[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.
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
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
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Moviegoers on Dallas theatre row]

Photograph of people lined up on theatre row in Dallas, Texas. The marquee for the Melba Theatre advertises "Cinerama Holiday." The marquee for the Majestic Theatre advertises "Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier."
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 21- Easter at Sunday School captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 21- Easter at Sunday School

This home movie documents a group of young children celebrating Easter at Sunday School.
Date: 1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History