This home movie documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour and performing in Texas and the Southern United States in 1952 - 1959. Footage includes performers at the Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas, Texas on November 27, 1951 (3 min., 06 sec.); a performance in Houston, Texas on June 25, 1952 that includes actors Tim Holt and Preston Foster (6 min, 44 sec.); a visit with actor Noah Beery, Jr. on September 30, 1952 in Little Rock, Arkansas (8 min, 07 sec.); a trip to historic sites in Vicksburg, Mississippi (8 min., 58 sec.); the exterior of the WFAA studio (11 min., 48 sec.); pianist Knocky Parker and guitarist Zeke Campbell playing together in 1954 (12 min, 07 sec.); a trip to the Port of Beaumont (12 min., 36 sec.); a stop in Lubbock for a parade and performance with Jack Perry at the ABC Rodeo (13 min., 40 sec); the LCD in Cedar Ridge recording studio (15 min., 48 sec.); the LCD and other performers filming a television show at Cross Road Store in May 1957 (16 min., 24 sec.); another performance at the ABC Rodeo in Lubbock in May 1957 (17 min., 47 sec.); the LCD …

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a college football game between Mississippi and Arkansas, with Arkansas being the victor.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a championship college football game in Fayetteville, Arkansas between the University of Arkansas and Southern Methodist University. The SMU Mustangs win the game 21-14, taking the conference lead.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas cab driver who had been kidnapped at gunpoint and forced to drive his kidnapper to Hope, Arkansas.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the opening game of the 1955 Southwest Conference football season in which Texas Christian University beat the University of Arkansas.

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.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about Texas Tech University being admitted to the Southwest Conference after 33 years of deliberation.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas woman finding a rare diamond at Diamond Crater in Murfreesboro, Arkansas.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a football game between Southern Methodist University and University of Arkansas.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about University of Arkansas' basketball team playing Texas Christian University's.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Governor Faubus arriving in Dallas.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Arlington residents that collect rocks.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a football game between the Texas Longhorns and Arkansas Razorbacks in Fayetteville.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about a man finding a 10-caret diamond.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story depicts Federal Courthouse and Post Office in Texarkana where Lyndon Baines Johnson made a speech.

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including family vacations and holidays. The film begins with a vacation in Hot Springs, Arkansas, a ride on the Lake Hamilton Sky Ride, a plane ride above Arkansas, swimming in a hotel pool, stopping at scenic points and overlooks, horses, and riding in go-carts (00:00-15:38). The family celebrates Christmas (15:38-17:34) followed by footage of young girls outdoors carrying bouquets of flowers and a horse (17:35-18:56). The family watches a parade which includes a drill team and marching band, floats, and children on horses and bicycles (18:57-20:01). The family celebrates another Christmas (20:01-21:35), plays cards outdoors (21:35-22:28), vacations in an unknown location (22:28-23:09), and rides a motorbike (25:28-26:41).

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.

This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Texarkana, Texas. The video begins on the Texas-Arkansas state line, with the city’s two mayors. Mayor James Bramlett of Texarkana, Texas and Mayor Danny Gray of Texarkana, Arkansas are there to take part in an interview led by the camera crew. The interview footage is followed by shots of prominent sites along the state line: the United States Post Office and Courthouse building which straddles the state line and houses the Regional Arts Center; State Line Avenue road; and the building which houses the Texarkana, Texas Municipal Court and the Texarkana, Arkansas Municipal Court. The next segments of the film cover the sites that Bramlett describes in his interview: Discovery Place Children’s Museum, and a family group exploring a sound wall there; the Scott Joplin mural, and an interview there with Jerry Atkins, Music Historian. Following this interview is footage of a Wm. Knabe & Co. player piano as it plays several songs in succession. Next, the film shows visitors viewing art inside the Texarkana Regional Arts Center; the interior of the Perot theater (with the original name “Saenger Theatre” written on the exterior); and views of the exterior …

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.

Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.