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[Riley Family Films, No. 11 - Birthdays and Holidays, 1957-1958]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Sam Riley family in 1957 and 1958 including Jean's third birthday (00:00-01:29), children playing on a teeter totter (01:29-02:08), Christmas lawn decorations (02:08-02:28), a family gathering with children playing outdoors (02:28-04:16), family posing with fish (04:18-04:58), Helen on an inner tube in the ocean (04:58-06:22), and a Christmas celebration with the Riley girls posing with dolls and toys (06:23-10:38).
Date: 1957/1958
Duration: 10 minutes 39 seconds
Creator: Riley, Sam
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 10 - Birthdays and Holidays]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Peter Pauls Stewart family including holidays and birthdays. The film begins with Elizabeth Stewart's sixth birthday party (00:00-01:41) and includes footage of the family swimming and playing outdoors (01:41-03:34), a birthday party with carnival and pony rides (03:34-05:11), a wedding reception (07:13-08:18), and a Christmas celebration (08:18-13:58). The Christmas footage begins with each of the Stewart children--David, Margare… more
Date: 1957~
Duration: 13 minutes 59 seconds
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Hill Family Films, No. 3 - Life with the Hill Family, Summer 1957]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Roy E. Hill family in the summer of 1957. The film begins with a title card containing a sketch of a hunter and the title "The Deer Hunt." This segment includes footage of men on a hunting trip with shots of the camp site, dead deer, men playing cards and drinking beer, and wildlife (00:00-07:52). The next segment shows the Hill family and friends preparing for a trip to Grapevine Lake, water skiing, and picnicking on the shore. Th… more
Date: 1957
Duration: 17 minutes 14 seconds
Creator: Hill, Roy E.
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[McNeill Family Films, No. 3 - Holidays and Family Gatherings]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the McNeill Family including birthdays, holidays, and family gatherings. The film begins with Virginia, Pam, and Charlie at Charlie’s aunt Grace McNeill Robertson’s home in Floydada, Texas for a family reunion celebrating Charlie’s grandmother Luann “Honey” Honea. They escort Charlie’s cousin Barbara Ann to a bus station (00:00:42). Virginia and Pam play in front of a fountain in Grace’s yard and four generations of McNeills--Luann Hon… more
Date: 1957/1959-07
Duration: 32 minutes 17 seconds
Creator: McNeill, Virginia & McNeill, Charlie Wayne
Partner: UNT Media Library

[News Script: Press agent story]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the promotion of the motion picture "The King and Four Queens" at the Majestic Theater in Dallas.
Date: January 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Theater fire]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Downs Drive-In Theater being damaged by a wind-swept blaze while patrons were watching a film.
Date: January 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: News briefs - Heston]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about actor Charlton Heston stopping in Dallas en route to the West Coast from New Orleans, where he attended the opening of "The Ten Commandments."
Date: February 1, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Movie mogul arrives in Dallas]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about veteran Hollywood producer-director Cecil B. DeMille arriving in Dallas to speak before the Dallas Council of World Affairs as well as to promote his latest motion picture, "The Ten Commandments."
Date: February 12, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: George Fielding Eliot]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about George Fielding Eliot meeting with newsmen to promote a motion picture.
Date: October 10, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[Peter Pauls Stewart Family Films, No. 11 - Thanksgiving and Christmas]

Description: 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
Duration: 15 minutes 43 seconds
Creator: Stewart, Peter Pauls
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[News Clip: Producer tells of missing Oscar winner]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about producer, Herman King, stopping in Dallas to promote one of his upcoming films.
Date: April 22, 1957
Duration: 57 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Miss Universe]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about the 1957 Miss Universe, Carol LaVerne Morris, modeling bathing suits at a Dallas department store.
Date: April 25, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Actors]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about actors Charles Laughton, Eli Wallach, Cornelia Otis Skinner, and Burgess Meredith visiting Dallas to kick off a fundraising drive to build the Kalita Humphreys Theater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Date: April 29, 1957
Duration: 43 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: The week in review]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering the major news of the past week, including a gas explosion that blew apart a house in North Dallas and injured two women, a district judge ruling against a new garbage pickup schedule proposal by the City of Dallas, a visit to Texas by actress Kathy Grant, new wife of Bing Crosby, the sale of a decommissioned bridge over Lake Dallas on an unused stretch of State Highway 24, the announcement of a new president of the Fort Worth C… more
Date: November 9, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Nigh watchman beaten]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a surprise attack on a night watchman at a drive-in movie theater, which was then robbed.
Date: December 20, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 32 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Signe Hasso]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Swedish movie star, Signe Hasso, arriving in Dallas.
Date: October 7, 1957
Duration: 52 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Stars appear]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about an appearance by several film actors at a Fort Worth movie theater to promote a new release.
Date: November 10, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 48 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Blondie]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Actress Penny Singleton, famous for her role in the movie "Blondie," visiting Dallas for an SPCA fundraiser.
Date: November 30, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Stars appear]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an appearance by several film actors at a Fort Worth movie theater to promote a new release.
Date: November 10, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Nightwatchman beaten]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a surprise attack on a night watchman at a drive-in movie theater, which was then robbed.
Date: December 20, 1957
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: Blondie]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about Actress Penny Singleton, famous for her role in the movie "Blondie," visiting Dallas for an SPCA fundraiser.
Date: November 30, 1957
Duration: 1 minute 37 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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