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[Abilene, Texas: Downtown Abilene and the Ranch Rodeo]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Abilene, Texas. The footage includes a female television host addressing the camera in multiple takes of narration, as well as audio of the camera crew. Includes the following scenes: cowboy boots, boot making, and repeated takes of television host speaking in front of James Leddy Boot Shop; exterior of the Grace Cultural Center; exterior and interior of the Paramount Theatre; cowboys roping cattle at the Ranch Rodeo; campf… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 45 minutes 40 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Alpine, Texas: Cowboy Poetry in the High Desert]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Alpine, Texas. The footage covers: high desert and mountainous landscapes; interviews with locals about their trades, such as cowboy poetry and agate artistry; sites of cultural interest, such as downtown Alpine, Big Bend National Park and Museum, McDonald Observatory and an art fair; and music and dancing in a local bar.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 57 minutes 43 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Grapevine, Texas: The Grapevine Opry and Historic Downtown Grapevine]

Description: 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 … more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 52 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Pampa, Texas: A Ranching and Industrial City]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Pampa, Texas. At a ranch, cowboys drive cattle to branding. Visitors to the White Deer Land Museum look at period furniture, wagon parts, and arrowheads. At a military museum, a United States Army helicopter and an airplane are displayed outside. Indoors, a guide shows Nazi military knives, a P38 pistol, and other weapons to a visiting man and boy. An outdoor sculpture of a musical staff displays the opening measures of Wood… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 13 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Texarkana, Texas: Scott Joplin and "Ace of Clubs" House on the State Line]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Texarkana, Texas. The video begins on the Texas-Arkansas state line, with the city’s two mayors. Mayor James Bramlett of Texarkana, Texas and Mayor Danny Gray of Texarkana, Arkansas are there to take part in an interview led by the camera crew. The interview footage is followed by shots of prominent sites along the state line: the United States Post Office and Courthouse building which straddles the state line and houses the… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 51 minutes 02 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Bryan and College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University and George Bush Library]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in College Station, TX and the nearby Bryan, TX. There are interviews, scenes, and consultation with local people. The film's opening shots show Texas A & M University's Stark Gallery and Kyle Field, a historical collection of firearms, the George Bush Library, and a golf course. The President CEO of the Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce, Royce Hickman, explains how the city of College Station got its name and where the… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 49 minutes 33 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Abilene, Texas: West Texas Fair and James Leddy Boots]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Abilene, Texas. The footage includes a female television host addressing the camera in multiple takes of narration, as well as audio of the camera crew. Events and sites covered are: the West Texas Fair’s Rodeo Parade; dancing; and the news anchor getting fitted with boots from a local boot maker named James Leddy.
Date: unknown
Duration: 59 minutes 26 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Addison, Texas: Addison Businesses and the Dallas West End Marketplace and Galleria]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Addison, Dallas, and Farmer's Branch, Texas. Footage from Addison includes: an interview with Mayor Richard Beckert; shots of businesses, including restaurants, department stores, and hotels within the city; and Celestial Park. Footage from Dallas includes: musical performances, crowds, and businesses at the old West End Marketplace; Six Flags Over Texas amusement park; Interstate 35-E, and figure skaters in the ice skatin… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 51 minutes 51 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Addison, Texas: Addison Center Theatre and Farmer's Branch Folk Festival]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in the cities of Addison, Dallas, and Farmer's Branch in Dallas County, Texas. Footage from Addison includes: shots of hotels, restaurants, and businesses within the city; Noell Service and Supply Co. Cotton Gin and Feed Mill; Celestial Park; and the modern architecture of Addison Center Theatre. Footage from Dallas includes: musical performances, crowds, and businesses at the West End Marketplace; Six Flags Over Texas amusemen… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes 25 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Corpus Christi, Texas: Home of the Reconstructed Colombus Fleet and the USS Lexington Carrier]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Corpus Christi, Texas. A short, edited news segment is included at the end of the video. In the first segment, the Boy Scouts of America recite the Pledge of Allegiance on the deck of the USS Lexington carrier. Fishermen on fishing boats show their catches of squid and shrimp. Keith Arnold, the President CEO at the Corpus Christi area Convention and Visitor's Bureau (CVB), talks about major attractions of the area. The … more
Date: unknown
Duration: 51 minutes 28 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Grand Prairie, Texas: Watersports, Horseracing, and Flea Market]

Description: 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 Trader… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 39 minutes 43 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Grapevine, Texas: Airport Runway]

Description: 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.
Date: unknown
Duration: 7 minutes 38 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[McAllen, Texas: Home of the Texas Ruby Red Grapefruit and Square Dancing Capital of the World]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in McAllen, Texas and the nearby town of Mission. It includes footage of the Mission Citrus Fiesta of 1995, a citrus grove, and a square dance gathering. The film begins in Mission, TX, and captures footage of the Citrus Fiesta parade, including: family groups and spectators; souvenir vendors; the Mission High School JROTC Eagle Battalion of the US Army; Mission Junior High and Mission High School marching bands, dancers, col… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 57 minutes 47 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Brownsville, Texas: Gladys Porter Zoo, the Battle of Palo Alto, and South Padre Island]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Brownsville, Texas. The video begins in Brownsville's Gladys Porter Zoo and Wildlife Sanctuary, where the camera crew films: lemurs, lions, giraffes, antelopes, tortoises, chimpanzees, monkeys, hummingbirds, gorillas, a Texas Sable Palm jungle, and flamingos. The zoo's Deputy Director Zoologist, Pat Birchfield, and the Sanctuary Manager, Rose Farmer, discuss wildlife in the region. Next, Heritage Historian Walter Plitt lis… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 2 hours 40 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Corpus Christi, Texas: Tourists Onboard the USS Lexington Carrier]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Corpus Christi, Texas. The majority of the film is made up of shots of the interior rooms, controls, and exterior flight deck of the USS Lexington (CV-16) aircraft carrier, a World War II warship belonging to the United States Navy. John Bowen, the Operations Officer of Torpedo Squadron in 1943, explains military life onboard the Lexington. Jerry Chipman, the ship's Executive Director at the time of filming, discusses the sh… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 48 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Grapevine, Texas: 1993 Grape Fest]

Description: 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 Coun… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 27 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[McAllen, Texas: Rio Grande River and Reynosa, Mexico]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in McAllen, Texas. The first segment of the film includes Tony Roma’s restaurant of McAllen, a couple being filmed inside, and an interview with its General Manager and CEO, Richard D. Guerra. Guerra describes McAllen as the “home of the Texas Ruby Red grapefruit” and “square dancing capital of the world”. During the interview with Guerra, an off-camera female crew member says that she is shooting footage for “Discover Ame… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 29 minutes 31 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Mexia, Texas: Confederate Reunion Grounds and Comanche Chief Quanah Parker]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Mexia, Texas. The film covers: the the Confederate Reunion Grounds, now a Texas Historical Landmark; recreational activity on the Navasota River; and the legend of Quanah Parker. The first segment of video shows the Confederate Reunion Grounds, which were established in 1889. Tom Fisher, who is the Park Manager of the Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historical Park and the Park Manager of Fort Parker State Historical Par… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 07 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Port Arthur, Texas: "Where the Southwest Meets the Old South"]

Description: This film is unedited footage shot by a camera crew intended for a television show; the footage herein concerns events and sites in Port Arthur, Texas. It includes footage along the beach; various sites of local interest such as museums, the Rainbow Bridge and an off-shore oil rig; and a parade, carnival, and other celebrations in honor of Mardi Gras.
Date: unknown
Duration: 1 hour 48 minutes 57 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Pampa, Texas: "Hang your hat at the top of Texas!"]

Description: This film is unedited television footage regarding events and sites in Pampa, Texas. The footage includes photos of Woody Guthrie, panoramas of the local landscape, recreational areas, a cowboy reciting lines to the camera, and a cook-out at a ranch house. First, the camera crew films old photographs of Woody Guthrie and Harris Drugs at a local museum. Then footage of park, residential, and ranch lands is shot. At a park, groups of people have a picnic, and children play soccer and on swings… more
Date: unknown
Duration: 38 minutes 15 seconds
Partner: UNT Media Library
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