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[News Clip: Screen star]

Description: Video footage from the WBAP-TV television station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about actress Joan Crawford and her husband Alfred N. Steele, Board Chairman of the Pepsi-Cola Company, meeting with news reporters at the Sheraton Dallas Hotel.
Date: March 16, 1959
Duration: 50 seconds
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 7 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 1]

Description: 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
Duration: 4 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[McNeill Family Films, No. 2 - Holidays and Vacations]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the McNeill Family including birthdays, holidays, and vacations. Footage includes Pam helping her brother Steve McNeill celebrating Steve’s first birthday (00:00-01:06). The McNeill family then celebrates Christmas 1959 (01:06-07:45). James H. Cothran, who was hired to visit the McNeill home as Santa Claus, entertains Virginia and Steve (02:09) and the family opens presents at Virginia’s aunt Essie Ball’s home at 1813 West Hickory Stre… more
Date: 1959-11/1961
Duration: 28 minutes 51 seconds
Creator: McNeill, Virginia & McNeill, Charlie Wayne
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[The Hennen Family Films, No. 22 - Track and Field]

Description: This home movie documents the activities and daily lives of the Hennen family including a track and field event. Footage includes a Mountain View Union High School District bus and a woman displaying a shirt that reads "Clayton Valley" (00:00-02:00). Also included is footage of a Christmas celebration with a baby being pulled around the neighborhood in a wagon, a home decorated for Christmas, and children playing football.
Date: 1959
Duration: 4 minutes 01 second
Creator: Hennen, Lowell & Hennen, Belva
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 6 - The Fisher Family in Mexico, Part 3]

Description: 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
Duration: 4 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[Cochran Family Films, No. 8 - Holidays and Community Events, 1959]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Cochran family including holidays and community events. The film begins with an Easter celebration including hunting eggs and rides at a small carnival (00:00-01:20) and the family picnicking at a lake and children swimming in a small pool (01:20-03:52). The family then observes a December 1959 parade celebrating the opening of the Stemmons Freeway in Dallas. The parade includes marching bands and drill teams, actress Yvonne de Car… more
Date: 1959
Duration: 15 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Cochran, Jay
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[The Fisher Family Collection, No. 9 - Hunting in Colorado and Mike's Tenth Birthday]

Description: This home movie documents the daily lives and activities of the Fisher family including a hunting trip in Colorado as shot from a moving car and Michael’s tenth birthday at home with family. Shots include footage of the family kitchen.
Date: 1959-10-17/1959-11-07
Duration: 4 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Fisher, Jerald
Partner: UNT Media Library
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[McNeill Family Films, No. 9 - Ted and Ned]

Description: 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?
Duration: 4 minutes 35 seconds
Creator: McNeill
Partner: UNT Media Library

[News Script: Bracketville]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the murder trial of actor Chester Harvey Smith, accused of stabbing his lover and coworker Lajean Ethridge, with whom he was working on a John Wayne film near the town of Brackettville. Actor John Wayne testified in the trial.
Date: October 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Chevalier]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about French actor and singer Maurice Chevalier visiting Dallas.
Date: July 17, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Alice Faye and spuose]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about 1930s movie star Alice Faye coming to Dallas with her husband, Phil Harris, who came to the city to participate in a golf tournament.
Date: September 5, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[WBAP-TV camera crew filming a woman]

Description: Photograph of the behind view of a camera operator and a boom operator filming a woman on set. There is a boom pole with a microphone to the right of the image. The woman is wearing a white shirt with white skirt.
Date: January 6, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Over 21 slides]

Description: Photograph of slides from a film reel for "Over 21." For each slide on a white background in black cursive writing it says, "The New York stage success." Below that in serif font it says, "Over 21." All five slides depict this same image. Along the top of the reel it says, "S, A, F, E, T."
Date: May 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[South Pacific TCU Theatre]

Description: Photograph of a slide with a box in the middle with writing that says, "Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific color by De Luxe." The box has a picture of a beach, with clouds in the top half and palm trees on each side. The writing is in white font, and "South Pacific" is large and three dimensional. Below the box in black text is, "TCU Theatre."
Date: November 3, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Ghengis Khan slides]

Description: Photograph of five slides from a film reel depicting the title of the film, "Ghengis Khan." The slides say, "Hygo Television Films Inc. presents 'Ghengis Khan' Copyright 1951, Pacific Films Association Inc." The writing is white on a black background.
Date: May 8, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Poster for The Mysterians]

Description: Photograph of a movie poster for the film The Mysterians. This poster was drawn by science fiction writer Lt. Colonel Robert B. Rigg and depicts an alien invasion taking place in a desert somewhere on Earth. There are five UFOs in the upper left of the image that are shooting at two large satellite like structures that stand in the middle of the image. On the ground, soldiers and various explosions can be seen. There is a dome structure in the background of the image that is on fire and smoking. more
Date: June 5, 1959
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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