Presented by the Humble Oil & Refining Company, this production reviews college football highlights from the Southwest Conference during the 1956 season. Narrator Kern Tips recaps regular season conference games between the Baylor University Bears, Texas Tech University Red Raiders, University of Arkansas Razorbacks, Southern Methodist University Mustangs, Rice University Owls, University of Texas at Austin Longhorns, Texas A&M University Aggies, and Texas Christian University. It also takes a break from game highlights to feature several members of the 1956 All-Southwest honor team. At the conclusion, the film follows Southwest Conference champion TCU to the Cotton Bowl Classic game against Syracuse University.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

This home movie documents the Roy E. Hill family vacationing in Galveston and at Lake Texoma in the summer of 1956. The road trip begins with title cards that read "R.E. Hill Presents," "1956," "Filmed and Edited by Roy E. Hill," and "Helen, Art, and Bonita." This first segment begins with footage shot from their moving car as they pass through Houston and Texas City on their way to Galveston. Footage includes the Texas Heroes Monument, exteriors of homes, boats on the water, businesses including the Omar Khayyam Club (04:28), and docked tourists boats the "Yacht Garmencita" and "Miss Texas" (04:29). The family visits Fort Crockett (04:44), plays on the beach and in the ocean, observes boats on the water, and swims at the hotel pool. This segment concludes with the title card "The End" (11:17). In the next segment, there is a shot of the Dave Hicks Company, Inc., a woman picking up a child at the Young Texan School (12:06), a small airplane being worked on in a driveway (12:06-12:58), children riding bicycles (12:58-13:30) and family visiting the zoo (13:30-15:16). The film concludes with a family trip to Denison Dam and Lake Texoma with the family driving to …

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the many performances and competitions occurring at the 21st Houston Fat Stock Show.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about four youths arrested in Houston for stealing and torching a series of cars.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a rare fifth century manuscript of the bible being examined for authenticity.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Houston manufacturing company producing its millionth mortar shell for U.S. Armed Forces fighting in Korea.

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 …

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an explosion at a fireworks company in Houston, damaging hundreds of homes in the surrounding area. The blast resulted in 4 deaths and 75 injuries.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story about an explosion at a fireworks company in Houston, damaging hundreds of homes in the surrounding area. The blast resulted in 4 deaths and 75 injuries.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a football game between Texas Christian University and Rice University in Houston.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Representative Schwengel of Iowa visiting Civil War veteran, Walter Williams.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about lake levels in Dallas and Fort Worth rising after recent rainfall.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about J. D. Grey, head of the Southern Baptist Convention, stepping down as James Wilson Storer takes his place.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the British Royal Navy flagship Kenya visiting Texas ports as part of an international relations event between countries.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a baseball game between the Houston Buffs and the Shreveport Sports.

B-roll video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an explosion at a fireworks company in Houston, damaging hundreds of homes in the surrounding area. The blast resulted in 4 deaths and 75 injuries.

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a Houston speech by Oregon Senator Wayne Morse. The speech is critical of President Eisenhower and the Communist Party.