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[McNeill Family Films, No. 9 - Ted and Ned] captions transcript

[McNeill Family Films, No. 9 - Ted and Ned]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the McNeill family. Footage includes a young boy in a football uniform warming up with older football players and a football game (00:00-03:14). Two boys sit on the porch of a home with the address 4658 and ride bicycles and tractor toys in front of the home (03:14-04:35).
Date: 1959?
Creator: McNeill
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Hennen Family Films, No. 3 - Vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1952] captions transcript

[The Hennen Family Films, No. 3 - Vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada, 1952]

This home movie documents the Hennen family's vacation in Las Vegas, Nevada. The footage begins with a woman posing for the camera and a shot of the Hangman's Tree in Placerville, California (00:00-00:16) and includes a cattle drive (00:16-00:52), neon signs on the Las Vegas strip (00:52-01:08), a Santa Fe Railroad train accident (01:24-01:53), family socializing in a front yard (01:53-02:55), and boys petting a horse and riding a tractor (02:55-03:47).
Date: August 1952
Creator: Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 2 - Life with the Hill Family, 1955] captions transcript

[Hill Family Films, No. 2 - Life with the Hill Family, 1955]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family in early 1955 through July 1955. The film includes title cards and begins with a card that reads “The Norman’s 1955” and a card indicating the movie was “filmed and edited by Roy E. Hill.” Footage includes children playing on a swing set, adults gardening, and a sunset (00:00-01:12). A title card reads “Sterline & A.P. Joyner” (01:12) and includes footage of adults and children in a house (01:12-01:37). A title card reads “Ft. Worth Zoo March 2, 1955” (01:37) and includes footage of the Hill family observing animals including elephants and birds at the Fort Worth Zoo (01:37-03:38). A title card reads “Gary in the Bath ad Out” (03:38). Footage of this portion of the film was removed from the online streaming version due to privacy concerns. A title card reads “E.Hill in his backyard April ‘55” and includes footage of family members posing for the camera and a boy swinging a golf club (03:42-04:29). A title card reads “A Visit with the J. R. Begrins April ‘55” (04:29) and includes footage of a people in a house posing for the camera and objects …
Date: 1955-03-02/1955-07-02
Creator: Hill, Roy E.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[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
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 4 - Vacations and Holidays] captions transcript

[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 4 - Vacations and Holidays]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including an Easter meal and Easter egg hunt (00:00 - 08:54), children on a swing set and posing for the camera (08:54 - 09:57), fishing and boating at the Ferndale Club (09:47 - 12:29), Elizabeth's confirmation on April 26, 1953 (12:29-13:24; 32:50 - 35:04), a vacation in Mexico (17:52 - 19:13), rides and exhibits at the State Fair of Texas including a Texas & Pacific Train, Big Tex, and a Ferris Wheel (22:39 - 27:06), the family building a new house (27:06 - 27:35; 30:06 - 32:50), Bruce and Elizabeth swimming at the Brook Hollow Country Club (27:35 - 28:49), the first day of school (28:49 - 29:21), and children dressed in costume for Halloween (32:50 - 35:04). The film concludes with the Stewart family celebrating Christmas with meals and opening presents (35:04 - 45:31).
Date: 1953-04/1953-12
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Samson and Delilah" at the Majestic Theatre]

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.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bob Bailey Fine Photography
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Movie Time in Texas" tour bus in front of Majestic Theatre]

Photograph of the "Movie Time in Texas" tour bus parked outside of a Majestic Theatre.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959] captions transcript

[The Light Crust Doughboys Collection, No. 12 - The Doughboys on Tour 1952 - 1959]

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 …
Date: 1952/1959
Creator: unknown
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 Weisberg Family Collection, No. 3 - Holidays and Celebrations] captions transcript

[The Weisberg Family Collection, No. 3 - Holidays and Celebrations]

This home movie documents the Weisberg family celebrating holidays including Christmases, birthdays, and Halloween. Footage includes children on playing on pogo sticks, swimming, playing football, and riding bicycles.
Date: 1956/1957
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 25 - At home with Art Greenhaw] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 25 - At home with Art Greenhaw]

This home movie documents 4-year-old Art Greenhaw praying, playing with a toy bowling set, playing the drums and the piano, shooting a toy gun, and playing with a pet dog.
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 16 - Easter celebrations] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 16 - Easter celebrations]

This home movie documents the Greenhaw family and others celebrating Easter in Mesquite, Texas.
Date: 1950~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 23 -At home with Art Greenhaw] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 23 -At home with Art Greenhaw]

This home movie documents Frank Greenhaw and Pat McWhorter Greenhaw at home and celebrating milestones with their young son Art Greenhaw. The film begins with the new parents and family members welcoming their baby home from the hospital. Also included is footage of Art's first birthday and Christmas, a trip to The Alamo, and Christmas 1955.
Date: 1954/1955
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 19 - Art Greenhaw's second birthday] captions transcript

[The Art Greenhaw Collection, No. 19 - Art Greenhaw's second birthday]

This home movie documents the second birthday of Art Greenhaw. Art blows out the candles on his cake with the help of his mother.
Date: July 1956
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 8 - Vacations and Tumbleweed Festivals] captions transcript

[The Billy S. Cooper Collection, No. 8 - Vacations and Tumbleweed Festivals]

This home movie begins with the Cooper family vacation in California and includes footage of a trip to Knott's Berry Farm and picking oranges. The film continues with a Christmas celebration (7 min., 42 sec.) and a trip to Seven Wells, Texas (10 min., 36 sec.). The film concludes with two Tumbleweed Festival parades in Colorado City, featuring marching bands and parade floats sponsored by local businesses (13 min., 49 sec. and 18 min., 33 sec.).
Date: 1959
Creator: Cooper, Randy & Cooper, Billy S.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Coffee Family Collection, No. 2 - Christmas and Easter holidays] captions transcript

[The Coffee Family Collection, No. 2 - Christmas and Easter holidays]

None
Date: 1956~
Creator: Coffee, J. W.
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
Scenes in Fort Worth captions transcript

Scenes in Fort Worth

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 …
Date: 1957~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Video
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No.13 - Vacation in New Mexico] captions transcript

[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No.13 - Vacation in New Mexico]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including a family vacation at Bishop's Lodge in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Activities include riding a ski lift, horseback riding competitions, cooking pancakes outdoors, and visiting cliff dwellings at Bandelier National Monument.
Date: 1958
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 18 - Christmas] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 18 - Christmas]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including the family celebrating Christmas, children playing with model train sets, and Mrs. Stewart saying prayers and putting the young children to bed.
Date: 1959
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 11 - Thanksgiving and Christmas] captions transcript

[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 11 - Thanksgiving and Christmas]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations. The family dines and opens presents together. Mrs. Stewart reads her children stories, says prayers with them, and puts them to bed.
Date: 1957
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 16 - The State Fair and Vacations] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 16 - The State Fair and Vacations]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including the State Fair of Texas and a family vacation. At the State Fair of Texas, the Stewart family observes a Model "T" Torpedo and Ford Typhoon Tractor at the Ford exhibit (00:00 - 01:24). The family then travels to destinations including France, Egypt, Israel, and Greece. The family rides camels, views the Egyptian Pyramids, observe the Sea of Galilee and Jordan Valley, visit Greek temples, and observe a checkpoint in the German town of Lorelei or Loreley. The home movie concludes with the family returning home and closing credits, "The End," on a suitcase.
Date: 1959~
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No.14 - Vacation in New Mexico] captions transcript

[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No.14 - Vacation in New Mexico]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including a family vacation at Bishop's Lodge in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Date: 1958
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 15 - Holidays and Vacations] captions transcript

[The Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 15 - Holidays and Vacations]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including an Easter celebration, the construction of the family home, trips to the beach, and a vacation in Mexico.
Date: 1959~
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 12 - Ford Tractors] captions transcript

[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 12 - Ford Tractors]

This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including Mr. Stewart driving a Ford 851 diesel tractor, an unidentified man posing with the tractor, and Mr. Stewart's tractor business.
Date: 1957~
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Object Type: Video
System: The Portal to Texas History