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Land Based Helicopter Operations: Precautions
United States Navy training film on helicopter maneuvers and safety.
Date:
1953
Creator:
United States. Navy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Shooting Straight with Tim Holt
Film of Tim Holt educating his young friend, Porky, on guns and gun safety. Part two covers sighting techniques, target practice, and techniques for loading a Kentucky Rifle. Includes a brief history of the John James Audobon and the habitate of a variety of birds.
Date:
1953
Creator:
National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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Film overview of the history and services offered by the American Kennel Club.
Date:
1953
Creator:
Elwyn, Robert; Knox, Gordon; Beck, Sherman & Kannon, John
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Wings Over Dexter
A film showing the role of local service airlines in modern transportation.
Date:
1953
Creator:
Elwyn, Robert & Beck, Sherman
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Greyhound Bus Driver
This short film depicts interviews of Greyhound Bus driver applicants. Both favorable and not-so-favorable qualities in applicants are discussed.
Date:
1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Heart of the City
This short film briefly examines the impact of a factory on a town and its economy.
Date:
1953
Creator:
unknown
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Shooting Straight with Tim Holt
Film of Tim Holt educating his young friend, Porky, on guns and gun safety. Part one covers the history of rifle use by early American settlers, including Buffalo Bill, and displays a matchlock rifle and a Springfield breechloading rifle.
Date:
1953
Creator:
National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Riley Family Films, No. 5 - LS Ranch]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family in the fall of 1953 including young Helen Riley posing for the camera on a bridge (through 00:57), a family gathering at LS Ranch with men posing with dead deer, women gathering autumn leaves, and family grilling meat and socializing (00:57-03:43), and the exterior of the family home with fall foliage (03:43-05:06).
Date:
1953
Creator:
Riley, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 7 - Vacations, 1953-1954]
This home movie documents the activities of the Sam Riley family while on vacation in unidentified locations. The film begins with footage of the family at a resort where they swim in the ocean and socialize on the beach. The Riley family watches with a crowd of locals as a woman and young girl escorted by police are photographed entering a Catholic church (07:59-08:25). The family later attends a horse race (12:34-14:17).
Date:
1953/1954
Creator:
Riley, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 6 - The Livermore Rodeo, 1953]
This home movie documents the Hennen family attending the Livermore Rodeo in Livermore, California.
Date:
June 1953
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 21 - Redwood National and State Park]
This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen family including a trip to the Redwood National and State Parks with footage of the Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues at the Trees of Mystery (00:00-02:42). Footage also includes an outdoor family gathering with children blowing up Wonder Bread balloons.
Date:
1953
Creator:
Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 6 - Birthdays and Holidays, 1953-1954]
This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family in 1953 through 1954. The footage includes young Helen Riley being pulled on a sled (00:00-01:21), a new baby coming home from the hospital (01:21-01:46) and posing with relatives (01:46-05:13), family members boarding an American Airlines airplane (05:13-05:51), a family gathering following a baptism (05:51-07:20), children playing outdoors (07:21-11:30), a Christmas-themed second birthday party (11:30-13:37), children posing with their new toys on Christmas morning (13:37-15:45), and children playing outdoors (15:45-16:52).
Date:
1953/1954
Creator:
Riley, Sam
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: SMU seismograph first in Texas]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story. Only the story's title card appears in this film reel.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Santa Claus pays visit to Texas]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story. Only the story's title card appears on this reel.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Santa arrives by helicopter]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News briefs - slots]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Blind sheriff gets seeing eye]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story. Only the story's title card appears on this reel. This story was removed from its original reel to be broadcast as part of the station's 1953 year-in-review program.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Demo women hear ex-congresswoman]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Santa rides a pachyderm]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Demo women hear ex-congresswoman]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Worker dies at Santa's statue]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Year In Review, 1953-1955]
Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering news highlights from the years 1953, 1954, and 1955.
Date:
1953/1955
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Jaycees traffic signs]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date:
December 10, 1953
Creator:
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
47G OT Wichita Falls
Footage of a Bell 47G lifting a large coil of plastic tubing.
Date:
1953~
Creator:
Bell Helicopter Textron
System:
The UNT Digital Library