This home movie documents a high school football game between the Pilot Point Bearcats and Tom Bean High School. Tom Bean is the home team. The last shot of the score board and the label on the case indicate that Pilot Point won the game 49 to 12.

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of Peter Pauls Stewart and Elizabeth May Exall Stewart with their oldest daughter Elizabeth Stewart Wally in Dallas, Texas. Because of damage to the film, only this brief excerpt was able to be digitized. Footage includes Peter and Elizabeth and unidentified family members posing with young Elizabeth on the hood of a car and also in front of an unidentified home.

This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation to Corpus Christi. Footage of a swimming pool, ocean, and skyline are underexposed.

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 …

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including vacations, holidays, and community events. The film begins with the family fishing and boating on Possum Kingdom Lake (00:00-03:06), Cheryl (Cherry) Cochran celebrating her first birthday (03:06-07:38), fishing on what may be Black Lake in Louisiana (07:38-08:00), Cheryl (Cherry) celebrating her second birthday with her family and a kitten (08:00-11:32), and Christmas with the Cochran family (11:32-15:27). Footage also includes Cheryl (Cherry) and brother Dennis playing outdoors(15:27-18:53), a family gathering (18:53-19:22) Cheryl and Dennis playing in the snow (19:22-21:18), a hot air balloon (21:18-22:17), a family gathering at a park (23:15-24:33), and Cheryl and Dennis playing in a sprinkler (24:33-25:27). The family attends the Dallas Christmas Parade and participants include Herb Shriner, Christmas floats, a man in a 1903 Oldsmobile with a sign that partially reads "Patty Ann Gerrity," nursery rhyme or storybook themed floats, and a drill team (25:27-26:58). The film concludes with a Christmas (26:58-30:14) celebration and Dennis Cochran's birthday in 1958 (30:14-30:56).

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the McNeill Family including birthdays, holidays, and family gatherings. The film begins with Virginia, Pam, and Charlie at Charlie’s aunt Grace McNeill Robertson’s home in Floydada, Texas for a family reunion celebrating Charlie’s grandmother Luann “Honey” Honea. They escort Charlie’s cousin Barbara Ann to a bus station (00:00:42). Virginia and Pam play in front of a fountain in Grace’s yard and four generations of McNeills--Luann Honea, F.C. McNeill, Charlie, and Pam--pose for the camera (00:42-01:00). Family attending the reunion file past the camera (01:01) and Grace waters her garden (01:58), Virginia and Pam practice walking (02:03), and a group of men gather around a car (02:50). The film continues with Pam McNeill celebrating her first birthday in July 1957 (04:06-05:03) and playing at home with her mother (05:03-07:02). Virginia introduces Pam to farm animals including a donkey, pigs, and horses, and F.C. and Gladys McNeill’s home on Mission Street in Denton (07:02-08:04). The film continues with the McNeill family celebrating Christmas 1957 (08:04-14:37) and children and family members gathered outdoors (14:37-16:04). The McNeills bring newborn baby Steve home from the hospital in November 1958 (16:04-20:06) followed by footage of the …

This home movie documents Lee's graduation commencement ceremony and a large indoor gathering. Footage of the ceremony at Fouts Field on the North Texas State University Campus includes unidentified people standing on a stage, the Denton High School band led by director Carroll McMath (01:45), graduates marching onto a football field, Lee receiving his diploma on stage, and an unidentified male speaker. The film concludes with a large indoor gathering with footage of people socializing and an unidentified man at a podium. Construction of the University of North Texas Coliseum or "Super Pit" can be seen at the beginning of the film.

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including holidays, birthdays, and vacations during the period of 1956 through 1957. The footage begins with a trip to Disneyland (00:00-02:03) followed by Washington, D.C. (02:03-11:59). In Washington, D.C., the family watches a military parade led by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon. The parade includes footage of the MIM-3 Nike Ajax (06:01), Martin MGM Matador (06:39), Hughes AIM-4 Falcon (06:43), the Lockheed Starfighter (06;47), tanks (09:37), and the PGM-11 Redstone Missile (09:49). Back at home in Dallas, the family celebrates Easter (11:59-13:59), Thanksgiving (15:59-21:50), and Christmas (21:50-23:49). Also included is aerial footage, shot from a Helix helicopter that includes road construction (23:49-24:48) and underexposed night aerial footage (23:49-25:36). Community input suggests that this aerial footage shows the construction of the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike (now I-30) as the helicopter flies into downtown Fort Worth. Community input also suggests that the helicopter lands on a helipad near the Texas and Pacific (T&P) Station and the Williamson-Dickie Company building close to the intersection of Vickery Boulevard and Jennings Avenue. Additional footage at home includes Elizabeth and her brother (25:36-25:47), Christmas (25:47-27:45), Elizabeth’s third birthday …

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including holidays and community events. The film begins with an Easter celebration including hunting eggs and rides at a small carnival (00:00-01:20) and the family picnicking at a lake and children swimming in a small pool (01:20-03:52). The family then observes a December 1959 parade celebrating the opening of the Stemmons Freeway in Dallas. The parade includes marching bands and drill teams, actress Yvonne de Carlo, KRLD-TV's "The Sky King," children in Native American costume, clowns, antique cars, a military tank, the Dallas Sheriff's Posse, and a float with a large Interstate 35 (I-35) sign (03:52-07:23). The family then views an outdoor Christmas exhibit (7:23-7:47) and celebrates Christmas (07:47-15:39). The Cochran children receive jumpsuits advertising their father's business which read "Plumbing by Jay."

This short film contains elements from a longer student film titled 'Sunset on Film" which documents activities at Sunset High School in the North Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas. The film begins with the title "The Hope of the Sunset Athletic Department" followed by footage of crowds watching young women playing powder puff football or flag football. A young man takes out the trash with the school newspaper, "The Sunset Stampede" in one of the cans and two boys fold an American flag. A series of close ups of the school bell is followed by students rushing fast-motion out of the building through an open window. Other students are seen leaving school more slowly through the front of the building. Students leave campus on foot, in car, and by bus. A movie theater on Jefferson Boulevard, The Vogue, can be seen in the background. The film ends with students leaving through a darkened hallway and a sunset over the neighborhood.

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including vacations and holidays. The film begins with footage shot from an aerial tramway in an unidentified location (00:00-01:25), Jay Cochran posing with his children Cheryl and David in front of a Texas sign (01:25-02:33), and antique or classic cars parked in front of a hotel (02:33-02:42). The family then celebrates Cheryl's birthday and fishes at a boat house(02:42-05:21), poses in front of their home decorated for Christmas (03:55-05:21), and observe a snow-covered residential neighborhood (05:21-06:11). Cheryl, David, and their mother pose n their Easter clothes (06:11-07:10). The family then goes on vacation, possibly to the Houston area, where they observe ships and a river and swim at a hotel (07:10-11:45). They then observe airplanes taking off and landing at an unidentified location, possibly Dallas Love Field Airport (11:45-13:16). Children feed ducks and the family poses in their Easter clothes (13:16-14:22), goes fishing, and Dennis mows a lawn (14:22-15:48). The family then goes on vacation to an unidentified location, possibly Colorado, with footage of an aerial tramway, a Wild West tourist town, and swimming in a pool (15:48-26:09). The film ends with footage of the children mowing …

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Nelson children including footage of children playing in a wagon, older family members on the front porch, and family members playing on a swing set, seesaw, and slide.

This home movie documents the Hall and Hennen families celebrating the Christmas holiday. The film begins with a Hall family Christmas gathering in Millsap. Family members socialize and pose for the camera in a front yard. Young boys wear cowboy outfits and shoot toy guns at the camera. Visible in the footage are advertisements for Coca Cola, Dr. Pepper, and a Clark Service & Grocery (00:00-01:34). Also included is footage of Seventh Street in Forth Worth shot from a moving car (01:34-01:48) and a Hennen family Christmas gathering in Sherman (01:48-03:48).

This film includes raw footage of an unfinished film, "Corn Flakes," and documents street scenes in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas. Shooting from West Jefferson Boulevard, the filmmaker captures residents and local businesses including Bonner Appliance, the Charco Broiler Restaurant, and Ward Drugs. The film ends with the film's protagonist wrestling with a television dinner tray on his bicycle.

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.

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.

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 …

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 a high school football game between the Pilot Point Bearcats and Sanger High School. Pilot Point is the home team. The last shot of the score board shows Pilot Point with 31 points and Sanger with 0. The label on the case indicates that Pilot Point won the game 53 to 16.

This home movie documents Donna Ray celebrating her fifth birthday with other children at a park in Bryan, Texas.

This home movie compilation documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including holidays and milestones in the life of young Dennis Cochran. Footage includes Christmas with baby Dennis (00:00-01:56), Dennis playing piano and spending time with his mother (01:56-03:54), Christmas with baby Dennis (03:54-05:51) who wears a TWA airlines uniform (05:03), unidentified members of the Cochran family playing with a baby (05:51-07:49), young Dennis helping at a suburban home construction site (07:49-08:24), Dennis and unidentified family members riding amusement park rides on the midway at Fair Park in Dallas (08:24-11:41), Dennis showing off his toys including a telephone and rocking horse (11:41-13:39), Dennis wearing cowboy hat with toy gun in a holster on Christmas (13:39-15:38), Dennis and unidentified children playing in a backyard (15:38-16:55), unidentified men fishing from a boat (16:55-17:01), Dennis dressed as a cowboy (17:01-17:16), Dennis and his mother on Easter (17:16-17:53), Dennis playing with toys including a swing set, wagon, and rocking horse (17:53-19:30), Dennis playing with water hose (19:30-20:27). Dennis' first birthday (20:27 - 22:27), Dennis and unidentified family members in a pool (22:27-23:27), a trip to the zoo (23:27-23:52), Dennis and his mother on Easter (23:52-26:20), and Dennis at home with family …

This home documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including birthdays and vacations. The film begins with footage of a man gardening while another poses for the camera and smokes a pipe (00:00-01:10) followed by footage of the Galveston sea wall (01:10-01:31). Young Helen Riley plays outdoors with an umbrella (01:31-02:29), rides a train--possibly the Texas Eagle--with her family (02:29-03:05), celebrates her birthday (03:05-05:11), and rides a pony (05:11-05:34).

This home movie documents the Hennen family celebrating Easter in Denton, Texas. Footage includes a child hunting Easter eggs and family socializing in a front yard.

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.