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[Corpus Christi, Texas: Tourists Onboard the USS Lexington Carrier]

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

Item Type: Video

Partner: UNT Media Library

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[Pampa, Texas: "Hang your hat at the top of Texas!"]

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