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 …

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).

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about U.S. troops boarding transport ships in Galveston to join Atlantic Pact forces in Europe under General Eisenhower.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Splash Day in Galveston where close to 100,000 people came out for the opening of Galveston beach and the National Press Photographers Queen Contest.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Texas Attorney General, John Ben Sheppard, accusing the Processing and Office Worker Union of America of being a communist operation to cripple the oil industry.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of a 3-mile extension of the Galveston sea wall, built to accommodate the expanding city.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the search for the bodies of duck hunters Earl Reichert and James Henderson, who went missing and are believed dead in the Guld of Mexico.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication ceremony for a new hospital at the University of Texas Medical School in Galveston.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the Oklahoma City Indians beginning their Texas League spring training in Galveston.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

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.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the events of Splash Day at Galveston Beach.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the arrival of Vice-President Richard M. Nixon in Galveston to speak at a convention of the Texas Press Association.

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.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the annual Splash Day celebration at Galveston beach.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about celebrations marking the start of summer beach season in Galveston, along with a brief story about beauty contests in Dallas.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the Texas PGA golf tournament.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dedication of a new oil refinery unit within the Pan American Refining Corporation in Texas City.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about the annual Miss Texas beauty contest in Galveston.