00-04:02). Virginia and Charlie spend Christmas at F.C. and Gladys McNeill’s home (04:02-07:39) with the Ted and Nina McNeill family. Virginia and Nina receive childrens shirts that read “North Texas State 19??" (04:47) . The group sits on the couch (left to right), F.C. and Gladys, Charlie, Nina, and Ned (07:09). In the next scene, Virginia is outdoors at her home on Bernard Street with her brother Jack Ball, his wife Nancy Ball, and her nephew Michael Ball (07:39-08:59). Michael and Jack play with Virginia’s dog. The next scene includes footage of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church and …

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Nelson family including a neighborhood damaged by tornado or hurricane, a family gathering with children playing in a flower garden (01:23), family posing for the camera (03:41), a child playing and being pushed in a stroller (05:58), and family members on vacation in a forested area with footage of the landscape and children playing (07:22).

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a series of severe wind and hail storms striking across a wide area in North Texas, leaving at least one dead, several injured, and millions of dollars in property damage.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about ten thousand Shriners parading through downtown Dallas to kick off the Hella Temple's spring ceremonial.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a young girl, Billie Fay Linex, found raped and murdered in a wooded area near her Fort Worth high school.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Georgia man accused of kidnapping a young girl in Dallas and taking her across state lines for "immoral purposes."

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about two construction workers finding 50 pounds of nitroglycerin explosives under Bear Creek bridge in Tarrant county.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a three-alarm fire in Fort Worth, that destroyed a large portion of the J. V. Hampton lumber yard.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the 11th Bomb Wing out of Carswell Air Force base celebrating its 15th anniversary.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about charges filed in Dallas against a women accused of involvement in an embezzlement scheme at the First National Bank of Lewisville.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Louis Wilke, head of the Amateur Athletic Union, heading to Mexico City to watch the Pan-American Games.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Texas AAU track and field championships in Houston.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Abilene High School Eagles defeating the Tyler Lions in the state 4-A schoolboy football championship.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about officials from Abilene and Tyler high schools meeting to determine the location of an upcoming championship football game between the schools. The officials designate Fort Worth as the site of the game.