[Hill Family Films, No. 7 - Air Shows]

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Description

This home movie documents the Roy E. Hill family attending the National Model Airplane Championship at the Naval Air Station in Dallas, Texas in 1956 and an Air Show of full sized air craft at Hensley Field (later Naval Air Station Dallas and Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex) on May 22, 1955.

Physical Description

1 film (10 min., 57 sec..) : sil., col. ; standard 8 mm

Creation Information

Hill, Roy E. 1955/1956.

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  • Main Title: [Hill Family Films, No. 7 - Air Shows]
  • Added Title: Case Label: #10 Air Show

Description

This home movie documents the Roy E. Hill family attending the National Model Airplane Championship at the Naval Air Station in Dallas, Texas in 1956 and an Air Show of full sized air craft at Hensley Field (later Naval Air Station Dallas and Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex) on May 22, 1955.

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1 film (10 min., 57 sec..) : sil., col. ; standard 8 mm

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Spotlight on North Texas

Digitized materials from "Spotlight on North Texas," a community history and regional media preservation project, include home movies, television news footage, and photographs that document activities in the state of Texas and beyond. This project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities Common Heritage grant program.

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  • 1955/1956

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  • Dec. 16, 2016, 7:14 p.m.

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  • July 24, 2017, 8:46 p.m.

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  • 32.741985, -96.958036

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Hill, Roy E. [Hill Family Films, No. 7 - Air Shows], video, 1955/1956; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc942629/: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Media Library.

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