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[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations] captions transcript

[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the McNeill Family including birthdays, holidays, and vacations. Footage includes Pam helping her brother Steve McNeill celebrating Steve’s first birthday (00:00-01:06). The McNeill family then celebrates Christmas 1959 (01:06-07:45). James H. Cothran, who was hired to visit the McNeill home as Santa Claus, entertains Virginia and Steve (02:09) and the family opens presents at Virginia’s aunt Essie Ball’s home at 1813 West Hickory Street in Denton. Children, including Pam, ride an electric train in the backyard of the McNeill home on Fulton Street in Denton (07:52-09:54). Pam and Steve pose in their homemade Easter outfits (10:06-11:04). They pose for the camera in their clown and ghost costumes for Halloween (10:06-11:04). The family celebrates Steve’s second birthday in November 1960 (11:30-12:08). At a Christmas celebration, Dennis, Steve McNeill, and Ted McNeill pose as cowboys with candy cigarettes and the family eats Christmas dinner (12:08-14:59). Children including Steve and Pam play with puppies and ride bicycles in front of their home on Fulton Street (14:59-16:31) and Steve celebrates his third birthday in November 1961 with a Halloween-themed birthday party (16:31-18:30). The McNeills travel to San Antonio to visit Virginia’s brother Jack Ball. …
Date: 1959-11/1961
Creator: McNeill, Virginia & McNeill, Charlie Wayne
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Home Movie: Pilot Point High School v. Tom Bean High School] captions transcript

[Home Movie: Pilot Point High School v. Tom Bean High School]

This home movie documents a high school football game between the Pilot Point Bearcats and Tom Bean High School. Tom Bean is the home team. The last shot of the score board and the label on the case indicate that Pilot Point won the game 49 to 12.
Date: November 13, 1987
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Lake Cliff Park] captions transcript

[The Blaine Dunlap Collection - Lake Cliff Park]

This film documents Lake Cliff Park in Dallas, Texas.
Date: November 10, 1973
Creator: Dunlap, Blaine
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Bradley Family Videos, No. 16 - Wurst Fest] captions transcript

[Bradley Family Videos, No. 16 - Wurst Fest]

This home movie excerpt documents the family at Wurstfest in New Braunfels, Texas. Footage includes children on carnival rides including a giant slide and ferris wheel, giving each other piggyback rides, and reading aloud from a book. Adults socialize, eat and drink, and dance.
Date: November 9, 1996
Creator: Bradley
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lally Family Videos, No. 31 - Leave it to Lally] captions transcript

[Lally Family Videos, No. 31 - Leave it to Lally]

This home movie was prepared by Mark and Linda Lally as part of an invitation to friends and family who would travel to the Dallas-Fort Worth region for their June 1988 wedding. Featuring friend and cameraman Mike Romer, Mark's former secretary Lucy Payne, friend Ellen, and current secretary Terri McMillan, "Leave it to Lally," shows the sights and activities available to guests in Dallas and Denton, Texas. The tour begins with Mark at a Jim Craft home subdivision. The first stop is A-1 Mobile Homes in Mesquite followed by a drive into Dallas. Along the way, Mark points out various sites of interest including the Hyatt Regency hotel and Union Tower. The next stop is the Dallas Fort Worth Airport Marriott where he picks up his fiancee Linda and continues on to the site of their upcoming marriage ceremony, the Marriott Mandalay Hotel in Las Colinas. The group returns to Dallas that evening and begins by stopping at the John F. Kennedy Memorial, the school book depository, and the grassy knoll. They then head to the West End Market Place where they pass by Dick's Last Resort and the Old Spaghetti Warehouse. They then move on to Greenville Avenue where …
Date: November 1987
Creator: Lally
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Lally Family Videos, No. 18 - Lauren's Second Birthday Party at Pony Land] captions transcript

[Lally Family Videos, No. 18 - Lauren's Second Birthday Party at Pony Land]

This home movie excerpt documents Lauren Lindsey and her family celebrating her second birthday at Pony Land in Angleton, Texas. Lauren plays on a toy horse and in a toy car, rides a pony, and visits goats and sheep at a petting zoo. The family eats hot dogs, watches Lauren open presents, and eats birthday cake.
Date: November 2000
Creator: Lally
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Goree Family Videos, No. 8 -  Wurst Fest] captions transcript

[Goree Family Videos, No. 8 - Wurst Fest]

This home movie excerpt documents a trip to Wurst Fest in New Braunfels, Texas. Footage includes friends and family socializing in their motel room and playing with baby James Curtis Goree, the group loading into a van, and the group back at the motel following the festival.
Date: November 5, 1993
Creator: Goree
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

Student Recruiters Turn Salesmen As Nationwide Enrollment Drops

A newspaper clipping and two printed invitations concerning films directed by North Texas State University student Henry Kaplan. The newspaper clipping from "The North Texas Daily" concerns low enrollment at North Texas State University and the Dean of Admissions office producing a promotional film, "North Texas Now," directed by Kaplan. The first invitation invites the recipient to attend a screening of the film "Texas Bound: The County Records Inventory Project" produced by the Center for Community Services in cooperation with the Department of Radio/TV/Film and the Department of Art on February 10, 1975 at NTSU. The second invitation from the School of Community Service invites the recipient to attend a reception honoring the participants of the County Records Inventory Project on Friday April 9, 1976 at the Statler-Hilton in Dallas.
Date: November 16, 1973
Creator: Moore, Steve
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Cordina Family Films, No.  1 - United States Air Force Fighter Jets] captions transcript

[Cordina Family Films, No. 1 - United States Air Force Fighter Jets]

This home movie documents the take-off, flight, and landing of United States Air Force (USAF) T-38 fighter jets during flight training at the Laredo Air Force Base near Laredo, Texas. Footage is shot from both the ground and air. Also included is footage of the cockpit of a jet.
Date: November 1971
Creator: Cordina, Joe
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History