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[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 7 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 1] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 7 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 1]

This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation to Mexico. The majority of the footage is under-exposed. Shots include aerial footage taken from an airplane, the family arriving at an airport, and shots of an unidentified city, possibly Mexico City, with an F.W. Woolworth building.
Date: July 14, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Riley Family Films, No. 1 - Summer Vacation 1950] captions transcript

[Riley Family Films, No. 1 - Summer Vacation 1950]

This home movie documents the Riley family on summer vacation. Footage includes family members riding a ferry, a forested landscape with vacation homes located on the water's edge, family members fishing and posing with fish, family eating a meal in the forest, and children playing in the water.
Date: 1950-07/1950-08
Creator: Riley, Sam
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 5 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 2] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 5 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 2]

This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation in Mexico. The majority of the footage is under-exposed and shaky footage shot from a moving car. The film includes a shot of a sign for Sta Catarina and pyramids.
Date: July 15, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 6 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 3] captions transcript

[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 6 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 3]

This home movie documents the Fisher family's vacation to Mexico. The majority of the footage is under-exposed. Shots include a movie theater marquee announcing Vittorio de Sica in "Responsabilidad Limitada" and family visiting pyramids or ruins.
Date: July 19, 1959
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Hill Family Films, No. 6 - Vacation in Galveston] captions transcript

[Hill Family Films, No. 6 - Vacation in Galveston]

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 …
Date: July 1956
Creator: Hill, Roy E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Rodeo parade] captions transcript

[News Clip: Rodeo parade]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the opening ceremonies for the annual rodeo and Pioneer Days celebration in Carrollton.
Date: July 4, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Canine capers] captions transcript

[News Clip: Canine capers]

Video footage fromthe WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering several news stories about local animal personalities.
Date: July 6, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Cowboy reunion] captions transcript

[News Clip: Cowboy reunion]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the annual Texas cowboy reunion in Stamford, with cowhands and other western personalities gathering from across the region for roping contests and other demonstrations.
Date: July 4, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News briefs] captions transcript

[News Clip: News briefs]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a mass balloon release orchestrated by a merchandise fair, the president of a brick company becoming a member of the bricklayers' union, and actress Arlene Dahl coming to Dallas to perform in a musical.
Date: July 18, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News briefs one] captions transcript

[News Clip: News briefs one]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering two news stories. The first story is about a 12-year-old boy from Wichita Falls hitchhiking 225 miles to Ennis to be reunited with his former dog. The second story is about a girl celebrating her 13th birthday on Friday the 13th, who doesn't consider herself superstitious.
Date: July 13, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Air con chess] captions transcript

[News Clip: Air con chess]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a sergeant at Carswell Air Force Base inventing a three-dimensional aviation-themed chess game, where pieces must be protected from attacks both on land and from the air.
Date: July 11, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Dam blast] captions transcript

[News Clip: Dam blast]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the dynamiting of a dam on the Colorado River in Marble Falls to create a lake.
Date: July 31, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Pleasure boat] captions transcript

[News Clip: Pleasure boat]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a new metal river boat, "The Idle Time", going on its first 17 hundred mile excursion.
Date: July 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Your move] captions transcript

[News Clip: Your move]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the U.S. Open Chess Tournament at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth.
Date: July 10, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: General Clark] captions transcript

[News Clip: General Clark]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about General Mark Clark visiting Fort Hood.
Date: July 13, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Soap box derby] captions transcript

[News Clip: Soap box derby]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Sixth Annual Soap Derby in Fort Worth.
Date: July 24, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Admits attack] captions transcript

[News Clip: Admits attack]

Video footage fromthe WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about John William Price confessing to the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 14 year old girl.
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Golf] captions transcript

[News Clip: Golf]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a golf tournament at the Lakewood country club in Dallas.
Date: July 3, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: New bus] captions transcript

[News Clip: New bus]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about experimental passenger buses undergoing testing in Dallas that can be converted into large ambulances or cargo haulers in wartime.
Date: July 12, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Roller show] captions transcript

[News Clip: Roller show]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a roller show at Skateland in Fort Worth.
Date: July 11, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Bomb probe] captions transcript

[News Clip: Bomb probe]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a grand jury investigation of a series of bombings at black homes in Dallas.
Date: July 18, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: News briefs] captions transcript

[News Clip: News briefs]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Geoffrey John Keating speaking in Dallas defending the British position in the middle eastern oil dispute.
Date: July 26, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Meeting] captions transcript

[News Clip: Meeting]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about hundreds of people meeting at St. John's Baptist Church in North Dallas to be updated on the bombing of African American's homes.
Date: July 17, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
[News Clip: Baseball] captions transcript

[News Clip: Baseball]

Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Ben Guintini signing a contract to play for the Fort Worth Cats.
Date: July 4, 1951
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
System: The UNT Digital Library