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[Hill Family Films, No. 7 - Air Shows] captions transcript

[Hill Family Films, No. 7 - Air Shows]

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.
Date: 1955/1956
Creator: Hill, Roy E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 20  - At Home with the Greenhaw Family] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 20 - At Home with the Greenhaw Family]

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.
Date: 1955~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 6 - Holidays and Community Events] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 6 - Holidays and Community Events]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including the groundbreaking ceremony for a Dallas building with the Gibralter building in the background (00:00 - 02:07; children painting birdhouses and playing football (02:07 - 04:07); a birthday celebration (04:27 - 06:43), billboards for the Santa Fe railroad service to Dallas (06:43 - 07:07); a Ford Farming building in the snow (07:07 - 11:45); a family vacation to Paradise Valley Country Club in Arizona (11:45 - 15:59); aerial footage (15:59 - 16:25); family members at an airport (16:51 - 17:03); an Easter celebration (17:03 - 20:15); Mr. Stewart boarding the Texas Chief train at the start of Santa Fe's rail road service to Dallas (20:15 - 21:12); a Christmas celebration with presents including a large Ford Tractor toy (22:12 - 03:31); aerial footage (31:30 - 32:04); a new baby coming home from the hospital (32:04 - 34:31; the family boarding a small airplane and sitting in the cockpit (34:31 - 35:58); a baptism (35:58 - 38:14); swimming at home (38:14 - 40:29); a first birthday party (40:29 - 45:45); and the 1956 State Fair of Texas (48:10 - 52:48). Fair footage includes the Stewart …
Date: 1955/1956
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 5 - Helicopter and Railroad Rides] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 5 - Helicopter and Railroad Rides]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including a helicopter ride with footage of newly constructed roadways and North Dallas and Mr. Stewart awaiting the arrival of a train at White Rock train station.
Date: 1955~
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Byrd] captions transcript

[News Clip: Byrd]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a visit to Dallas by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, a well-known explorer preparing for a trip to Antarctica.
Date: November 25, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: J. Anthony Marcus] captions transcript

[News Clip: J. Anthony Marcus]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Russian born J. Anthony Marcus suggesting that the United States should break off all relations with Soviet Russia, while speaking in Dallas.
Date: November 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Family of five dies in Dallas tragedy] captions transcript

[News Clip: Family of five dies in Dallas tragedy]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Dallas ex-convict and U.S. Army veteran murdering his wife and three children before fatally shooting himself inside a drugstore.
Date: December 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Rumanian princess is Dallas visitor] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rumanian princess is Dallas visitor]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Rumanian princess Catherine Caradja visiting Dallas during her trip to visit scores of former American POWs she befriended during World War II.
Date: December 29, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Police probe on at Grand Prairie] captions transcript

[News Clip: Police probe on at Grand Prairie]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the newly-elected mayor of Grand Prairie, C. R. Sargent, announcing a full-scale probe of the city's police department.
Date: April 10, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Navy Secretary] captions transcript

[News Clip: Navy Secretary]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the new Secretary of the Navy, Charles S. Thomas, coming to Dallas for a tour of Navy installations.
Date: June 23, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bar Association] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bar Association]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about members of the State Bar Association convening in Dallas to hear an address by U.S. District Judge William C. Mathes.
Date: July 1, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Negro sues Decker, others] captions transcript

[News Clip: Negro sues Decker, others]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an African-American man, Jackson Davis, suing Dallas county sheriff Bill Decker, two of his deputies, and a Dallas County cotton broker for allegedly stealing money from him and wrongfully imprisoning him.
Date: October 14, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Jane makes pitch for toys for tots] captions transcript

[News Clip: Jane makes pitch for toys for tots]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a visit to Dallas by actress Jane Russell, on a promotional tour for her next film.
Date: October 6, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Parade, ceremony open state fair] captions transcript

[News Clip: Parade, ceremony open state fair]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the opening ceremonies of the State Fair of Texas, including a motorcycle accident involving a 12-year-old boy, and the Dallas Bonehead Club.
Date: October 7, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Sky wheel death] captions transcript

[News Clip: Sky wheel death]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a teenage girl falling to her death from a ride at the State Fair of Texas in Dallas after it malfunctioned and fell 50 feet.
Date: October 11, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Negro will seek to regain money] captions transcript

[News Clip: Negro will seek to regain money]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a Corsicana man fighting in court for the right to keep a large sum of money he discovered under a Dallas home while digging a ditch.
Date: October 12, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Johnson, Rayburn honored at Dallas] captions transcript

[News Clip: Johnson, Rayburn honored at Dallas]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the State Fair of Texas paying tribute to Senator Lyndon B. Johnson and Speaker Sam Rayburn.
Date: October 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Tax vote] captions transcript

[News Clip: Tax vote]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an election being called for a proposed tax hike in Dallas county.
Date: October 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Major leaguers] captions transcript

[News Clip: Major leaguers]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a delegation of Major League baseball players visiting Dallas for a show at the State Fair.
Date: October 13, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Senate group opens narcotics hearings] captions transcript

[News Clip: Senate group opens narcotics hearings]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the judiciary sub-committee probe of narcotics run by Senator Price Daniel.
Date: October 19, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Narcotics hearing] captions transcript

[News Clip: Narcotics hearing]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a senate sub-committee investigating narcotics traffic in Texas holding a hearing in Dallas.
Date: October 20, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Stu Symington] captions transcript

[News Clip: Stu Symington]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Missouri senator Stewart Symington stopping in Dallas en route home from meeting with senator Lyndon Johnson. He mentions that Senator Johnson shouldn't be discounted as a Democratic presidential nominee.
Date: October 23, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Injunction denied in auto tax case] captions transcript

[News Clip: Injunction denied in auto tax case]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a controversy in Dallas District Court over an election over automobile license fees.
Date: October 25, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Shivers] captions transcript

[News Clip: Shivers]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a medical examination in Dallas for Texas Governor Allan Shivers, who is presented with a clean bill of health before his return to Austin.
Date: October 26, 1955
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library