This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including holidays, birthdays, and vacations during the period of 1956 through 1957. The footage begins with a trip to Disneyland (00:00-02:03) followed by Washington, D.C. (02:03-11:59). In Washington, D.C., the family watches a military parade led by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard Nixon. The parade includes footage of the MIM-3 Nike Ajax (06:01), Martin MGM Matador (06:39), Hughes AIM-4 Falcon (06:43), the Lockheed Starfighter (06;47), tanks (09:37), and the PGM-11 Redstone Missile (09:49). Back at home in Dallas, the family celebrates Easter (11:59-13:59), Thanksgiving (15:59-21:50), and Christmas (21:50-23:49). Also included is aerial footage, shot from a Helix helicopter that includes road construction (23:49-24:48) and underexposed night aerial footage (23:49-25:36). Community input suggests that this aerial footage shows the construction of the Dallas-Fort Worth Turnpike (now I-30) as the helicopter flies into downtown Fort Worth. Community input also suggests that the helicopter lands on a helipad near the Texas and Pacific (T&P) Station and the Williamson-Dickie Company building close to the intersection of Vickery Boulevard and Jennings Avenue. Additional footage at home includes Elizabeth and her brother (25:36-25:47), Christmas (25:47-27:45), Elizabeth’s third birthday …

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).

This home movie documents the Keith family's daily lives and activities including being at home with two young daughters. This footage includes family grilling outdoors and washing dishes as well as shots of Fort Worth filmed from a moving car with the Continental National Bank (CNB) building seen.

This film appears to be outtakes or raw footage for a film about pizza restaurants in the Fort Worth area of Texas. The film includes footage of people eating pizza in a restaurant, a chef preparing pizza, exteriors of pizza and Italian restaurants, a young boy rolling pizza dough, Colombo's frozen pizza sold at Worth Food Markets, the cover of the album "Song for Pizza Lovers" by Lou Monte, and a young couple sharing a kiss after eating pizza.

This home movie excerpt documents the Bradley family at home in Colleyville testing out their new video camera. Footage includes the family pet cat, Katie riding her bicycle, grilling steaks, and stuffed animals set up for a tea party.

This home movie excerpt documents hail damage at the Bradley family home in Colleyville.

This silent film is a compilation of a number of different scenes and appears to be news footage from an unknown news agency. In the first scene a man interviews a family in their kitchen, a small child eats while seated on the counter, and a group of young people are gathered next to what appears to be a police car or ambulance. In the second scene, men and women dressed in western or cowboy attire eat breakfast at an unknown event in Fort Worth. The story includes a close up of bacon frying, an unidentified man on horseback, a man in a police uniform being led into a jail in what appears to be a joke, a parade of men on horseback with a sign for Seymour's White Front Store in the background, and a close up of a man drinking a cup of coffee. In the third scene, the Moslah Shrine Chanters are seen at a train station and boarding a train. In the fourth, a man demonstrates the use of a piece of equipment for another man which appears to be a FCDA CD-V700 radiation survey meter or radiation detector. The fifth and final scene is preceded …

This episode of a public access television program features performance artist Alan Hannush being interviewed about his recent performance art piece, "Invasion," which involved Hannush interacting with visitors at the Kimbell Art Museum from within a 9-foot tall geodesic ball. Hannush discusses the lack of support for contemporary local artists in Dallas and Fort Worth art museums.

This episode of a public access television program features performance artist Alan Hannush being interviewed about his recent performance art piece, "Invasion," which involved Hannush interacting with visitors at the Kimbell Art Museum from within a 9-foot tall geodesic ball. Hannush discusses the lack of support for contemporary local artists in Dallas and Fort Worth art museums.

This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Grapevine, Texas. The footage covers the 7th annual Grape Fest wine festival held on September 10th, 11th, & 12th, 1993. At the festival the camera crew films: the Grapevine Opry, where a bluegrass band and country singers perform; bands playing music outdoors in the festival grounds; children and adults visiting booths and eating fair food; festival vendors selling jewelry, clothing, food, and novelty items; and shops in Historic Downtown Grapevine that sell antiques, Native American artwork, and decorative southwestern folk art. The Texan wineries Preston Trail, Llano Estacado, Moyer Texas, and La Buena Vida celebrate their 1993 Grape Fest People’s Choice Awards. Sharron Spencer, Grapevine City Councilwoman and Grape Fest volunteer, is interviewed about the festival. Elsewhere in the city, at Hyatt Bear Creek Golf and Racquet Club, groups of men golf and drive golf carts. Don Offill, the Associate Golf Professional of the club, is interviewed about the club’s Ted-Robinson-designed courses. The last shots of the film include footage of local vineyards.

Photograph of the exterior of the Palace Theatre in Fort Worth, Texas. The theatre marquee and advertisements announce the screening of "My Fair Lady."

Photograph of the exterior of the Palace Theatre in Fort Worth. The theatre marquee and advertisements announce the screening of "My Fair Lady."

Photograph of Typical Texan beauty contest winner, Miss Kilgore (center), and four unidentified men at a publicity event for "The Westerner" at the Hotel Texas Den in Fort Worth, Texas.

Photograph of performance art piece, “Invasion,” which involved artist Alan Hannush interacting with visitors at the Kimbell Art Museum from within a 9-foot tall geodesic ball.

Photograph of performance art piece, “Invasion,” which involved artist Alan Hannush interacting with visitors at the Kimbell Art Museum from within a 9-foot tall geodesic ball.

This home movie documents the Cooper family vacationing in Texas and Colorado. The family goes on La Salle's River Ride at Six Flags Over Texas, feeds deer and observes the Seven Falls in Colorado, and travels to Corpus Christi, Texas.

This home movie begins with footage of students and teachers in a classroom. The film continues with the Smith family traveling to and vacationing in New Mexico. Vacation footage includes their stay at the Galisteo Motel in New Mexico, riding horses, going to a race track, visiting the Mount Evans Crest House in the Arapaho National Forest, and buildings and businesses in Silverton, Colorado.

This film appears to be outtakes or raw footage for a film about pizza restaurants in the Fort Worth area of Texas. In this footage a young couple is served pizza and kiss after eating.

This home video documents artist Alan Annush performing his performance art piece, "Invasion," which involved interacting with visitors at the Kimbell Art Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art from within a 9-foot tall geodesic ball.

This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Grand Prairie, Texas. In the film, a group of men play golf, and then they are asked by the crew filming them to discuss the game over sandwiches. Groups of people play recreational watersports at Joe Pool Lake, including: parasailing, fishing, boating on PWCs (personal watercraft), motorboats, and fishing boats. The next scenes cover Louis Tussaud's Palace of Wax, horseracing at Lone Star Park, and the flea market at Traders Village. Other notable images include a wild skunk on the golf course and the freeway near the Belt Line Rd. exit.

This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Grapevine, Texas. The film contains shots of airplanes from various airlines--such as Delta, USAir, Trans World, American, and United Parcel Service--taxiing on and taking off from a runway.

This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Grapevine, Texas. The film covers the 7th Annual Grape Fest wine festival held on September 10th, 11th, & 12th, 1993. At the festival the camera crew films the festival grounds, vendors’ booths, craftspeople, musicians, children and adults eating fair food, a classic car show, a grape stamping contest, and Grape Fest’s black-tie gala. Festival visitors sample wines from the Texan wineries of Schoppaul Hill, Piny Hill Country, Ste. Genevieve, and Preston Trail. The film crew interviews Alfred Fleece, owner of Piny Hill Country Wines, who talks about the winery’s muscadine and fruit wines. Vendors sell pewter, ceramics, local honey, children’s toys, and jewelry; craftspeople are filmed at length while in the process of bootmaking, quilting, forming clay busts, spinning pots on a clay wheel, tooling leather, and whittling; tapdancers and squaredancers perform; and a musical group plays on a stage using a zither, acoustic guitar, and tall floor drum. The camera crew tells a man from a Texas NBC affiliate that the footage in this film is intended for a national CNBC show called "Discover America.” The last scene of the film includes footage of Lake Grapevine, sailboats, and …

Photograph of the exterior of the Ridglea Theater in Fort Worth advertising Marlon Brando in "The Godfather."