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Southwest Conference Highlights captions transcript

Southwest Conference Highlights

Presented by the Humble Oil & Refining Company, this production reviews college football highlights from the Southwest Conference during the 1956 season. Narrator Kern Tips recaps regular season conference games between the Baylor University Bears, Texas Tech University Red Raiders, University of Arkansas Razorbacks, Southern Methodist University Mustangs, Rice University Owls, University of Texas at Austin Longhorns, Texas A&M University Aggies, and Texas Christian University. It also takes a break from game highlights to feature several members of the 1956 All-Southwest honor team. At the conclusion, the film follows Southwest Conference champion TCU to the Cotton Bowl Classic game against Syracuse University.
Date: 1956/1957
Creator: Humble Oil & Refining Company
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
[News Clip: News briefs (strikes)] captions transcript

[News Clip: News briefs (strikes)]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: September 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Ship] captions transcript

[News Clip: Ship]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the British Royal Navy flagship Kenya visiting Texas ports as part of an international relations event between countries.
Date: March 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Orphan] captions transcript

[News Clip: Orphan]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new addition to the home of Lieutenant Norman K. Donahoe in Pasadena. He recently adopted a son from Greece.
Date: October 23, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Track meet] captions transcript

[News Clip: Track meet]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the Southern U.S. track and field meet in Houston.
Date: May 20, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Two Texas hurdlers seek Olympic berths] captions transcript

[News Clip: Two Texas hurdlers seek Olympic berths]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a collegiate track meet in Houston.
Date: June 10, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Monorail] captions transcript

[News Clip: Monorail]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the unveiling of an experimental monorail coach in Houston.
Date: February 19, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Porter Thinks Ike Will Carry Texas] captions transcript

[News Clip: Porter Thinks Ike Will Carry Texas]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Jack Porter, a Republican National Committeeman, who believes Ike will carry Texas.
Date: February 29, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: One Still Missing in Bridge Collapse] captions transcript

[News Clip: One Still Missing in Bridge Collapse]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a collapsed bridge over the Brazos River, which resulted in five men falling to their deaths.
Date: January 22, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Hungarian Refugees Arrive in Houston] captions transcript

[News Clip: Hungarian Refugees Arrive in Houston]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: December 11, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dock Strike] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dock Strike]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a strike at Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports. The strike is a result of the failure of longshoreman and shippers to reach an agreement on a new wage contract.
Date: November 16, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Parking lift] captions transcript

[News Clip: Parking lift]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a demonstration of an elevated parking lift device in Dallas designed to increase the capacity of parking lots.
Date: April 26, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Crazy Kimball home again] captions transcript

[News Clip: Crazy Kimball home again]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.
Date: September 13, 1956
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library