Texas

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 22:12:50 Landscape shots Texan plains & canyons - livestock herds & cowboy on horseback. Longhorn cattle; sheep. 22:13:24 Giant sign w/ Popeye statue, Crystal City, Texas. Giant watermelon w/ sign ‘Weatherford, Texas Home of the World’s Largest Watermelon’. Town sign: ‘Uvalde - “Diversified Opportunities” Pop.7000’. CU Vice President “Cactus Jack” Garner. Texas Congressional Delegation at dinner: Senator Connally & Representative Sam Rayburn & others. Admirals Richardson & Nimitz - Jesse Jones at desk. 22:14:07 Wheat & other grain fields. Cotton bales loaded onto cargo ship for export. 22:14:40 Fruit & vegetables loaded in crates onto trains. Sulphur mining. Carbon manufacturing plant. Mercury mined; CUs poured into test tube. Helium storage facility. Oil driling, wells pumping. Fuel pipelines - oilfields w/ scaffolds; men working on well platforms & pipelines. 22:16:28 Map of Texas w/ WWII military bases. Army training barracks, Randolph Field - Air Force recruits; 22:17:03 Corpus Christie naval base construction. US Navy light planes on runway. 22:17:15 Shipyard scenes - freighter under construction. Sign ‘North America Aviation Inc. of Texas’ - aircraft factory ext & int. w/ men moving plane wings. Planes pulled onto field. 22:17:49 Texas history books in window, school children in classroom w/ map on blackboard & exhibits w/ ‘Texan Furs’ - ‘Trees of Texas’ - CU reading ‘A History of Texas Revised’. 22:18:07 Statue of Sam Houston. Kids listening to teacher. Map showing different flags under which Texas was ruled - Mission of San Jose - Alamo - Battle of San Jacinto memorial - Texan Independence monument - State Capitol building at Austin. 22:19:35 Cowboy border patrol on horseback. San Antonio street scenes & signs, marquees w/ Spanish. 22:20:03 Square dancing w/ band. 22:20:30 CU: The Sightseer’s Guide To Houston. Houston skyline; building signs: Petroleum Building, Cotton Exchange. Rice Institute / college campus scenes. 22:20:58 Aerials of seaport / ship canal. 22:21:12 Residential district w/ mansions in old Southern style - Black butler serving drinks in garden. 22:21:27 Dallas street scenes, bridge; busy traffic. 22:21:43 Woman modeling furs for customer in store; Museum of Fine Art, ext. & int. w/ visitors looking at paintings. 22:22:03 CU Everyman’s Guide to Fort Worth. Skyline - railroad station & market buildings. CU Amon Carter at reception, men in western hats - men sing (SOF) “The eyes of Texas are upon you” & wave hats. The End. Travelogues; Tourism; Economics; USA Southern States; Americana; 1940s; Petroleum; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk