This home movie documents the Mesquite High School Marching band performing and posing for the camera.

This home movie documents the Greenhaw family and others celebrating Easter in Mesquite, Texas.

This home movie documents a family vacation to Niagara Falls and Washington, D.C.

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.

In this film, American Artist Stanley William Hayter describes his technique of engraving on copper from the first rough sketches on paper through pulling the final print.

This home movie documents members of the Stewart family driving on the North Central Expressway (U.S. Highway 75). Footage shot from the moving car and from the roadside includes road signs (Manderville and Northaven Road, Henderson Avenue, and Fitzhugh Avenue), Mrs. Baird's Bread plant, the Dallas skyline, Superior Lanes Bowling Alley, Republic National Life, and Turtle Creek.

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including birthdays and holidays in the years 1950 and 1951. The footage begins with family members outdoors in an unidentified location (00:00-00:29) and includes footage of young Helen Riley with a teddy bear (00:29-00:50), a family in their Easter clothes posted on the front steps of a home (00:50-02:04), people boarding an airplane and a plane taking off (02:04-02:12). Helen swims in a small pool (02:12-02:41), poses and swings on a swing set (02:41-03:37), and celebrates her birthday (03:37-05:39). In the next scene an evolving group of family members pose next to a piano while they talk, laugh, and sing. Different groups convene until there is one large group portrait (05:39-07:23). The film concludes with children and family members posing and playing outdoors (07:23-09:29) and a Christmas celebration (09:30-11:31). Family members set the table, serve appetizers, and family members entertain young Helen in front of the Christmas tree.

Photograph of the theatre marquee and promotional materials announcing a screening of Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in "Samson and Delilah" at the Majestic Theatre in Houston, Texas.

This home movie documents the Riley family on summer vacation. Footage includes family members riding a ferry, a forested landscape with vacation homes located on the water's edge, family members fishing and posing with fish, family eating a meal in the forest, and children playing in the water.

Film from Better Homes and Gardens on tips for redecorating the home, including information on color selection, furniture arrangement and window dressings.

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).

Photograph of John Wayne (far right) and unidentified actors and theatre executives attending a luncheon for the "Movie Time in Texas" publicity tour.

Photograph of actor John Wayne (second from left) posing with theater executives for the "Movie Time in Texas" publicity tour.

Photograph of the "Movie Time in Texas" tour bus parked outside of a Majestic Theatre.

Photograph of theater marquee and promotional materials advertising "Bwana Devil" in 3-D at the Melba Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

Photograph of a new concession stand at the Majestic Theatre in Dallas, Texas.

This home movie documents the Hennen family's vacation to Lake Tahoe, California and includes footage of family members sunbathing, swimming, and fishing.

This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen famliy including a trip to Strawberry, California. Footage includes family members playing in the snow and riding on a snowmobile (00:00-02:00). Footage also includes an outdoor family gathering at an unidentified location with covered wagons or stage coaches observed from a parking lot.

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 …

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 daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family including birthdays and holidays with an especial focus on oldest daughter Helen and her newborn sibling. The film begins with the new baby being held by relatives in front of a Christmas tree (00:00-01:47) and continues with the new baby being carried into Catholic church, possibly for baptism (01:47-02:55), and the family gathered outdoors and posing with the new baby (02:55-05:00). The film continues with the family watching cattle (05:00-05:25), the new baby and family (05:25-09:03), Helen's fourth birthday party (11:47-14:23), the baby's first birthday (14:24-16:26), and a Christmas celebration (16:26-18:33).

This video was created from a digitized 35 mm filmstrip and vinyl record used by the National Republican Congressional Committee in their campaign for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard Nixon in the 1952 presidential election. The presentation tallies cases of "dishonesty and corruption" under President Harry S. Truman in the departments Agriculture, Internal Revenue Services, Defense, Justice, Commerce, State, Treasury, and Interior. The presentation also discusses scandal and corruption in the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), the United States Post Office, the Federal Housing Agency, Office of Price Stabilization, Veteran's Administration, Maritime Commission, Atomic Energy Commission, and the Democratic National Committee. The presentation argues that gambling, drug use, and juvenile delinquency can be traced back to the White House and lists numerous people associated with the Truman administration and Democratic National Committee who have been involved in scandal and corruption including Tom Pendergast, Harry Vaughan, Matthew Connelly, William M. Boyle, Jr., James P. Finnegan, Loretta Young, Frank Erickson, and Alger Hiss.

This home movie, narrated by Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) member Marvin "Smokey" Montgomery with descriptive title cards, documents the Light Crust Doughboys on tour in Texas for the Star of Tomorrow Contest in January through May 1952. The entire film is out of focus. The film begins with the group traveling on their tour bus for the first round of the contest with stops in Marshall, Gladewater, Kilgore, Greenville, Longview, Jacksonville, Lufton, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Henderson, and then La Porte on March 4, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the La Porte Theatre performing at segregated schools, visiting with Johnny Hicks, and touring the San Jacinto Monument (02 min., 10 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Baytown, Woodville, Winnie, and then Port Arthur on March 25-27, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the Strand Theatre and spending time by the water (5 min., 45 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Nederlands, Beaumont, Port Neches, and Mineola on April 3, 1952. Footage includes the LCD performing at the grand opening of the Silver Creek Creamery in Mineola and friends and family of the LCD (07 min., 58 sec). The tour continues in Orange on April 8 and 9, 1952 with …

This home movie, with descriptive title cards, documents the Light Crust Doughboys (LCD) on tour in Texas for the Star of Tomorrow Contest in January through May 1952. The film begins with the group traveling on their tour bus for the first round of the contest with stops in Marshall, Gladewater, Kilgore, Greenville, Longview, Jacksonville, Lufton, Nacogdoches, Rusk, Henderson, and then La Porte on March 4, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the La Porte Theatre performing at segregated schools, visiting with Johnny Hicks, and touring the San Jacinto Monument (01 min., 38 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Baytown, Anahuac, Channelview, Conroe, Jasper, Livingston, Woodville, Willie, and then and then Port Arthur on March 25-27, 1952. Footage includes the LCD at the Strand Theatre and spending time by the water (06 min, 54 sec.). The tour continues with stops in Nederlands, Beaumont, Port Neches, and Mineola on April 3, 1952. Footage includes the LCD performing at the grand opening of the Silver Creek Creamery in Mineola and friends and family of the LCD (10 min, 14 sec.). The tour continues in Orange on April 8 and 9, 1952 (12 min, 26 sec.). The tour continues to Selsby and …